The Political Graveyard: Davis-Elkins family of West Virginia

Davis-Elkins family of West Virginia

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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; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1904; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1912. Died in Washington, D.C., March 11, 1916. 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. Interment at Maplewood Cemetery, Elkins, W.Va.
- See also Davis-Elkins family of West Virginia
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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. 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. Interment at Maplewood Cemetery, Elkins, W.Va.
- See also Davis-Elkins family of West Virginia
- See also: congressional biography.

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