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- King.GEDCOM. Electronic. Date of Import: December13, 2001.
[Benjiman Furbee Descendants.FTW]
On 9 AUG 1856 Waitman and wife Jane and Jane Ridgeway, widow of Noah Ridgeway, deceased, sold to John S. Fleming, for $350, land on the west side of Monongalia [sic] river near Morgantown, 1 acre 1 rod, one of the same lots conveyed to Waitman by Noah Ridgway 7 MAR 1843? (1845?) and in which he reserved a life estate to Jane Ridgeway, his widow, for 1/3 thereof; signed Waitman Davis, Jane Davis, Jane X (her mark) Ridgway.
Lived in Monongalia Co., VA in 1850-1870.
Census Data: 1850 Census, Monongalia Co., VA, page 306B:
Waitman Davis, 38, cabinet maker, $2500, b. VA; Jane Davis, 35, b. VA; Mary L. Davis, 9, b. VA; William C. Davis, 6, b. VA; Marcelus M. Davis, 4, b. VA; Zackwill R. Davis, 1, b. VA; Matilda J. Ridgaway, 14, b. IN; Daniel B. Ridgaway, 12, b. IN; Jane Ridgaway, 68, b. NJ. He is five doors away from Squier Cushman.
1860 Census, Monongalia Co., VA:
Waitman Davis, 47, cabinet maker, b. VA; Jane, 44, VA; Mary L., 18, VA; William C., 15, VA; Marcellus W., 13, VA; Zackwell R., 10, VA; Elmore N., 8, VA; James H., 6, VA; Erastus E., 2, no birthplace given. He is next door to Lorenzo and Cynthia Davis, and two doors from Susanna Davis, 46, b. VA, w/children Matilda, 16; James W., 6; Delia A., 3. He is nine doors from Bowers Davis, 73, b. DE.
1870 Census, Monongalia Co., WV:
Waitman Davis, 58, carpenter, b. WV; Jane, 55, WV; Marcellus W., carpenter, 23, WV; Elmer N., farmer, 19, WV; James H., farm hand, 16, WV; Erastus C., farm hand, 13, WV; Alice A. Miller, 14, WV, domestic.
Lived in Delphos, Ottawa Co., KS in 1880-1893.
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