CHAPTER IX

Enoch Davis, Jr., son of Enoch Davis, Sr. and Elizabeth Anna DeLoach (not proved) was born in North Carolina September 7. 1807.

The attached copies of Enoch's military records show that he fought in the Creek-Indian Wars, enlisting as a Private from Wilcox County, AL. He enlisted at Montgomery, AL on June 1, 1836. He was in McCondichie's Company, First Battalion, Alabama Militia Infantry. He was discharged August 30, 1836, having served three months.

Enoch married Sarah Hawkins on February 15, 1838, having secured the license on February 3, 1838. Sarah was born in North Carolina January 27, 1822.

The names of Sarah's parents are unknown, but it is possible that she was a sister to Susannah Anthony Hawkins who married Arthur M. Davis, Enoch's youngest brother.

There was another Hawkins female connected with our Davis/Kennedy families in Clarke County. During my childhood days when we were living with my Kennedy grandparents (Lou Emma Davis and William Bishop Kennedy), I often heard Grandma speak of "Aunt Betsy Hawkins". She was married to John Fisher, and I suppose Grandma and Grandpa Kennedy named their oldest son for this uncle by marriage - John Fisher Kennedy. See attached picture of Aunt Betsy, as well as her obituary.

Another Hawkins relative was Miss Sarah Hawkins, who was apparently a cousin of Susannah Anthony Hawkins (wife of Arthur M. Davis) and Elizabeth "Betsy" J. Hawkins (wife of John Fisher). A copy of her obituary is also attached.

The 1850 Census of Clarke County listed Enoch, Sarah and their first four children:

Enoch Davis, Jr. age 43 born in NC

Sarah 26 11

William 9 AL

Howard 7 If

Caroline 5

Strother 1

By the time of the 1860 Census in Clarke County, Enoch and Sarah had four more children, making eight in all. They are listed as follows:

Enoch Davis age 52 farmer $4,000 $4,100 b.NC

 

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Sarah 28 "

William 19 Wilcox Co.

Howard 16 "

Caroline 14 Clarke Co.

Strother G. 12

John 9

Sarah 6

Thomas E. 3

Ann 11 mos.

On October 12, 1863, Enoch Davis, Jr. received $9.00 for hauling salt to indigent families. Rev. T. H. Ball, who wrote Clarke County Alabama and Its Surroundings, devotes several pages to the Salt Works in Clarke County. Salt, of course, is vital to humans and some animals, so the making of salt and its distribution was a thriving business in that county in the 1800's.

In 1870, the Clarke County Census listed Enoch and Sarah with only five children in the home. Several had married, a couple were deceased and another child had been born. The family was listed as follows, Household No. 211:

Enoch Davis, Farmer, age 63,$1,000,$600, born in NC

Sarah " 47 "

John W. 18 AL

Sarah 16 "

Thomas 13 "

Lucy (Ann) 11 "

Samuel 8 "

The first monetary figure represents real estate and the second personal property value.

Enoch Davis, Jr. died February 3, 1888, at his home, and was buried in the Methodist Church Cemetery, Pleasant Hill, Clarke County, AL.

On September 21, 1892, Sarah "Sallie" Davis applied for a pension because of Enoch's service in the Indian Wars (see attached copy of the application). She probably never received the pension because she died that same year, on December 19th. Sarah was buried beside her husband in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery.

Seldom do we know exactly what our ancestors looked like. True, we have old photographs, but this usually gives no clue as to height, complexion, etc. However, when Sarah applied for her pension, she described her husband as: "Five feet eleven inches tall, blue eyes, light hair, and fair complexion".

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NANCY ELIZABETH DAVIS

Nancy Elizabeth Davis, first child of Enoch Davis. Jr. and Sarah Hawkins, was born on February 7, 1839 and died on October 2nd or 22nd, 1842. This information was given to me by a Davis descendant approximately fifteen years ago. Later, in 1989, I obtained this same information from a Davis booklet compiled by J. L. Cullen, another Davis descendant.

Nancy Elizabeth was already deceased by the time of the 1850 Census in Clarke County, which explains her absence in that census.

WILLIAM MOSES DAVIS

William Moses Davis, second child and first son of Enoch and Sarah Davis, was born on August 14, 1841. He served in the Confederate States Army as a Private in Co. K, 23rd Regiment, Alabama Infantry.

There is conflicting information regarding the service record of William Moses Davis. The following quotation is taken from "History of Clarke County" by John Simpson Graham, 1923 (Jackson Public Library), "War Records of Clarke County Veterans according to their own statements". Page 160.

"W. M. Davis, Nettlesboro, was born on the line between Clarke County and Wilcox County (but was reared in Clarke Co) August 14, 1841. Enlisted in Company K, 23rd Alabama Regiment, commanded by Col. Frank Beck. Was never wounded or taken prisoner, was in about 10 battles, the last one being at Bentonville, North Caolina. Stacked arms at Salisbury, NC about April 6, 1865."

You will see by the attached copies of his military records that he was a prisoner of war and was captured at Vicksburg. He was paroled at Salisbury, North Carolina on may 5, 1865.

After the War, William Moses Davis married Mary Ann Elizabeth DeLoach on December 19, 1866, according to Clarke County Marriage Records. The wedding took place at the home of John R. Robertson and the officiant was John Talbert, Justice of Peace. Mary was the daughter of Pennington DeLoach and Epsey James Davis (see chapter on John Davis).

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Mary's sister, Lula Miller DeLoach, married Lemuel A. Larrimore, brother to Dock, Cyrus, Pinkney and John Larrimore, the latter being the husband of Catherine Angeline Kannedy. Catherine was the sister of William Bishop Kennedy, whose wife, Lou Emma Davis, was an first cousin of William Moses Davis.

The 1870 Clarke County Census listed the family as follows:

W. M. Davis Age 28 Born in AL

Mary Davis 25 "

Mary Davis 4 "

The above child, Mary Davis, age 4, was either their first child who was called "Mollie" and the age should read "4 MOS.11 instead of four years, or else this child died early in life, as she does not appear again. I think that Mary in the 1870 Census is the same as Mary S. in the 1880 Census, Pleasant Hill District.

Wm. M. Davis age 38 Born AL

Mary A. Davis 33 "

Mary S. 10 "

Maggie V. 8 "

John W. 7 "

Eufala 5 "

Walter 4 "

William Moses Davis and Mary A. DeLoach had only five children. Mary died on May 31, 1924 and William died five years later on April 12, 1929. They are buried in Bethel Cemetery on old Line Road, Clarke County, Alabama.

1. Mary "Mollie" Strother Davis, oldest child of William Moses Davis and Mary Ann Elizabeth DeLoach, was born in 1870. She married Robert Lee Kennedy. A complete account of their descendants will be found in the Kennedy Section of this book.

2. Maggie V. Davis, second child of William and Mary Davis, was born in 1872. Married Amos McCurdy and had two sons. Maggie is buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Clarke Co.

A. Fred McCurdy, born in 1890; died in 1984 at age 94. He married Mellie Williams, sister of Tom Williams of Lower Peach Tree. They had two sons and a daughter.

a. Martha McCurdy; married a Tucker.

b. William McCurdy

c. Harold McCurdy

 

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p.269, Davis Section of Ancestors and Kin

4. Eufala Davis, daughter of William Moses Davis and Mary A. DeLoach, was boarn December 14, 1874. Married Thomas A. Kelley on December 10, 1893. Tom was the second child and second son of Alex Kelley, who was born August 5, 1848 in Wilcox County, AL and died January 7, 1933 in Clarke Co. Tom's mother was Jane Fendley, born June 30, 1950 in Clarke Co. and died January 30, 1906 in Clarke Co.

Tom Kelley was a preacher in the old Methodist Protestant ChurCh.He and Fala served several small rural churches throughout south Alabama. Their last ministry was in the Kinston, Alabama area where, in addition to his preaching, they operated a small store. Shortly after the end of World War II they retired and returned to the Sandflat Community where Tom had been raised.

Oldest child of Tom and Eufala was Jewel Kelley, was born November 8, 1894. She married Barney Vivian "Viv" Kelley in early 1910. Jewel died September 9, 1910, of a mysterious illness that lasted about twelve hours. Vivian and Jewel had no children.

On February 6, 1916, Vivian married Gertrude Scarbrough and they had two daughters, one of which was Annie Kate Kelley, who married Roy Laverne Mott. See p.611, Ancestors and Kin for an account of the descendants of Annie kate and Roy Mott.

Vivian Kelley was a first cousin of Tom Kelley and his granddaughters referred to Eufala as "Granny Fala".

Tom had a "stripped down" car that he had made into a flatbed pickup truck that he and Eufala used for transportation. On Sunday, April 25, 1948, they were in their pickup going to visit friends when Tom turned off U.S. 43 into the path of a northbound car. He and Eufala both sustained severe injuries and Tom's resulted in his death two days later, on April 27th.

Eufala recovered after several weeks and continued living alone for a couple of years in the Sandflat Community. She finally moved to Dickinson to live with her sister, Mollie Davis Kennedy, wife of Robert Lee Kennedy, where she died in 1953. Tom and Eufala are buried in the Kelley Cemetery five miles south of Thomasville.

Tom and Eufala had a son named Johnny Kelley, but R. L. Mott, Sr., who provided me with this information on this family, knows nothing about him.

