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Facts and Events
Birth
Lodowick Hughes Davis was born on Mary 23, 1816 in Doddridge County, Virginia (now West Virginia) to William "Flint Billy" Davis and Rachel (Hughes) Davis.
Marriage
Lodowick Hughes Davis and Margaret Davis were married on July 2, 1835 in Harrison County Virginia (now West Virginia) by Rev. Peter Davis.
Children
- Silas Carder Davis
- Julie Ann Davis
- Herman Berkley Davis
- Hiram Lynch Davis
- Harriett Elizabeth Davis
- Leonora Adaline Davis
- Algelina L Davis
- Sarah Victoria Davis
- Terrance McQuire Davis
- Ellen Jane Davis
Religion
Lodowick Hughes Davis was an active member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church.
Death
Lodowick Hughes Davis passed away on July 21, 1885 in Salem, Harrison County, West Virginia at the age of 69. He was buried in the
Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery, Salem, Harrison County, West Virginia.
Sources
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Memorial
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134748348/lodowick-hughes-davis: accessed 04 June 2023), memorial page for Deacon Lodowick Hughes Davis (23 May 1816–21 Jul 1885), Find a Grave Memorial ID 134748348, citing Seventh-Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by Sissy (contributor 47369902).
References
- Doddridge County Roots, a West Virginia Genealogy.
Source: "Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia" by Susie Davis Nicholson, 1979, pg 47
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Sabbath Recorder . (New York City, New York; later Plainfield, N. J.)
41:32:5, August 6, 1885.
In Salem, W. Va., July 21, 1885, of consumption, Dea. Lodowick H. Davis, aged 69 years, 1 month, and 28 days. He was born near Salem, where his parents had recently settled, and his youth was spent amid the stirring scenes of what was then a new country.
At the age of sixteen he made a profession of religion under the preaching of Eld. Alexander Campbell, and was soon after baptized by Eld. Peter Davis and joined the New Salem church. In 1835 he was married by Eld. Peter Davis, to Margaret Davis, a devoted Christian woman, raising a large family of worthy children; and on the 1st day of July, of this year, they had both lived to see the completion of fifty years of happy married life. As a church member, his life was so pure and his walk so exemplary that in early manhood the brethren called him to the office of deacon, and he filled this position with fidelity and self-sacrifice till death.
About seven years ago, he sold his farm and bought a pleasant home in Salem, just across from the church, so that he might devote the remnant of his days more fully to the Lord. Quietly and faithfully he did his part in holding up the pastor's hands and afterwards in leading the meetings and teaching in the Sabbath-school, while his own family were afflicted and himself in failing health. Tenderly and lovingly he watched over a son and than a daughter, as they sank away with consumption, well knowing that his own life was fast drawing to a close; but he was happy in his precious family and happy in the duties of religion.
Just a month before his death his youngest son, Prof. T. M. Davis, of Alfred University, came to spend a few days with them, and the father's happiness seemed complete to see all his children again. His death was so peaceful, so full of heavenly joy, that it seemed a fitting close to such a Christ-like life. On the following day a vast concourse of people gathered at the church, where the services were held and a sermon was preached from the text, "Mark the perfect man and behold the upright; for the end of that man is peace." Psa. 37: 37. L. R. S.
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