William L. Davis, son of William and Martha Ann Hall Davis, was born in Doddridge County, W. Va., on October 11, 1870, and died August 27, 1946, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Jacob Ebersole, at Salemville, Pa.
Mr. Davis was a retired Seventh Day Baptist pastor, having served more than forty years in pastorates in West Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Arkansas.
In October, 1900, he was married to Lova Simpson at Jackson Center, Ohio. Surviving are his wife and two daughters: Mrs. Ebersole, with whom he had resided the last three months, and Mrs. Grace D. Lawson of Clarksburg, W. Va.; seven grandchildren, and four brothers, Fred of Bellview, Mich.; Townie of New Milton, W. Va.; Ivan of Kingwood, W. Va.; and Delbert of Ohio. Services were conducted at the home and at the German Seventh Day Baptist Church at Salemville, Pa., by the Rev. Marion C. Van Horn. Burial was in the Salemville Cemetery.
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