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B. Amos Edwin McCurdy, born September 18, 1902. Married and had only one son who never married.

3. John W. Davis, born on April 6, 1874; died on February 22 1898. He married Hattie Larrimore (daughter of Catherine Angeline Kennedy and John L. Larrimore) on January 27, 1897. Hattie was born December 31, 1871 and died April 25, 1960. They had one child.

After Johnny's death, Hattie married a man by the name of Guy. Johnny and Hattie are buried in Old Salem Cemetery in Scyrene. His tombstone reads: John W. Davis, Jr. For a long time, I wondered how this could be, if his father was William Moses Davis?

Johnny had an uncle, John Walter Davis, born in 1852, the son of Enoch Davis, Jr. and Sarah Hawkins. I finally decided that Johnny was named for this uncle, and his middle name was probably "Walter".

a. Annie Lee Davis

4. Eufala Davis; married Rev. Kelly. No further information.

5. Walter M. Davis, last child of William Moses Davis and Mary A. DeLoach, was born on April 14, 1876; died July

10, 1906. He married (('2-n- February 4, 1901 (Clarke County Marriage Records) Alice Willard Thomas, daughter of J.H. and Ellen Thomas.

Walter is buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Clarke Co. For a complete account of the descendants of Walter and Alice, see the chapter on Arthur M. Davis, father of Ellen.

 

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HOWARD COVINGTON DAVIS

Howard Covington Davis, third child and second son of Enoch Davis, Jr. and Sarah Hawkins, was born on November 29, 1843. on the 1850 Clarke County Census his age was listed as seven, in the home with his parents.

The following excerpt is taken from John Simpson Graham's History of Clarke County:

"H. C. Davis, Chance - was born in Clarke County in 1843, on November 29th, near Lower Peach Tree. Enlisted in the army in Company B, 38th Alabama Regiment, under Captain W. R. elch, at Yellow Bluff, on the Alabama River, Colonel Ketchman in command. Was in the following battles: Chickamauga, September 19-20, 1863; Missionary Ridge, Resca, Georgia; New Hope Church, Atlanta, GA; Columbus, TN; Nashville, TN; Spanish Fort. Was never taken prisoner, but was slightly wounded one time at Spanish Fort in April, 1865. Was discharged March 15, 1865, at Livingston. (Note: abbreviation of states is mine. Also, there are errors in dates of his being wounded and also date of discharge. He was discharged before he was wounded? MKR)

Howard Davis was married twice - the first time to Sarah Agnes Pine, born on August 21, 184.1. (one source says August 2nd). They married on January 4, 1866 at the David Pine home. The officiant was J. P. Nettles, J.P. There were six children by this first marriage. Sarah is buried in an old cemetery at Packer's Bend, Clarke County, AL. I personally have never seen her tombstone and have been given two different dates for her death. one, July 21, 1878, which is obviously in error if her last child was born on July 23rd. The other date given to me was August 21, 1878, which must be the correct date.

The 1870 Clarke County Census, Grove Hill, listed the Howard Davis family in Household No. 74. Addison Walker was in No. 73 and Ellen Pine in No. 72.

Howard Davis, age 26 $325

Sarah A. 28

Lula 0. 3

John H. 11 mos.

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LULA OCTAVIA DAVIS

Lula Octavia Davis, oldest child of Howard and Sarah Davis, was born on February 5, 1868. She married Thomas Jefferson Kennedy, brother of William Bishop Kennedy. See the Kennedy Section of this book for a complete account of their descendants.

JOHN HOWARD DAVIS

John Howard Davis, second child and only son of Howard and Sarah Davis, was born on April 23, 1870 He married Lillie Elona Wilson, daughter of Martha Jane K ennedy and Thomas R. Wilson. See Kennedy Section of this oook for an account of their descendants.

ANNIE L. DAVIS

Annie L. Davis, third child and second daughter of Howard and Sarah Davis, was born on June 26, 1871. Died early in life.

MARY ELLEN DAVIS

Mary Ellen (some say Ella) Davis, fourth child and third daughter of Howard and Sarah Davis, was born October 27,1873. She married Cornelius Zebedee Bradford on October 20, 1893 at the H. C. Davis residence. Zebedee was born on December 13, 1869, the son of James T. Bradford and Mary E. Walker.

For years I tried to get information on Mary Ellen and Zebedee Bradford, but all anyone could tell me was that they had migrated to Arkansas.

After I had tracked down a descendant of Mary Lavinia Thomas (granddaughter of Susan Davis and John T. McCoy) and James Marcellus Bradford, who had also migrated to Arkansas, I began to wonder if perhaps James and zeb Bradford were related, and maybe had left Alabama together. I still do not know for certain that the two families traveled at the same time, but I do know that the two Bradford men were brothers.

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Myra Loomis Mulcare, granddaughter of Mary Lavinia Thomas, was able to send me the name of one of Mary Ellen and Zeb's granddaughters who lives in Banks, Arkansas, the same town in which Mary Lavinia and James Marcellus lived.

Mary Ellen and Zebedee Bradford had twelve children.

1. Raymond Cornelius Bradford, born on August 20, 1894, in Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox Co. AL. Died March 1, 1973 in anks; buried in McFarland Cemetery, Banks. He married Willie Lee Risher on February 22, 1921. Willie Lee was born June 28, 1902. She died December 15, 1974 and is also buried in McFarland Cemetery. Eight children:

A. Fannie Mae Bradford, born in Banks on March 17, 1923. Married Jesie Willard Forrest on January 24, 1943.

a. Fred Arnold Forrest, born September 7, 1943. He married Le Nugyn (Vietnamese) and has two children.

(1) Fred Von Lang Forrest, born July 23, 1973.

(2) Jason Willard Forrest, born December 22, 977.

b. Jessie Allen Forrest, born September 27, 1946. Married Betty Sue Caldwell; divorced. They had two daughters.

(1) Kelly Laverne Forrest,born September 23,1973.

(2) Alicia Marie Forrest, born April 23, 1977. Jessie married second, Nancy Alsbrook. No issue.

C. Patricia Gail Forrest, born April 30, 1954. Married Ken Waits and had two sons.

(1) Micah Taylor Forrest Waits, born September 5, 1987.

(2) Joseph Bradford Caleb Waits, born March 15, 1990.

d. Paula Kay Mae Forrest, born November 14, 1958. Married Gary Smith and had two sons.

(1) Gary Ryan Smith, born September 10, 1981.

(2) Bradley Randall Smith, born September 11, 1985.

 

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B. Sybil Lene Bradford was born August 24, 1924, Banks. She married Claud Davis on May 2, 1947. He was born on January 20, 1924 in Russellville, Arkansas, the son of Claud Davis and Eliza Hunn. Claud died June 26, 1979 and is buried in McFarland Cemetery.

a. Harry David Davis, born July 21, 1948, Camden, AR. Married Linda Ansdell; divorced. They had two children.

(1) Sherrie Lynn Davis

(2) Jeremy Wade Davis

Harry David Davis married second, Mary Frances Wolfe; no issue.

C. Mary Frances Bradford, third child of Raymond Bradford and his wife, was born September 14, 1926, Banks. Married Thelbert Scotus Cottrell on September 17,1948. He died January 9, 1983. They have an adopted son.

a. John Edward Cottrell, born March 13, 1960. Married Beth Outlaw and had one son. John and Beth are divorced.

(1) Josh Cottrell

D. Norman Louis Bradford, born April 19, 1928. His first marriage was to Alma Mae Parker on May 8,1954; no issue. She died January 8, 1963.

Norman married second, Betty Jo Taylor Boyd August 24 1968; she had four children by a previous marriage.

a. Lanita Jo Boyd, born November 24, 1951. Married Kenneth Wayne Wright and has three children.

(1) Tammy Rene Wright

(2) Sandy Jolene Wright

(3) Kenneth Wayne Wright, Jr.

b. Nancy Rae Boyd, born December 17, 1952. Married Gary Wayne Berchtold and has two daughters.

(1) Nicole Denise Berchtold

(2) Brandie Marie Berchtold

c. Jeffrey Lowell Boyd, born May 5, 1958. Married to

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Donna Lynn Skarpa and has two daughters.

(1) Stacie Lynn Bradford

(2) Tracie ionell Bradford

d. Mitzi Gale Boyd, born June 30, 1959. Married to Gerald Wayne Sobecky and has two children.

(1) Andrew Wayne Sobecky

(2) Emily Taylor Sobecky

Norman adopted the two youngest children, so they now go by the name Bradford.

E. Raymond Lamar Bradford, fifth child of Raymond Bradford and his wife, was born on January 2, 1931; died on March 3, 1979. Married Sandra McKee and had four children.

a. Suzanne Bradford; died when she was two years of age, as a result of an automobile accident.

b. Wendy Bradford, born August 9, 1962.

c. Jennifer Bradford,born October 11,1965; married Dillon Watkins.

d. Raymond Edward Bradford, born September 26, 1969.

F. Carlton Zebedee Bradford, born June 1, 1933. Married Joy Dee Henderson pn July 4, 1958. Three children:

a. Laura Eileen Bradford, born April 30, 1959.

b. Shannon Clay Bradford, born April 7, 1963.

c. Alison Caroline Bradford, born January 22, 1969.

G. Sue Corinne Bradford, born November 22, 1936. Married first, George Newman; divorced. one son by first marriage:

a. Donald Bradford Newman, born November 13, 1956.

