Some families traditionally (and perhaps properly) considered
separately are joined together here if linked by marriage or
otherwise. These groupings — even the names of the
groupings, and the state or lists of states of main activity —
are the result of a computer algorithm, not the choices of any
historian or genealogist.
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Henry Gassaway Davis (1823-1916) —
also known as Henry G. Davis —
of Hampshire
County, W.Va.; Mineral
County, W.Va.
Born near Woodstock, Howard
County, Md., November
16, 1823.
Son of Caleb Davis and Louisa (Brown) Davis; married 1853 to Kate A.
Bantz; brother of Thomas
Beall Davis; father of Hallie Davis (who married Stephen
Benton Elkins); grandfather of Davis
Elkins.
Democrat. Railroad
promoter; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Hampshire County, 1866;
member of West
Virginia state senate 10th District, 1869-71; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1871-83; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 1904,
1912;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1904.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 11,
1916 (age 92 years, 116
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Elkins, W.Va.
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Thomas Beall Davis (1828-1911) —
also known as Thomas B. Davis —
of Keyser, Mineral
County, W.Va.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., April 25,
1828.
Brother of Henry
Gassaway Davis.
Democrat. Member of West Virginia
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1876-1907; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mineral County, 1899-1900;
U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1905-07.
Died in Keyser, Mineral
County, W.Va., November
26, 1911 (age 83 years, 215
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Elkins, W.Va.
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Stephen Benton Elkins (1841-1911) —
also known as Stephen B. Elkins —
of Messilla, Dona Ana
County, N.M.; Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va.
Born near New Lexington, Perry
County, Ohio, September
26, 1841.
Son of Philip Duncan Elkins and Sarah Pickett (Withers) Elkins;
married, June 10,
1866, to Sarah Simms "Sallie" Jacobs (died); married,
April
14, 1875, to Hallie Davis (daughter of Henry
Gassaway Davis); father of Davis
Elkins.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of New Mexico
territorial House of Representatives, 1864-65; New Mexico
territory attorney general, 1867; U.S.
Attorney for New Mexico, 1867-70; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1873-77; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1891-93; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1895-1911; died in office 1911.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
4, 1911 (age 69 years, 100
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Elkins, W.Va.
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Davis Elkins (1876-1959) —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Washington,
D.C., January
24, 1876.
Grandson of Henry
Gassaway Davis; son of Stephen
Benton Elkins and Hallie (Davis) Elkins; married to Mary Reagan.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
banker;
U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1911, 1919-25; delegate to Republican
National Convention from West Virginia, 1916;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Died in Richmond,
Va., January
5, 1959 (age 82 years, 346
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Elkins, W.Va.
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