U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Davis, John R. (1857-1930) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Pages 430-431 JOHN R. DAVIS, born February 12, 1857, and married Mary Dawson May 1872, and their children are Hester Bell, Floyd D., Daisy Lucretia and Ida May, now dead. Mr. Davis' second wife was Jemima S. Golden, whose former husband was George Beverage, and their child is George William Beverage. The subject of this sketch is a son of Zebulon and Sara (Ronina) Davis and the grandson of Joshua and Hester (Randolph) Davis, who were natives of Harrison County. Zebulon Davis was a soldier in the Union army and was killed after the war in a railroad tunnel. Mr. Davis' children by his second wife, who was the daughter of Moses Golden and Rebecca B. Rittenhouse, and the granddaughter of William and Mary E. (Nallie) Golden of Albermarle County, Va., are: Columbia Ray and Virgil Roy. Mr. Davis owns a farm of 150 acres of land, of which one hundred acres are improved, and on which there are three fine orchards, good dwelling house and outbuildings. He belongs to the Cow Run U. B. Church, and is a Republican Prohibitionist in politics. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Taylor County, WV #5781 FULL-NAME: John Robert Davis BIRTH-DATE: February 12, 1855 BIRTH-PLACE: Doddridge Co., W.Va. DEATH-DATE: April 12, 1930 at age 75y-2m DEATH-PLACE: Wendell, Courthouse District, Taylor County, WV RESIDENCE: Canaan, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married (Jemima Golden) OCCUPATION: Farmer FATHER: Zebidee Davis MOTHER: (unknown) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Mitral Regurgitation / Senility INFORMANT: Jemima David (of Canaan, W.Va.) BURIAL: Canaan, W.Va. (wife of John R. Davis) From Death Certificate, Taylor County, WV #5873 FULL-NAME: Jemima Susan Davis BIRTH-DATE: May 12, 1851 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: April 2, 1941 at age 89y-10m-21d DEATH-PLACE: Simpson, Court House District, Taylor County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed OCCUPATION: Retired FATHER: Moses Ray Golden (born in Virginia) MOTHER: Rebecca Rittenhouse (born in Virginia) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Cerebral Hemorrhage / Hypertensive heart disease INFORMANT: Mrs. Lummie Long (of Simpson, W.Va.) BURIAL: Canaan ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------