Sue married second, Berry Johnson, Jr. on November 6, 1965. one son by second marriage:

b. Stacy Darrin Johnson, born July 24, 1966; lived only ten hours. Buried in Brookside Cemetery in

 

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Houston, Texas.

Berry Johnson has two daughters by a former marriage:

a. Stephanie Joann Johnson; married Buddy Moore and has two daughters:

(1) Amanda Gail Moore

(2) Crystal Lynn Moore

b. Kimberly Lynn Johnson; married Burl Bunting, Jr. and has one daughter and two sons:

(1) Burl Bunting, III

(2) Jason Allen Bunting

(3) Jessica Ann Bunting

H. Lucy Carolyn Bradford, last child of Raymond Cornelius Bradford and Willie Lee Risher, was born November 30, 1939. Married Bobby Frank Jenkins on August 1, 1959, and had two daughters. Bobby died February 4, 1980.

a. Kimberly Lynn Jenkins, born March 20, 1964.

b. Sarah Anne Jenkins, born February 24, 1974.

2. John Bryant Bradford, second son of Mary Ellen and Zeb Bradford, was born September 10, 1895. Married Anna Boyette, who had three children by a previous marriage: Austin, Pearl and Thomas. Bryant and Anna had two children.

A. John Bryant Bradford, Jr.

A. Edward Bradford; married Ivey Carter.

a. Joe Bradford

b. Alice Faye Bradford; married a McMurray.

3. Leonard Bradford, third son of Mary Ellen and zeb Bradford, was born June 18, 1897. Married Ola Doss.

A. B. D. Bradford; married Lera Vinson.

B. Doris Marie Bradford; married Woodrow Jolly.

C. Charles Raymond Bradford

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Leonard and Ola were divorced and he married Lavelle Richardson; no issue by second marriage.

4. Maybelle Bradford, first daughter of Mary Ellen and Zeb Bradford, was born January 2, 1899. Married Ora Doss who was a brother to the above Ola Doss. Two children:

A. Ersell Doss

B. Aubert Lee Doss

5. Annie Mae Bradford, second daughter of Mary Ellen and Zeb Bradford, born June 11, 1902. Married Boss Whittington and had three daughters:

a. Helen Whittington

b. Mary Elsie Whittington

c. Elois Whittington

After Boss Whittington died, Annie Mae married Bert Freeland.

6. Lena Bradford, third daughter of Mary Ellen and Zeb Bradford, was born December 24, 1903. Married Leonard Whittington and had three children.

A. J. C. Whittington

B. Erma Lee Whittington

C. Birdie Whittington

After Leonard died, Lena married a Colyer.

7. Bufford Bradford, fourth son of Mary Ellen and Zeb, was born on October 25, 1906. Married Tommy Lee Childers and had one child who died soon after his birth. Bufford and Tommy Lee were divorced and he married Pearl Boyette, the daughter of Anna Boyette and step-daughter of John Bryant (see above). Bufford and Pearl had three children.

A. J. R. Bradford

B. Imogene Bradford; married Henry Clay Nickols.

a. Donna Nickols

b. Tommy Nickols

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c. Terry Nickols

C. Alice Marie Bradford; married Larry Goza.

 

8. Eunice Bradford, fourth daughter of Mary Ellen and Zeb, was born on July 26, 1908. Married Douglas Bell and had three children.

A. Wayne Bell

B. Eugene Bell

C. Linda Bell

9. Bertha Bradford, fifth daughter of Mary Ellen and Zeb, was born on March 8, 1911. Married Jake Hearnsberger and had one son:

A. Bobby Hearnsberger

After Jake's death, Bertha married Sam, McClure and they had three children.

A. W. S. McClure

B. Winnie Bea McClure

C. Mary Louise McClure

10. Virginia Bradford, sixth daughter of Mary Ellen and Zeb, was born on February 5, 1913. Married Cecil Ervin Hodge in March of 1934. Cecil, the son of Lewie Haley Hodge and Laura Maud Douglas, was born in Hampton, Arkansas on November 15, 1915 and died March 13, 1981. Virginia died on July 12, 1974; she and her husband are buried in Eudora, AR. They had four children, all born in Lake Village, Chicot County, AR.

A. Lewie Gene Hodge, born on January 30, 1935. Married Shirley Pennington on October 3, 1955.

B. Katherine Hodge, born on April 12, 1938. She married James Coy Abston on October 6, 1955. 

C. Bonnie Sue Hodge, born on September 16, 1941. Married Thomas Earl Wylie on July 29, 1960.

 

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D. John Carroll Hodge, born on December 5, 1948. Married Betty Jean Cossey on November 3, 1967.

 

11. Robert Lee Bradford, fifth son of Mary Ellen and Zeb, was born on June 17, 1916 in Banks, Arkansas. Married Gladys Brumley and had four children, all born in Eudora, Chicot County, Arkansas.

A. John Robert Bradford, born on September 14, 1939. He married Martha Carolina Varner on may 2, 1960.

B. Margaret Ellen Bradford, born on June 28, 1944. Married Harold Frankling Green on February 22, 1960.

C. Jimmy Frank Bradford, born on January 22, 1946; died on July 3, 1946 in a drowning accident.

D. David William Bradford, born on November 14, 1950. He married Franice Elaine Hodgkin on May 27,1974.

 

12. Howard Bradford, last child of Mary Ellen and Zeb Bradford, was born on March 31, 1919; died in December 1957 in Cleveland, Ohio. Buried in Eudora, Arkansas. Howard married Nona Nadine Hodge on August 26, 1939. She was born in Shelton, Louisiana on March 4, 1923, the daughter of Lewie Haley Hodge and Laura Maud Douglas.

Nona Nadine is a sister to Cecil Ervin Hodge who married Virginia Bradford, Howard Bradford's sister (see above). Nona is now married to Pierre B. Allston. She and Howard had four children.

A. Brenda Joyce Bradford, born in Hermitage, Arkansas on September 5, 1942. Married Felton Dickson.

B. Barbara Jane Bradford, born at Lake Village, AR on July 1, 1946. Married Craig Andrews on May 31, 1967.

C. Billy Don Bradford, born in Lake Village also, on May 15, 1948. Married Cyndi Mullins on May 19, 1978.

D. Beverly Jean Bradford, born in Lorain, Ohio February 7, 1954; died in April of 1959 in an accident.

 

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ELIZABETH "LIZZIE" RUSSIN DAVIS

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Russin Davis, fifth child and fourth daughter of Howard and Sarah Davis, was born April 28, 1875. She married John Fisher Kennedy, son of William Bishop Kennedy and Lou Emma Davis. A complete account of their descendants will be found in the Kennedy Section of this book.

SARAH A. DAVIS

Sarah A. (probably Agnes) Davis, last child of Howard and his first wife, was born on July 23, 1878 and her mother died approximately one month later. No further information.

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Howard Covington Davis married second, Ellen E. Pine, Sarah's sister, who bore him three sons. The date of this second wedding was January 31, 1879. Ellen Pine was born on June 3, 1843 and died January 19, 1924. She is buried in the Kennedy Cemetery, Chance, Alabama, beside Howard, who died Janaury 28 1934.

The 1880 Clarke County, Alabama Census, Cane Creek Precinct, listed Howard and his second wife, along with the five children by his first wife.

H. C. Davis age 36 b. AL

Ellen 36 "

Lula 0. 12 "

John H. 10 "

Mary E. 6 "

Elizabeth R. 4 "

Sarah A. 1 "

My maternal grandmother, Carl Steele Faile, used to tell Sister and me "ghost stories" and always included tales of the Pine family. She said if you spent the night at the Pine home, you could hear Mr. Pine beating his slaves with chains, and the slaves screaming in the night, even though this event occurred many years ago. She also said that when you were in bed at night, you could feel someone pulling the covers off the bed, but the occupant would just calmly sit up in bed, reach down to retrieve the covers and pull them back into place. I do not recall if Grandma was speaking from her own experiences or relating a tale told to her.

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WASHINGTON EDGAR DAVIS

Washington Edgar Davis, first child of Howard Covington Davis and his second wife, Ellen E. Pine, was born on January 6, 1883. Edgar never married, and died on February 3, 1937. He was buried in the Kennedy Cemetery, Chance, Alabama.

MARVIN PINE DAVIS

Marvin Pine Davis, second child of Howard and Ellen Davis. He was born on March 19, 1885 and died March 28, 1918. Married Maggie Hall, daughter of Alice I. Smith and George E. Hall and granddaughter of Charlie Smith and Harriet Baugh.

Marvin and Maggie had one daughter.

A. Clay ouida Davis, only child of Marvin and Maggie Davis. I remember seeing Clay Ouida in Chance. Her mother died when she was fairly young, as I recall. I remember that Clay Ouida was a beautiful young girl. She grew up, married, and had three sons. She died at age 36, when her children were young. No further information.

After Marvin Davis' death, Maggie married a Mr. Ware and had two children.

A. Bonnie Sue Ware, born May 8, 1920. Married John Paul Latham on January 29, 1939. He was born on October 7 1914 and died November 25, 1981. They had one child.

a. Paula Sue Latham, born March 4, 1955. Married on December 10, 1983, Joseph Warren Hutt, II of Roanoke, Virginia.

