Harriet Virginia Davis (1851 - 1852)

Born 10 Aug 1851 in Doddridge, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Died 23 Dec 1852 at age 1 in Doddridge, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Harriet was born in 1851 in the West Union area in Doddridge County, Virginia (in the part that would become part of West Virginia in 1863). She was the daughter of John S. Davis and Esther Fitz Randolph. Tragically she died of scarlet fever in 1852 at age 1, together with at least five of her siblings. She is buried in the Old Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery in West Union, West Virginia.

Sources

Maria Davis Johnson, Descendants of Seventh Day Baptist William Davis,1663-1745 Rootweb; accessed 25 May 2020.

Name: John S. Davis

Birth: 1804 in Virginia

Death: 7 Jul 1855, Saint Francisville, Clark Co., MO

Spouse: Esther Fitz-Randolph

Parents: Nathan Davis, Jane Sutton

Cause of Death: Cholera

Note: In the spring of 1854 he sold the farm adjoining West Union to Israel Duckworth. Seven of his children had died of scarlet fever. He decided to go to Missouri with his remaining family, along with the Henderson family and the J. H. Bee family. There were about twenty persons in all. They went by way of Dayton, Ohio where the Hendersons decided to stay. Then the group went on to Terra Haute, Indiana and to Springfield, Illinois where property was cheap. The Mississippi river was crossed five miles below Keokuck, Iowa. There was no bridge at the time. The party arrived in Missouri, where they settled in Francisville in the Month of October. Both Mr Davis and Mr Bee purchased land there. The following summer, he died, along with two of the Bee family, of Cholera. Source: Gregg Dulaney Smith. Maplewood Farm, Box 26, Smithburg, WV 26436, Date 11 Jan 2000.

Death

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 25 May 2020), memorial page for Harriet Virginia Davis (1851–23 Dec 1852), Find a Grave Memorial no. 147536743, citing Old Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery, West Union, Doddridge County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Jennifer Wilt (contributor 47498841) .

Name: Harriet Virginia Davis

Birth: 1851

Death: 23 Dec 1852 (aged 0–1)

Burial: Old Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery, West Union, Doddridge County, West Virginia, USA

Memorial #: 147536743

Bio: d/o JS & H, Age 1y, 4m, 13d

Family Members

Parents: John S Davis Unknown-1855, Esther Fitz Randolph Davis 1810-1894

Siblings: Mary Jane Davis Bee 1829-1903, Lewis Townsend Davis 1833-1922, Caroline Davis 1835-1853, Elizabeth Davis 1838-1852, Emily Davis Jennings 1841-1896, Francis Grafton Davis 1848-1852, Saphronia Davis 1850-1852, Lucy Maria Davis 1854-1857

Created by: Jennifer Wilt (47498841)

Added: 7 Jun 2015

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