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Davis's paternal family had roots in western Virginia and what became West Virginia. His great-grandfather, Caleb Davis, was a clockmaker in the Shenandoah Valley. In 1816, his grandfather, John Davis, moved to Clarksburg in what would later become West Virginia. Its population then was 600–700, and he ran a saddle and harness business.
John James Davis was born in Clarksburg, Virginia (now West Virginia) in 1835 to master saddler John Davis and his New York-born wife Eliza Arnold Steen Davis.He had a younger brother, Rezin Caleb Davis (who initially apprenticed with their father, but was a Confederate soldier and later became a lawyer in Kentucky).
After a fall at the home of his son Hiram Jr. on August 23, Lloyd was hospitalized and died of bronchial pneumonia. ... Clarksburg, West Virginia, 1914 [6] Miles City ...
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Frank later became a merchant and proprietor of the Hi-De-Ho Pool Room. Gramma never worked outside the home or learned to drive a car, staying at home to raise two daughters, Marie Fumich (1930–2014) and Sheila Harris (1938–1997). At the time of her death, Gramma had five grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and 8 great-great-grandchildren.
Davis was found dead in a Miami Beach hotel room on February 4, 2005. He was 87 years old. An official cause of death was not released, but he was known to have had heart problems. [18] His ashes were interred at Ferncliff Cemetery. Davis's funeral was held in New York City on February 12, 2005.
Marshall was born Ralph Pierre LaCock on March 30, 1926 to Ralph and Jean LaCock, a show business family, in Clarksburg, West Virginia. [4] [5] Following his father's suicide when Marshall was 10, he moved to New York City to be with his mother, a costume designer. [5]
Clarksburg's population dropped to 30,579 by 1940, and further as the decade progressed. Former Gov. Gore served as state agricultural commissioner (1931–33) and later as Public Service Commissioner (1941–47). [20] However, Clarksburg managed to avoid urban blight and preserved much of the architecture it had gained during the "boom years".