B. George Franklin Ware, born in 1925, After the death of Maggie Hall Davis Ware, George was adopted by his uncle, Charlie Smith, Jr. and wife, Evie.

 

WILLIAM CLAUDE DAVIS

William Claude Davis, last child of Howard Covington Davis and his second wife, Ellen E. Pine, was born on September 10, 1887. Claude never married; he died on December 20, 1936 and was buried in the Kennedy Cemetery, Chance, Alabama.

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AMANDA CAROLINE DAVIS

Amanda Caroline Davis, fourth child of Enoch Davis, Jr. and Sarah Hawkins, was born on July 21, 1845. The 1850 Clarke Co. Census gives her age as five. Amanda Caroline married Napoleon Osborne September 14, 1865. The wedding took place at the home of Enoch Davis and the officiant was John D. Fisher, M. G. This is recorded in Marriage Book B, Clarke County, AL.

The 1870 Clarke County Census listed an Osborne family as follows:

Lafayette Osborne age 37

Amanda Osborne 28

Nancy 11

Mary 10

Rebecca 9

Sarah 6

Roxey 4

Georgia 3

Andrew 1

Obviously, this is NOT our Amanda Caroline Davis. The first child in the family, Nancy, was born in 1859 and Amanda and Napoleon married in 1865. Perhaps the Osbornes had a Lafayette as well as a Napoleon (such illustrious names!) who also married a girl by the name of Amanda.

STROTHER GREGG DAVIS

Strother Gregg Davis, fifth child of Enoch Davis, Jr. and his wife, Sarah Hawkins, was born on May 5, 1849. In the 1850 Clarke County Census his age was listed as one year. According to J. L. Cullen's Davis Booklet, Strother died August 14, 1864 of yellow fever.

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JOHN WALTER DAVIS

John Walter Davis, sixth child of Enoch Davis, Jr. and Sarah Hawkins, was born on January 15, 1852 and died after 1928. He married first, Emma Jane Clark, on January 18, 1877. The wedding took place at the residence of W(illiam) C(ampbell) Clark. The wedding was recorded in Volume 7, page 392, Wilcox County Marriage Records. The minister was George Watson.

In his Davis Booklet, compiled by J. L. Cullen, he says that Emma Jane Clark was the daughter of Gillam Clark. At the time of the 1860 Wilcox County Census, there was a Gilman Clark, 8 years old, in the home of James J. Kirk. In 1870, Adaline F. and Olivia C. Clark are in the home of William Campbell Clark and his second wife, Elizabeth Clark. William's first wife, Jane Kirk, was deceased by that time. Also listed was Joseph Calvin Clark, William and Elizabeth's one year old baby.

William Campbell Clark,farmer age 51

Elizabeth Clark 29

William Thornton Clark 19

Absalom Clark 17

Jonathan Parrish Clark 14

James Robert Clark 11

Amanda Elmira Clark 9

Joseph Calvin Clark 1

Adaline F. Clark 17

Olivia C. Clark 13

If Gilman, Emma Jane, Adaline and Olivia were the children of Gillam (or Gilman) Clark, Gillam was probably the brother of William Campbell Clark. I do not know in whose home Emma was living in 1870, as she was only 14 years old at the time, but by 1880 she was married to John Walter Davis. They were isted in the Clarke County Census that year, residing in the Pleasant Hill District.

John W. Davis age 26

Emma 22

Alabama 2

Adline Clark 24 (sister to Emma)

J. L. Dortch (no relation)

Emma Jane Clark Davis is buried in the cemetery at Pleasant Hill Methodist Church and her tombstone reads: Emma J. Davis, Born December 25, 1856; Died November 1, 1895.

No marker has as yet been found for John Walter Davis, and he was probably buried beside his second wife, Alice Kimbrough, whom he married after the death of Emma Jane. There was no issue by the second wife.

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1. Allie Zonia Davis, born March 31, 1878; died October 29, 1951 in Augusta, Georgia. Buried in Columbia, South Carolina. She married Brunie Brown Davis on February 9, 1901. He was born in Geneva, Alabama on January 1, 1882; died June 6, 1934 at VA Hospital in oteen, North Carolina. His father may have been W. R. Davis, shown as a resident of Eunola, AL in 1898.

A. James Patrick Davis

B. Burnett "Sam" Davis

C. Bertice Davis

D. Emma Voncille Davis, born June 30, 1904, Columbia, Mississippi; died December 25, 1981, Augusta, GA. Buried at Westover Memorial Cemetery, Augusta. Married Charles C. Royal, Sr.

a. Charles C. Royal, Jr., born December 10, 1925, Richmond County, Georgia. Married Freida Louise Cook in April of 1946 in Athens, GA.

(1) Charles Ashley Royal

(2) Toni Royal

(3) Carla Ann Royal

 

b. Geraldine Royal

2. Malcolm Connerly Davis, born July 8, 1882, according to J. L. Cullen. Charles Royal provided Malcolm's middle name. Cullen says he, died February 25, 1896, when he was 14 years old.

3. Ludie Edna Davis, born July 16, 1885, Clarke County, AL; died on January 31, 1966 in Jacksonville, Duval Co. Florida. She was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery. Ludie married Morris Foster McEvoy on May 3, 1906 in Jackson, AL. Morris was born August 12, 1884, the son of Patrick John McEvoy and Sarah Elizabeth Dennis; died on June 5, 1932. He was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in St. Mary's, Georgia.

A. Morris Foster McEvoy, II, born March 23, 1908 in Belfast, Bryan County, GA. He died July 3, 1985 and

was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Jacksonville, Florida. He married on June 23, 1940, Gladys Virginia Gray, born in Savannah, Chatham Co. GA on May 12,

 

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1919, the daughter of Otis Oliver Gray and Blanche Elmira Buchanan. Morris and Gladys had two children.

a. Morris Foster McEvoy, III, born on March 9, 1943 in Jacksonville, FL. Married Kayla Jean Stein on August 11, 1972 on a cruise ship on the Atlantic Ocean. Kayla is the daughter of Walter Allen Stein and Edna Irene Gordon. She was born on February 17, 1941, Massilon, Stark County, Ohio.

(1) Morris Foster McEvoy, IV, born in Jacksonville, Florida May 8, 1973.

b. John Richard McEvoy, born in Jacksonville on January 20, 1947. He married Sara Jane Brooks on June 19, 1971.

B. Strother Davis McEvoy, born on February 2 , 1910, Satilla Bluff, Camden Co. GA. Married Viola Brooks on October 21, 1960.

C. Patrick John McEvoy, born on August 23, 1912; died on December 3, 1955; buried at Greenlawn Cemetery. He married Emma Ruth Gustofson August 24, 1946.

D. Marie Elizabeth McEvoy, born March 1, 1914. Married married Donald Monroe Loop on April 3, 1935.

4. Howard Stanley Davis, according to Royal. Died January 4, 1886, according to Cullen. No date of birth given, but evidently he died young.

5. Strother E. (according to Royal) or Grey (according to Cullen) Davis. Cullen says Strother was killed by a train.

6. Jessie Vivian Davis; died at age four, according to Cullen.

7. E. J. Davis; worked as a purser on a ship. On a cruise to South America, he was struck by a taxi on a street in Brazil.

 

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SARAH ELIZABETH DAVIS

Sarah Elizabeth Davis, daughter of Enoch Davis, Jr. and Sarah Hawkins, was born July 3, 1854; died March 25, 1934. Married on December 16, 1875, William Thornton Clark, born February 27, 1851; died November 27, 1906. There is a tombstone in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Clarke Co. AL which reads: "W. T. Clark, born February 2, 1857; died November 27, 1906". This is probably William Thornton Clark.

William was the son of William Campbell Clark and Elizabeth Jane Kirk. This is another family that has close ties with our Davis/Hicks/Kennedy families. W. C. Clark and Elizabeth Jane Kirk had a son Absalom who married Lettie Ann Kennedy (daughter of Neal Kennedy and Martha Ann Hicks) and another son, Jonathan who married Satellia Davis (daughter of William Erasmus Davis and Janey/James Cornelia Southall. Satellia was the granddaughter of Johnson Davis and his second wife, Mary H. Culpepper.

Sarah Davis and William Thornton Clark had four sons.

1. Ralph Gerald Clark, born January 3, 1877; died in December of 1919. He was probably a casualty of World War I.

2. Hollis Clark, born on January 13, 1882. He, along with his mother, Mrs. W. T. Clark, attended the funeral of his uncle Absalom Clark on April 6, 1912 in Jackson, AL. Hollis was residing at Atmore, Alabama at that time.

3. Arthur Brooks Clark, born on August 28, 1885; died June 16, 1938. He also attended the funeral of Absalom Clark. At that time he was living in Atmore, Alabama (see copy of Absalom Clark's obituary in chapter on Lettie Ann Kennedy).

4. Davis Lamar Clark, born on March 26, 1892. No further information.

LATER: I have just learned that William Campbell Clark, who was called "Camp", was a racing jockey. This was told to me by his granddaughter, Jessie Lee Clark Money.

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THOMAS ENOCH DAVIS

Thomas Enoch Davis, fifth son and eighth child of Enoch Davis Jr. and Sarah Hawkins, was born June 23, 1857 in Wilcox County; died in Mobile May 25, 1925. Married Amanda Elmira Clark on January 31, 1883 at the residence of her father, William Campbell Clark. This is recorded in Wilcox County Marriage Records, Vol. 10, page 279. Amanda was born July 28, 1960 and died February 24, 1933. She and Thomas are buried at Pleasant Hill Methodist Church cemetery in Clarke County. They had seven children.

