William B Davis

Printer, 1880

Married ca. 1883 in [Mercer Co., New Jersey] to Clara Grinage
Daughter of James Grinage and Harriet Cork
Born 07 Oct 1866 in [Dover Hundred, Kent Co.], Delaware
Died 05 Oct 1946 in Trenton, Mercer Co., New Jersey

To them were born:

Notes

• Son of John C and Mary E (-----) Davis, both of New Jersey.
• William's age in the census records: in 1870, age 5; in 1880, age 15.
• William appears under the name William P in the 1880 census.
• News report, Trenton Sunday Times-Advertiser, 15 Feb 1914:
  Davis Denies That / He's Among The Dead
  Editor Sunday Times-Advertiser:
    Dear Sir–In your issue of February 1, the statement was made that Mrs. Clara Davis of 112 Ewing Street was going to Wilmington, Del., to collect $1,000 relief money on the death of her husband William B. Davis, who was said to have been killed in Wilmington while working for the P. W. & B. Railroad. I would like to state, Mr. Editor, that I am very much alive and that I have never worked for the P. W. & B. or any other railroad. I am sorry that Mrs. Clara Davis and her friends will not have the pleasure of spending the $1,000 at my expense, and I would also like to state that when the time comes to collect my benefits it will be Mrs. Margaret Davis, to whom I have been married 17 years next July and who is named as my beneficiary on all policies, who will do the collecting and not Mrs. Clara Davis. Hoping you will publish this so that my many friends in Trenton will know I am still in the land of the living, I remain,
      Respectfully yours,
          WILLIAM B. DAVIS
            197 Cooper Street,
              (Trenton address.)
    Baltimore, Md., Feb. 13, 1914.

Sources

• 1870 - U.S. Census, New Jersey, Mercer Co., Trenton, Ward 3, Page No. 64 [=372 verso], 494-542, 18 Jun 1870
• 1880 - U.S. Census, New Jersey, Mercer Co., Trenton, Ward 3, Dist. 2, E.D. 103, Page No. 44 [=284D], 419-450, 211 Centre St., 11 Jun 1880
• 1881 - Trenton City Directory: Davis William B., potter, bds 211 Centre