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, Matthias Fillmore (b. 1854) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Page 432 MATTHIAS FILLMORE DAVIS, policeman of Buckhannon, 1907-1908. Son of Lewis Davis and Harriet Dean, of Old Town, Md., grandson of Samuel Davis, a soldier of the war of 1812, who lived at Cherry Camp, W. Va. M. F. was born August 24, 1854. His father was wagon-master during the Civil War and frequently had to make his own repairs, so the son became a mechanic and has been a locomotive engineer for seventeen years, prior to his acceptance of his present position. Nine years of the seventeen years were spent on the Alexander and Rich Mountain R. R., five years on the Stockert and Painter Fork R. R., and two years running a log engine for various lumber companies. He is of English descent, is a Republican, member of I. O. O. F. of No. 126, Mineral Lodge, Flintstone, Md., for the past thirty years. He married Reta Smith, daughter of Walker Smith and Vina Haddox, daughter of Elza Haddox, soldier in Company M, 3d West Virginia Cavalry, and Sophronia Perry, the daughter of Elias Perry, who immigrated to Upshur county, early in the last century. Their children are Annie B., Hazel L., and Leslie Ross. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Marriage License, Upshur County, WV (Page 350) M. F. Davis (age 38) Retta Smith (age 24, dau of Walker Smith) were married September 18, 1893 at Dr. G. Simons residence by J. W. Fitzgerald, a Minister of Gospel ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------