1. Fletcher Eugene Davis, born November 18, 1883 in Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox Co. He died in Mobile May 18, 1951. Married Dorothy Ellis in Mobile September 15, 1909. She was born in Sunny South, Wilcox Co. on December 24, 1890, the daughter of James Clarence Ellis and Mary Lula Agee. Dorothy died April 9, 1981 and is buried in Magnolia Cemetary, Mobile, as is Fletcher. They had five children.

A. Fletcher Eugene Davis, Jr., born August 9, 1910 in Mobile. Married there in February of 1944 to Elsie Janice Boyd, born in Laurel, MS January 17, 1923. One son:

a. Fletcher Eugene Davis, III, born in Laurel, MS on October 2, 1944. Married in Huntsville, AL January 16, 1982, Iona Paulette McConnell, born May 20, 1956 in Fayetteville, TN, daughter of Paul Wright McConnell and Iona Bland. Two children, both born in Huntsville.

(1) Adam Lee Davis, born January 18, 1984.

(2) Courtney Leigh Davis, born March 13, 1985.

B. James Ellis Davis, born September 8, 1911, Mobile. Married Sarah Elizabeth Nabers on July 18, 1932 in Pascagoula, MS. Sarah was born in Toulminville February 6,1911, the daughter of William Franklin Nabers and Alice Adelaid Potter. Three children, all born in Mobile:

a. James Ellis Davis, Jr., born September 3, 1937. Married Jean Hodges on December 13, 1957 in Toulminville. Jean was born in Dunn, NC July 24,1939, the daughter of Rudolph Draughn Hodges and Angelene Young. Two children, both born in Mobile.

(1) Daniel Allen Davis, born June 11, 1959.

 

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(2) Mark Ellis Davis, born April 25, 1966. Married Rachel Stewart on July 8, 1989, Ogden Utah. Rachel was born December 20, 1970, in Salt Lake City, Utah, the daughter of Kent Eric and Kay Louise Stewart.

(A) Angeline Kay Davis, born February 22, 1990, Layton, Utah

b. Sandra Elizabeth Davis, born August 22, 1940. She married Charles Alfred Taylor on May 30, 1958 in Toulminville. Charles was born August 18, 1937, Mt. Pleasant, TN, the son of James Kedrick Taylor and Gladys Smith. Four children, all born in Mobile except the oldest:

(1) Joanne Gayle Taylor, born at Eglin Air Force Base, FL on April 21, 1961. Married Robert Werneth on December 7, 1979. They had one child and are now divorced.

(A) Michael Scott Werneth,born May 27, 1986 in Charles Town, West Virginia.

(2) Charles Alfred Taylor, Jr., born March 18, 1965. Married Holly Griffin. They had one child and are now divorced.

(A) Charles Alfred Taylor, III, born March 3, 1987 in Mobile.

(3) Scott Kedrick Taylor, born October 5, 1966.

(4) Deborah Lynn Taylor, born March 14, 1969

c. Frances Sharon Davis, born November 19, 1948. She married James H. Robinson in Toulminville August 6, 1966. He was born in Mobile on August 10,1945, the son of Henry Marshall and Myrtle Lee Robinson. Two children, both born in Mobile:

(1) Michele Renee Robinson, born on September 5, 1967 .

(1) James H. Robinson, Jr, born on December 16, 1969.

 

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C. Dorothy Agee Davis, born March 4, 1913, Mobile. Married July 10, 1936, George Stewart, Jr.,Gulfport, MS. George was born in Mobile on June 6, 1909, the son of George Stewart and Salina Reed. George Stewart, Sr. was born in Scotland.

Dorothy and George had three children, all born in Mobile, where George was assistant auditor with the Merchants National Bank. George died May 24, 1962.

a. Dorothy Joan Stewart, born July 28, 1937. Married Woodrow Thomas West in May of 1954 in Biloxi, MS. He was born August 21, 1936, Bogalusa, LA, the son of Woodrow West and Ethel Shows. Dorothy and her husband have two daughters, both born in Bogalusa.

(1) Debra Jolyn West, born June 30, 1955. Married Charles Russell Scheirman June 3, 1978 in Atlanta, GA. Charles was the son of Wilda and Charles R. Scheirman. No issue.

 

(2) Karyn Dawn West, born June 11, 1958. Engaged to marry Rick Brown on August 3, 1991.

b. Georgia Louise Stewart, born February 6, 1940. She married Jack Elliott Johnson in Atlanta on September 4, 1965. He was born in Atlanta March 6,1939, the son of Earnest H. Johnson and Margaret Covington. Two children, both born in Atlanta.

(1) Meredyth Joan Johnson, born January 11, 1971.

(2) Mark Elliott Johnson, born December 1, 1972.

c. Robert George Stewart, born July 1, 1946. Married in Jackson, MS on May 17, 1980, Susan Joy Hamil, born in Greenwood, MS on April 29, 1955, daughter of Lee and Joy Hamil. One child:

(1) Allyson Elizabeth Stewart, born in Atlanta on July 3, 1983.

D. Curry Watkins Davis, fourth child of Fletcher Eugene Davis, Sr., was born March 4, 1915. Married September 18, 1944, Nellie Bell Keel, born at Jackson's Gap, AL on July 15, 1925. Curry is a minister and he and Nellie have three children.

 

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a. Curry Watkins Davis, Jr., born at Childersburg, AL on July 27, 1945. He married Alethea Barton in December of 1981 in Sommerville, GA. She was born there on April 18, 1958, the daughter of Nicholas Barton and Gerry Wells. Curry, Jr. is also a minister and he and his wife have two children.

(1) Fletcher Ellis Davis, born in June, 1982 in Atlanta, GA.

(2) Vivian Suzanne Davis, born in Rome, GA, February of 1984.

b. Nell Gwendolyn Davis, born in Charleston, West Virginia December 27, 1947. Married Rev. John Fields Sloop in 1970 in Coral Gables, FL. John was born in Brazil on April 24, 1948, the son of Stephen Jamison Sloop and Frances Campbell. Nell and her husband have three children, all born in Atlanta.

(1) Kristen McRae Sloop, born in 1974.

(2) David Candler Sloop, born in 1976.

(3) Kathryn Davis Sloop, born in 1978.

c. Grace Angela Davis, born January 18, 1949, Charleston, West Virginia. Married George Victor Naze, II in July of 1982. He was born in Madison, Wisconsin in November of 1941. One child:

(1) Elizabeth Keely Naze, born in 1983.

E. Marjorie Louise Davis, born July 7, 1919 in Mobile. She married there on December 6, 1947, Fred Delaway Stevers. He was born in Chicago, IL March 29, 1910, the son of Fred Stevers and Ida Laura Morse. Marjorie and Fred have three children.

a. Linda Louise Stevers, born in San Francisco August 1, 1951. Married Craig Wilson Souders October 26, 1973 in San Diego. Craig was born in Redding, PA May 16, 1951, the son of Richard G. and Marjorie Souders. Two children, both born in San Diego:

(1) Cariane Souders, born July 31, 1970.

(2) Jeremy Souders, born April 6, 1975.

 

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b. Martin Stevers, born in Japan on April 19, 1954. Married Peggy Wiley and has three children, all born in San Diego, CA.

(1) Luke Stevers, born May 12, 1978.

(2) Jon Stevers, born in 1982.

(3) Dan Stevers, born in 1984.

c. Laura Lee Stevers, born in Washington, DC April 9, 1956. Married in San Diego on June 27, 1987, Jonathan Graham Updike. He was born in Long Beach,CA on April 2, 1956, the son of Peter Eugene Updike and Barbara Jean Graham.

(1) Paul Updike, born in San Diego on November 2, 1988.

2. Minnie Inez Davis, second child of Thomas Enoch Davis and Amanda Elmira Clark, was born on August 2, 1886; died on March 3, 1971. Married John Wesley Philen November 30, 1908. He was born August 1, 1884 and died May 23, 1966.

A. Ernest Arvil Philen, born August 30, 1909; married on April 18, 1936, Georgialee Lassiter, born August 15, 1910. They have two children, both born in Sheffield, Colbert County, AL.

a. Linda Jane Philen, born August 26, 1941. Married Donnie Ed Allen on November 30, 1965.

(1) Brian Keith Allen, born in St. Petersburg,FL on February 18, 1972 (adopted).

(2) Kevin Paul Allen, born in St. Petersburg, FL on July 3, 1974.

a. Dan Lassiter Philen, born on June 25, 1946. Married Rossanne McElroy on May 12, 1974.

(1) Dana Ross Philen, born Aug. 5, 1988, Atlanta.

 

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3. Sarah Jane Davis,born December 8, 1888; died July 7,1964. Buried in Fairhope Memory Gardens, Fairhope, AL. Married on November 27, 1917, Joseph Lawrence Cullen, born February 21, 1890; died July 9, 1950.

Joseph is the person who compiled the "Davis Booklet", to which I have referred from time to time.

A. Mary Louise Cullen, born August 3, 1921. Married on September 24, 1943, William Clement Scott, the son of William Victor Scott and Rosetta Anna Culver. William was born January 2, 1921. He and Mary Louise have three children.

a. Diane Marie Scott, born in Mobile on December 3, 1945. Married Thomas J. McKenzie and has three children.

