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Charles Wesley Davis

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Charles Wesley Davis

Birth
Tyler County, West Virginia, USA
Death
24 Jan 1892 (aged 54)
Tyler County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Tyler County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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According to the Register of Marriages, he married Elcy Wise on Feb. 17, 1859. The groom was 21 and the bride 18 years old and both were residing in Tyler County, WV at the time of their marriage.

Charles and Elsie had the following children together:

Christena, who married a Pitts
Martha, who married a Weekley
George W., who married a Harris
Albert L., who married a Pratt
Indiola - 1878 - 1899.

Charles Wesley Davis was in the battle of Cedar Creek. He recalled seeing General Sheridan on his horse, "covered with foam" arrive from "Winchester, twenty miles away."

He was a 54 year old farmer who passed away from pneumonia after suffering with it for 8 days.
According to the Register of Marriages, he married Elcy Wise on Feb. 17, 1859. The groom was 21 and the bride 18 years old and both were residing in Tyler County, WV at the time of their marriage.

Charles and Elsie had the following children together:

Christena, who married a Pitts
Martha, who married a Weekley
George W., who married a Harris
Albert L., who married a Pratt
Indiola - 1878 - 1899.

Charles Wesley Davis was in the battle of Cedar Creek. He recalled seeing General Sheridan on his horse, "covered with foam" arrive from "Winchester, twenty miles away."

He was a 54 year old farmer who passed away from pneumonia after suffering with it for 8 days.

Inscription

Charles' grave stone is topped with an urn, which is a symbol of death of mourning.

CO E 14 REG
WV VOL INF



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