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Elkins-Davis family of Elkins, West Virginia

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  Henry Gassaway Davis (1823-1916) — also known as Henry G. Davis — of Piedmont, Mineral County, W.Va. Born near Woodstock, Howard County, Md., November 16, 1823. 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, 1872, 1880, 1904 (member, Platform and Resolutions Committee), 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.; statue at Davis Park, Charleston, W.Va.
  Relatives: Son of Caleb Davis and Louisa Warfield (Brown) Davis; brother of Thomas Beall Davis; married 1853 to Katherine Ann Salome 'Kate' Bantz; father of Hallie D. Davis (who married Stephen Benton Elkins); grandfather of Davis Elkins.
  Political family: Elkins-Davis family of Elkins, West Virginia.
  The town of Davis, West Virginia, is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Thomas Beall Davis (1828-1911) — also known as Thomas B. Davis — of Keyser, Mineral County, W.Va. Born in Baltimore, Md., April 25, 1828. 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.
  Relatives: Son of Caleb Davis and Louisa Warfield (Brown) Davis; brother of Henry Gassaway Davis; uncle of Hallie D. Davis (who married Stephen Benton Elkins); granduncle of Davis Elkins.
  Political family: Elkins-Davis family of Elkins, West Virginia.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
Stephen B. Elkins Stephen Benton Elkins (1841-1911) — also known as Stephen B. Elkins — of Messilla, Dona Ana County, N.M.; Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, N.M.; Elkins, Randolph County, W.Va. Born near New Lexington, Perry County, Ohio, September 26, 1841. 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.
  Relatives: Son of Philip Duncan Elkins and Sarah Pickett (Withers) Elkins; married, June 10, 1866, to Sarah Simms "Sallie" Jacobs; married, April 14, 1875, to Hallie Davis (daughter of Henry Gassaway Davis; niece of Thomas Beall Davis); father of Davis Elkins.
  Political family: Elkins-Davis family of Elkins, West Virginia.
  The city of Elkins, West Virginia, is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Image source: The Parties and The Men (1896)
  Davis Elkins (1876-1959) — of Morgantown, Monongalia County, W.Va. Born in Washington, D.C., January 24, 1876. 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, from bronchial pneumonia, cardio-renal disease, and senility, in Westbrook Sanatorium, Richmond, Va., January 5, 1959 (age 82 years, 346 days). Interment at Maplewood Cemetery, Elkins, W.Va.
  Relatives: Son of Stephen Benton Elkins and Hallie (Davis) Elkins; married to Mary Elkins; grandson of Henry Gassaway Davis; grandnephew of Thomas Beall Davis.
  Political family: Elkins-Davis family of Elkins, West Virginia.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Mary Elkins (b. 1897) — also known as Mary Reagan; Mrs. Davis Elkins — of Morgantown, Monongalia County, W.Va. Born in Washington, D.C., March 21, 1897. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1952 (member, Resolutions Committee); Republican candidate for U.S. Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1954 (primary), 1956. Female. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Daughter of William Reagan and Catherine Reagan; married to Davis Elkins.
  Political family: Elkins-Davis family of Elkins, West Virginia.
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