(1) Shane Thomas McKenzie, born September 19, 1966.

(2) Cristina McKenzie, born on October 30,1968.

(3) Dana Louise McKenzie, born on November 14, 1972.

b. Joseph William Scott, born March 13, 1949, Westfield, Chatauqua County, New York. Married Abbye Gayle Spurill and has two children.

(1) Joseph Wilson Scott, born April 19, 1978.

(2) Roseanna Gayle Scott, born June 19, 1980.

c. William Clement Scott, Jr., born in Mobile March 21, 1959. Married and divorced, with one child.

(1) Lucretia Nicole Scott, born September 16, 1988.

 

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4. Campbell Grey Davis, son of Thomas Enoch Davis and Amanda Elmira Clark, was born July 12, 1891; died on July 27, 1972. Married Louella Hare Anderson February 16, 1949. She was a widow with three sons and one daughter. Campbell and Louella had no issue.

5. Irene Elizabeth Davis, daughter of Thomas Enoch Davis and Amanda Elmira Clark, was born in Lower Peach Tree, AL on June 17, 1894. She died on October 22, 1970 in the U. S. Naval Hospital, San Diego, CA and was buried in Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery. Irene was a graduate nurse.

Irene married Frank Harlan Edwards on February 27, 1920. He was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas on May 31, 1892, the son of John James Edwards and Mary Elizabeth Thompson and died in Mobile, AL February 5, 1951; buried in Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery. Frank served in the US Navy for 33 years. He and Irene had three children.

A. Frances Irene Edwards, born in El Dorado, AR October 15, 1921. Married Gerald Lyman Davison June 10, 1947, San Diego. He was born in Aberdeen, WA August 17, 1921, son of Leonard Ralph Davison and Cecil Bighley. Frances and Gerald have three children, all born in San Diego.

a. Dean Leonard Davison, born on September 14, 1952. Married Colleen Keating on January 14, 1978. They have three children, all born in San Diego.

(1) Loren Dean Davison, born on August 29, 1978.

(2) Deana Frances Davison, born March 26, 1980.

(3) Brent Davison, born on May 29, 1985.

b. Debra Sally Davison, born September 21, 1954.

c. Doak Gerald Davison, born December 20, 1962.

B. Enid Alene Edwards, born in Washington, DC on September 25, 1924. She was married on November 24, 1946, in the Little Chapel of the Roses, Chula Vista, Ca, to H. Billy Miller. Billy was born on May 11, 1920 in Garrett, Indiana, the son of Stanley Jennings Potter Juanalta Dawn Wehrly. He was later adopted by Robert Ellsworth Miller, who was his mother's second husband.

 

 

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Enid is a retired high school teacher, having taught for 23 years, and Billy was an author. He died on August 21, 1961 in La Mesa, CA and was buried in Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery. He and Enid had two children.

a. Lloyd Alena Miller, born on October 16, 1947. She married Thomas Alan Root; divorced, no issue.

b. Mark Ellsworth Miller, born on June 3, 1952.

 

C. Frank Harlan Edwards, Jr., last child of Irene Davis and Frank Edwards, born on May 10, 1926, Mobile, AL. He married Margaret Ann Moe on June 11, 1954, Bryan, Texas. Margaret Ann was born in Chicago, Illinois on April 29, 1931, the daughter of Henry Moe and Mary Abigail Marion. Frank is a retired pilot. He and his wife have three children.

a. Jody Ann Edwards, born in Ardmore, Oklahoma September 29, 1955. She married Michael Smith; they had one daughter and are now divorced.

(1) Amy Pearl Smith, born April 29, 1978.

b. Kirk Edwards, born on April 2, 1958 in South Ruislip, London, England.

 

c. Bryan David Edwards, born on November 14, 1959 in Chatereux, France. He married Loren Cheryl Kocen on September 25, 1988.

 

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6. Malcolm Carlos Davis, son of Thomas Enoch Davis and Amanda Elmira Clark, was born May 16, 1898; died April 21, 1959. Buried in Mobile Memorial Gardens. Malcolm was married on December 16, 1925 to Anna Louise Marenchovich, born in New Orleans, LA on October 19, 1907. She died July 30, 1975 and was buried in Mobile Memorial Gardens. She and Malcolm had three children.

A. Anna Louise Davis, born October 7, 1926. Married on June 8, 1950 to Leslie Adolph Patrick, born June 25, 1925. They have twelve children.

a. Leslie Wayne Patrick, born June 25, 1951.

b. Douglas Martin Patrick, born August 6, 1952. Married Jackie Ann Roberts on July 11, 1976.

c. William Robert Patrick, born on November 24, 1953. Married Catherine Marie Crane on August 7, 1974.

d. David Francis Patrick, born October 3, 1954. Married Virginia Grey Davis on March 26, 1977.

e. Catherine Louise Patrick, born September 8, 1955. Married Glenn D. Rivers on June 29, 1973.

f. Laura Ellen Patrick on October 6, 1956.

 

g. Marian Marie Patrick, born September 29, 1957. She married Van Edmond Sandifer on November 5, 1977.

h. Anna Elizabeth Patrick, born November 26, 1958. Married Frankie Joe Dunbar on June 3, 1978.

i. Cecelia Ann Patrick, born December 3, 1959.

 

j. Joseph Malcolm Patrick, born February 21, 1961.

 

 

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k. John Carlos Patrick, born May 2, 1962.

1. Betty Jo Patrick, born March 12, 1964.

B. Malcolm Carlos "Sonny" Davis, Jr., born in Mobile on September 10, 1928. Married Patsy Sue Larrimore February 14, 1949. Patsy was born in Linden, AL on August 4, 1930, the daughter of Robert Clay Larrimore and his first wife, Gladys Harrison (see chapter on Julia Ann Hicks and James J. Haskew in the Hicks Section of this book).

a. Carla Sue Davis, born April 10, 1950. Married to Harry E. Brown on August 9, 1968.

b. Malcolm Carlos Davis, III, born July 1, 1952. He married Dawn Magee.

c. Robert Bentley Davis, born on March 20, 1957.

d. Stephen Ray Davis, born July 25, 1962.

 

C. Marian Irene Davis, born July 16, 1931. She married James Costa Vrachalus on July 22, 1957 and had three children. He was born August 8, 1924.

a. Gregory James Vrachalus, born May 5, 1959. Married Kimberly Ann Sweeney on June 6, 1987.

b. Sandra Elaine Vrachalus, born July 19, 1962.

c. Steven Costa Vrachalus, born May 8, 1964.

 

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7. Thomas Harwell Davis, last child of Thomas Enoch Davis and Amanda Elmira Clark, was born June 24, 1904; died on February 10, 1985. Married on April 16, 1927, Lily Elizabeth "Wilabeth" Threadgill, born March 1, 1905; died December 29, 1985. They had five children.

A. Barbara Jean Davis, born November 19, 1928. Married W. D. Bolton on September 5, 1947.

a. Elizabeth Ruth Bolton, born January 25, 1949.

B. Carrie Joan Davis, born March 10, 1931; died February 11, 1949.

C. Nancy Elaine Davis, born on June 18, 1936.

D. Thomas Harwell Davis, Jr., born August 25, 1944.

E. Cinthea "Cindy" Joan Davis, born November 23, 1951. Died in July of 1964; drowning accident.

 

During the Depression of the 1930's when we were living on Clinton Avenue in Toulminville, near Mobile, Alabama, the family back of us was the "Pinky" Davis family. Daddy said they were "kinfolks" but I never knew how we were related until I began researching my Davis relatives. Sonny Davis confirmed the fact that they were the Pinky Davis family.

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LUCY ANN DAVIS

Lucy Ann Davis, ninth child of Enoch Davis, Jr. and his wife, Sarah Hawkins, was born June 12, 1860; died August 10, 1929. Lucy Ann was married on January 30, 1883 to Abel S. Davis,her first cousin. He was the son of Johnson Davis and his second wife, Mary H. Culpepper (see chapter on Johnson Davis).

SAMUEL JOHNSON DAVIS

Samuel Johnson Davis was the tenth and last child of Enoch Davis, Jr. and Sarah Hawkins. He was born on July 22, 1862; died November 10, 1936. Sam married Henrietta Amanda Kennedy on February 3, 1884. She was the daughter of Neal Kennedy and Martha Ann Hicks (see Kennedy Section of this book).

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THE HAWKINS FAMILY

There were four Hawkins women who lived in or near Chance, Clarke County, Alabama. Elizabeth Jane Hawkins, Susannah Anthony Hawkins, Sarah Hawkins and another Sarah Hawkins. The first three were possibly sisters, with the fourth definitely being related, as you will see by her obituary.

ELIZABETH JANE HAWKINS

Elizabeth Jane Hawkins, or "Aunt Betsy", which is how my grandmother (Lou Emma Davis Kennedy) spoke of her, was born in 1815. In 1850 she was residing in Marengo County, AL with her husband, John D. Fisher. They were listed in that census as follows: John D. Fisher, laborer, age 47; Betsy, age 35; both born in North Carolina.

After they came to Clarke County, John became a preacher. The attached copy of her obituary confirms that fact. You will see in this book that he performed several marriages. John died in 1867 and Aunt Betsy in 1893. You will also note that Lou Emma and William Bishop Kennedy named their oldest son "John Fisher Kennedy".

