Davis Creek Community

Uncle Bob was one of Cabell County's oldest tobacco growers at the time of 

his death which occurred September 21, 1924. He had been a lifelong 

resident of Cabell County, serving as constable for thirty-two years. 

C. C. Aills moved to Davis Creek from Ohio in the fall of 1872. He had a 

family of seven children. There were two girls, Miss S. F., a teacher for 

forty years in the public schools and Miss Addie of Four Pole. The five 

boys, Carson, also a teacher, (deceased) Frank, Addison, Crittendon, and 

William are all living on Four Pole. 

They are all loyal citizens. 

In 1873, Archabald Paugh moved to Davis Creek on what is now known as the 

Reece Earls farm. He was a former resident of Wetzel County. He had a 

family of eight children. There were four boys, Josephus (the oldest child 

has been dead about forty years) Reverend J. C. and Reverend Manford of 

the Sixteenth Street Road and Oscar of Huntington. The four girls, Mrs. 

Adeline Leaps, Mrs. Melissa Bolin, Mrs. Rachel Cauliflour, and Mrs. Ella 

Kirkland all of Huntington are still living. They are all good citizens. 

R. P. Hensley settled on Davis Creek in 1872. He reared a family of 

fifteen children, all good respectable people. The five boys are: R. W. 

and T. J. of Davis Creek, Henry (of Huntington until his death) Emry of 

Huntington, and Hale of Dayton, Ohio. The ten girls include Mrs. Orinda 

Melrose (dead), Mrs. Lillie Dillon, Mrs. Beulah Paugh of Davis Creek, Mrs. 

Vida Melrose, Mrs. Anna Dillon, Mrs. Stella Blankenship, Mrs. Eddie Smith, 

Mrs. Ella Bennett, Mrs. Mary Hodge, and Mrs. Eugene Nunnally all of 

Huntington, 

Another old settler was Thomas Nash, who moved to Davis Creek from Ohio in 

1878. There were eight children in his family. Two were boys, T. H. Nash 

of Barboursville, who is president of the present county court of 

Huntington and G. A. Nash of Davis Creek, The six girls were Mrs. Emerine 

Blankenship, Mrs. Ellen Keller, Mrs. Mary Guthrie and Mrs. Mahalia Ullom 

(all dead), Mrs. Clara France of Long Branch and Mrs. Georgie Dunfee of 

Huntington. 

We have have now come to the older Pastors and Doctors of Davis Creek. 

John T. Johnson came to the Wayne Circuit in 1859 and was there until the 

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