There is a family story that Joseph W. Davis met Eliza Virginia Clark when she was a maid working at the Old Stone House, the famous inn on the old Pittsburgh-Mercer Road (now Route 8) near Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania.
Joseph W. DAVIS (ID:I633), b. 15 Apr 1823, Franklin TWP, Butler County, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 25 Sep 1891, Franklin TWP, Butler County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 68 years)
Married
Abt 1849
Age at Marriage
Eliza was 20 years and 4 months old[~] ; Joseph was 25 years and 8 months old.[~] (They were married 42 years and 9 months).