Died, in Cane Creek Beat on the 4^th inst., at the residence of Mr. Elbert Davis, her nephew, Mrs. E. J. Fisher, aged 78 years. She was the wife of the late John D. Fisher of the Alabama Conference, who died in 1867. For 66 years she was a member of the church and an earnest, persistent Christian worker, pointing others in the way she was walking – the heavenly road.

 

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SUSANNAH ANTHONY HAWKINS

Susannah Anthony Hawkins was born October 28, 1819 and was a sister to Elizabeth Jane Hawkins. Susannah married Arthur M. Davis and they had Louvenia Emma Davis, my grandmother. As stated above, Grandma spoke so many times of "Aunt Betsy Fisher".

SARAH HAWKINS

Sarah Hawkins, born in North Carolina in 1822; married to Enoch Davis, Jr. She is believed to be a sister to Susannah Anthony and Elizabeth Jane. You can readily see that their ages fit.

SARAH HAWKINS

The other Sarah Hawkins was born in Marengo County November 7, 1843. She was probably the little six year old girl listed in the 1850 Marengo County Census.

William H. Hawkins, farmer Age 32 B. NC

Catherine W. 19 "

Sarah A. 6 "

Henry B. 4 "

Josephine 2 "

You will note that William H. Hawkins was born in 1818 and his age makes it possible for him to be a brother of Betsy, Susannah and Sarah who married Enoch Davis Jr.

Following is a copy of Sarah Hawkins' Obituary as it appeared in the Clarke County Democrat in late November or early December of 1919.

"Miss Sarah Hawkins departed this life November 29, 1919. She was born Novemer 7, 1843 in Marengo County and lived there until womanhood, then moved to Clarke County. She was never married, and after the death of her immediate family, she lived here with her cousins (Samuel Johnson Davis and Amanda Kennedy, his wife). Her life was a useful one. She was a member of Cane Creek Methodist ChurCh.Sadly we look over the past, remembering the many pleasant hours spent with her. She realized that her time was near and was confident that she had been washed white in the blood of HIM who died on the Cross to redeem her. She bore her intense suffering with great patience. Her devotion to children was a feature of her life. She was laid to rest in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery

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the following day. The funeral service was conducted by Rev. Floyd."

Damon By Mary A. Wilson, a friend

At the time of the 1900 Clarke County Census Sarah A. Hawkins was listed in the home of her cousin, Samuel J. Davis, along with his wife, Amanda K. and their five children.

Zeola Kennedy Williams (who lived for many years in the house which was built by Samuel Johnson Davis) and Mamie Kennedy Williams told me that after Sam and Amanda moved to Mobile to be near their children, Sarah Hawkins moved into the home of John Fisher Kennedy and Lizzie Russin Davis, parents of Mamie and Zeola. Sam was a brother of Howard Covington Davis, who was Lizzie's father, and Amanda was a sister to William Bishop Kennedy, Johnny's father.

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CHAPTER X

MOSES DAVIS

Moses Davis probably was the seventh child of Enoch Davis and his wife, Elizabeth Anna DeLoaCh.He was deceased by 1858, survivied by only one child, a daughter, according to the statement given by Arthur M. Davis, his brother.

According to the 1830 Census of Clarke County, Moses Davis was born between 1800 and 1810. Also in the home was his wife, born during the same time frame as he, with a male child under five years of age.

Apparently the son listed in the 1830 Census was deceased, as Arthur said there was only one child living, a daughter:

1. Addy Davis, over the age of 21 in 1858-60 and residing near Sparta, Mississippi with her husband, Thomas Beliew. No further information.

It appears that the Moses Davis who married Margaret Dear in Wilcox County, Alabama is NOT our Moses Davis. The license was issued August 13, 1832. This Moses Davis/Margaret Dear is being traced by Nancy Franklin of Mt. Calm, Texas. She says Moses and Margaret did not have a child named Addy, nor did Moses and his second wife, Mary Anne Reynolds, nor did he and his third wife.

SOURCES FOR MOSES DAVIS

Estate Papers of Enoch Davis, Sr.

Clarke County, Alabama Census Records

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CHAPTER XI

SAMUEL G. DAVIS

Samuel G. Davis, son of Enoch Davis, Sr. and Elizabeth Anna DeLoach (maybe), was born in 1812, according to the 1860 Wilcox County Census Record.

Family records of Devereaux Riddlebarger, Pensacola, FL, show that Samuel was born in 1822.

There is also some confusion as to the names of Samuel's two wives. The records of Mrs. J. W. Philen, Thomasville, show that the first one was Elizabeth Sheffield.

However, there is a Monroe County Marriage Record of a Samuel G. Davis and Mrs. Jane E. Johnson who married on April 7, 1834. This is recorded in Book 1, page 7, with Henry G. Jones as security. Could this possibly be Elizabeth Sheffield, who was married to a Johnson before she married Samuel? The dates of birth for the two older Davis children occurred after 1834.

When the estate of Enoch Davis, Sr. (Samuel's father) was settled around 1858 or 1859, the two older child of Samuel were listed as follows: "Elizabeth, about 17 years old, who resides in Wilcox County; Elijah, about 21 years of age and who resides in Wilcox County." According to their ages given at the time of the 1860 Census, their ages were reversed by the person giving the Estate information.

The estate papers of Enoch Davis, Sr. also listed Samuel's five children by his second wife, whose name was omitted: Margaret Jane Davis, 13 years; Celestia Ophelia Davis, 12 years; Julia Allas (Alice?) Davis, 10 years; James Robert Davis, 8 years; Sarah Cornelia Davis, 6 years.

I do not know when Samuel's first wife died, but by 1860, he had remarried. Again, to quote Mrs. J. W. Philen, "He married Jane Kirk, daughter of James Johnson Kirk and his first wife. However, the Kirk Journal says, "She (Mary) married S. G. Davis, a widower with two children, and they lived happily together until the summer of 1860 when he died." This left her with five children: four girls and one little boy.

The 1860 Wilcox County Census, Prairie Bluff, Household No.391 listed the family as follows:

Samuel G. Davis, farmer Age 48 RE,$3000 PP,$5300 B.NC

Mary E. Davis 2 B.AL

Margaret 10

Celestia 9

Julia M. 6 (should read Julia A.)

James Robert 5

Sarah C. 3

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Ann E. 20

Elijah S. 17

The Kirk Journal stated that Samuel G. Davis died in 1860, and the 1870 Wilcox County Census had his widow as head of the household by then. The Estate Papers of his father had Samuel listed as "deceased" in 1860 also.

1870 Wilcox County Census:

Mary Davis 38 RE, $1000 PP,$100 B. AL

aphelia 18

Alice 16

Robert 14

Cornelia 11

You will note that Margaret J., Elizabeth and Elijah are all out of the home by 1870. By that time, the three were probably all married. Also, the family's financial situation has changed considerably - no doubt due to the War Between the States.

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ELIZABETH DAVIS

Elizabeth Davis, assumed to be the first child of Samuel G. Davis and his first wife, was born in May of 1840 and died in October of 1878. Records of Mrs. J. W. Philen and the Kirk Journal show that Elizabeth Davis married Oliver Hassel Perry Kirk. However, some other family members believe that Oliver was named for Oliver Hazard Perry, noted for his heroism during the War of 1812.

Oliver was the son of James Johnson Kirk and his second wife, Margaret Drury Southall, according to the Kirk Journal, a copy of which was sent to me by Don Philen, Atlanta, GA.

Grace Adoline Kirk (daughter of James Johnson Kirk and his first wife, Jane Walker) married Eli Brasell. They were the grandparents of Lewis Clyde Brasell who married Kate Mary Davis (see chapter on Johnson Davis).

James Johnson Kirk and his first wife had another daughter who married Willam Campbell Clark. An account of three of their children (William Thornton, Jonathan Parrish and Amanda Elmira Clark) will be found in the chapters on Enoch Davis, Jr. and Johnson Davis. Another brother, Absalom Clark, married Lettie Ann Kennedy (see Kennedy Section in this book).

Oliver Hazard Perry Kirk was born February 18, 1842 and died November 20, 1882. He is buried in Liberty Cemetery, Wilcox County, near Lower Peach Tree, as is Elizabeth.

1. Annie E. Kirk, born November 10, 1866; died September 20, 1886. Buried in Liberty Cemetery, Wilcox County near the graves of Elizabeth Davis and Oliver H. P. Kirk. Might be their daughter.

2. Robert Kirk (Kirk Journal)

3. Walter Kirk (Kirk Journal)

4. Ollie (Oliver?) Kirk (Kirk Journal)

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ELIJAH SANFORD DAVIS

Elijah S. Davis, assumed to be the second child of Samuel G. Davis and his first wife, was born on March 20, 1843; died on May 10, 1910. He is buried in Mt. Olive Cemetery, Clarke County, AL. Records of Adele Rivers say Elijah died May 2nd, not May 10th.

Civil War Records in Clarke County show that an E. S. Davis served as a Pvt. in Co. C, 6th Regiment; he enlisted in Wilcox County in May of 1861 and was discharged on May 8, 1865. He applied for a pension at age 58 due to disabilities, giving his address as Thomasville, Alabama.

The following excerpt is from Memorial Record of Alabama, Vol. I, (1893, Brant & Fuller; Madison, Wisconsin), reprinted 1976.

