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Eleanor (Stout) Davis (abt. 1800 - bef. 1850)

Eleanor "Nelly" Davis formerly Stout
Born about in Harrison County, Virginiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 17 Feb 1817 (to 20 Oct 1836) in Harrison, Virginia, United Statesmap
Mother of
Died before before about age 50 in Clayton, Adams County, Illinoismap
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Biography

Eleanor Stout, daughter of Caleb and Elizabeth Labaw Stout, born about 1800 in Harrison County, (West) Virginia. She married Edward Davis, son of Josiah/Joseph and Sophia Jackson Davis, February 19 1817 in Harrison County, (West) Virginia. They were the parents of Washington Jackson Davis, a lawyer in Lewis County. They accumulated a considerable amount of real estate on Major Power's Run which she added to after the death of her husband in 1837. She received her part of the estate and the remainder went to Washington Jackson, the only adult child. Eleanor was head of household whose age was between 30-40 and the remaining children were under the age of fifteen as noted on the 1840 census cited below.[1][2]

In fact, there are documents which name other children besides Washington Jackson Davis, said to be the only child. In the 1840 Clayton, Adams County, Illinois census three males and three young females are living with Eleanor. They may be these children

  1. Washington b 1817, son of Eleanor
  2. Edmund (Elmore), son of Eleanor
  3. Edward b 1837, son of Eleanor
  4. Elizabeth, daughter of Eleanor
  5. Daughter of Eleanor
  6. Daughter of Eleanor[3]

Lewis County Court Summons dated 6 August 1840: Abram Reger VS Joseph Davis Heirs and The Commonweath of Virginia to the Sheriff of Lewis County and 1842 Lewis County, West Virginia Chancery Record: Abraham Reger vs. Joseph Davis Heirs: Dec. 17 newspaper clipping are two records cited that name their children with the females spouses married name as heirs of Edward Davis, dec'd:

  1. Washington b Nov 15 1817, d Oct 9 1857, m Nancy Chipman Mar 16 1843
  2. Julia Ann m Isaac Bush Jan 7 1836 in Illinois
  3. Elinor
  4. Elizabeth
  5. Rebecca
  6. Cemenza
  7. Dyurnal
  8. Amanda
  9. Edward.[4]

Sources

  1. West Virginia Vital Statistics http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=40443&Type=Marriage
  2. Richard Stout Descendants in West Virginia, Russell Ray Stout, 1966?, page 31 http://www.worldcat.org/title/richard-stout-descendants-in-west-virginia/oclc/13800463
  3. United States Census, 1840 Illinois Adams Not Stated https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYYJ-S4?i=20&cc=1786457
  4. Nancy Jackson, researcher – Lewis County Order Book 1:93, Fall 1839 case ended. Old 1998 web page on Sophia Jackson for reference. Descendants of Sophia Jackson. Jackson Bridgade. Copyright © 2007 Jackson Brigade, Inc., c/o Jane Carlile Hilder. 5707 Norton Rd., Alexandria, VA 22303 http://www.eg.bucknell.edu/~hyde/jackson/SophiaJackson2007.html




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It is the request of the PM that any new information not duplicate information already in the biography and please use sources which may be accessed by of the Wikitree Family Tree members. Thank you.

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posted by Sharon (Hardman) West

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