History of 6th Alabama Infantry: Organized at Montgomery, May 1861 and ordered first to Corinth, (MS?) then to Virginia where it passed the fall and winter in vicinity of Manassas Junction, and reorganized the following spring, enlisting for the whole of the war. Its first serious fighting was at Seven Pines, where it suffered terribly, losing 102 of its number. Its mutilated columns passed with great distinction, but with additional suffering, through the battles of Mechanicsville, Cold Harbor, Malvern Hill, Boonsboro, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania and Winchester. A number of its men were captured at Cedar Creek. Moving back to Petersburg, it was placed in Fort Mahone, exposed to continual fire, until its eighty men, under Lt. Col. Culver, surrendered at Appomattox.

The above excerpt was sent to me by William Andrew Davis of Montgomery, AL, a descendant of Elijah S. Davis. Other information furnished by Bill states that Elijah was discharged in 1861, but Barefield's Clarke County Alabama Records give the year 1865. Whatever the date of discharge, Elijah enlisted as a musician (Private), but was later placed in the ranks. When he was discharged, it was as a Corporal.

Elijah received a stomach wound, according to family tradition but this fact is not documented anywhere.

Family tradition says that Laura Ann Philen, who would become Elijah's first wife,, wrote letters to local boys who fought for the South during the Civil War. Elijah was so impressed by Laura through her letters that he arranged to meet her when he returned and they soon married.

Elijah and Laura Ann Philen were married on January 15, 1866. Laura was the daughter of Wesley Philen and Mary Walker. Laura was born on March 28, 1842. She and Elijah had seven known

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children before she died on January 15, 1877, two days after the birth of their last child. Laura is buried in Mt. Olive Cemetery between Thomasville and Fulton.

Laura's parents are also buried in Mt. Olive Cemetery and the tombstones read:

Wesley Philen Mary Philen

B. July 28, 1814 B. March 23, 1810

D. May 14, 1887 D. October 19, 1886

The 1870 Clarke County Census listed Elijah and Laura's family as follows:

Elijah Davis age 30

Laura 30

Bettie 5

Robert 3

Baby 3 mos.

Neither of the two older children listed above (Bettie and Robert) in the 1870 Census are listed by the descendants of Elijah and Laura. And the "baby" cannot be Matt Davis since his birthdate is December 6, 1866. Furthermore, Walter, born 1878 and Malcolm, born 1880, are listed by one source as being the children of Elijah and Laura. Again, if Laura died in 1877 she cannot be the mother of Walter and Malcolm.

Devereaux Riddlebarger, whose wife descends from James Madison (Matt) Davis, has provided me with a computer print-out which lists Matt Davis as the oldest child of Elijah and Laura Davis

1. James Madison (Matt) Davis, born December 6, 1866; died on January 20, 1956. He married Bertha Isabell Mosely January 22, 1890. Bertha was born January 10, 1870, daughter of Jack mosely and Kate World. Bertha died on December 8, 1960 and was buried at Mt. Olive, as was her husband (see attached copies of their obituaries).

Matt and Bertha had fifteen children, listed as follows:

A. Jesse Ira Davis I. Sadie Ethel Davis

B. Grover Oma Davis J. Andrew Clay Davis

C. Flossie Etta Davis K. Alice Holland Davis

D. James Eddie Davis L. Hollis Buren Davis

E. Annie Inez Davis M. Bernice Grey Davis

F. Bertha Olive Davis N. Comer Bryant Davis

G. Dana Clifford Davis O. Blanche Davis

H. Ruby Gladys Davis

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A. Jesse Ira Davis, born November 14, 1890; died March 11 1942; buried at Mt. olive. Married Bessie Ferguson (records of Bernice Davis Sellers). However, records of Dev Riddlebarger say he married Effie Ferguson in March of 1921. Bessie was born in Choctaw, Clarke Co. Alabama on October 8, 1898; died March 15, 1985, Birmingham.

Jesse and his wife had five children.

a. Wesley Davis

b. Jesse Davis, Jr.

c. Bertha Davis; married Fletcher Lindsey. No issue.

d. Gerald Davis, born in Clarke Co. July 23, 1932. Married Alice V. Johnson, born September 17, 1933 in St. Clair County, AL. Four children:

(1) Ruthie Virginia Davis, born in Jefferson CO.AL September 11, 1953. Married Richard E. Franks who was born in Montgomery, AL August 13, 1951. No issue.

(2) Kathy G. Davis, born in St. Clair County no November 13, 1954. Married Stephen A. Davis, born in Jefferson County July 25, 1947. They have one child.

(A) Stephanie B. Davis, born November 24,1981.

(3) Judy A. Davis, born in St. Clair Co. October 30, 1956. Married Roland E. Matheney, Jr. who was born in Louisiana August 13, 1948. They have two children.

(A) Jason K. Matheney, born in St. Clair Co. May 15, 1978.

(B) Scott J. Matheney, born April 15, 1984, Houston, Texas.

(4) Raymond S. Davis, born in St. Clair County on April 29, 1961. Married Carolyn Gross, born August 13, 1962. No issue.

Details on the above family were provided by Mrs. Gerald Davis.

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e. Herman Ray Davis, fifth and last child of Jesse Ira Davis, was born August 28, 1924, Clarke Co. He married Bonnie Taylor, born on October 25, 1924 in Jefferson County, AL. Two children:

(1) Tina Davis, born in Jefferson County August 16, 1946. Married first, Raymond Bridges and had three children by him.

(A) Gina Renae Bridges, born in Jefferson CO December 24, 1967. Married Rick Bradley who was born September 27, 1960.

(a) Lindsey Renae Bradley, born September 28, 1989.

(b) Erica Bradley, born on October 24, 1990.

(B) Timothy D'Wayne Bridges, born on October 19, 1969.

(C) Michael Ray Bridges, born June 21, 1972.

 

Tina married second, Armond Fendley, born in Fayette Co. AL on Apri 29, 1936. Tina and Armond had no children, but he has a daughter by his first wife.

(D) Barbara Pendley, born in Fayette Co. November 6, 1962. Married Allen Posey, born in Walker County on April 16, 1960. Barbara and Allen have two children.

(a) Kristen Faith Posey, born in Jefferson Co. July 8, 1988.

(b) Benjamin Posey, born in September, 1990.

(2) Terri D. Davis, second daughter of Herman Ray Davis, was born in Jefferson Co. on May 5, 1960. She married Kenneth A. Barkley, born born in Marengo County, ALabama on September 20, 1950. Terri and Kenneth had no children but he has a daughter by his first wife.

(A) Kathleen Barkley, born in Marengo County. Alabama on June 20, 1979.

 

Details on the above line were provided by Mrs. Herman Davis.

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B. Grover Oma Davis, second son of James Matt Davis, was born November 7, 1891 in Clarke County, AL and died March 29, 1990 in Birmingham. Married Mary Leila Smith on April 26, 1922 in Pleasant Hill, Clarke Co. She was born in Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox County, August 18, 1898 and died in Birmingham on February 7, 1990. Five children, all born in Thomasville:

a. Clovis Minerva Davis, born on February 24, 1923. She married Leroy Webster Knight in Thomasville on May 31, 1941. Leroy was born there January 1, 1920.

Leroy is a brother to Charles Mathew Knight whose daughter, Jane Rita Knight, married Chester Earl Williams (see chapter on William Bishop Kennedy in Kennedy Section of this book).

Clovis and Leroy had seven children, all born in Thomasville except the 4th and 7th child.

(1) Rosalind Marie Knight, born April 17, 1942 She married Thomas Chalmers Peterson in Birmingham on April 22, 1962. Thomas was born in Philadelphia, PA on May 26, 1934.

(A) Infant, born in Birmingham August 13, 1964. Died the same day.

(B) Thomas Gregory Peterson, born on January 4, 1967 in Washington, D. C.

(C) Janet Michelle Peterson, born April 23, 1968 in Washington, D. C.

(D) Diane Elizabeth Peterson, born February 25, 1973 in Gadsden, AL.

(2) Larry Leroy Knight, born on June 12, 1944. Married Linda Faye Singleton August 8, 1965,

in Thomasville. Linda was born on April 16, 1947 in Butler, AL. Two children.

(A) Larramie Lyn Knight, born in Thomasville October 31, 1966. Married Claude Eugene Wiggins in Thomasville on January 21, 1989. He was born in Monroeville, AL on January 21, 1965.

(B) William Larry Knight, born in Grove Hill on June 6, 1974.

 

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(3) Carol Ann Knight, third child of Clovis Davis and Leroy Webster Knight, was born in Thomasville, AL October 16, 1946. Married first, Robert Wheeler Colquett, II on March 23, 1968, in Thomasville; divorced. Two children by this first marriage.

(A) Carol Celeste Colquett, born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on October 31, 1968. She married Harold Max Smith in Thomasville on June 11, 1988. He was born in Thomasville on November 5, 1964.

(B) Robert Wheeler Colquett, III, born in Monroeville, Alabama December 11, 1970.

Carol Ann Knight Colquett married second time, Allen Johnson, in Thomasville, AL on August 9, 1980; divorced October 17, 1985. One child by this second marriage.

(C) Chrystal Ann Johnson, born in Selma, AL on December 28, 1981.

(4) Randall Webster Knight, fourth child of Clovis Davis and Leroy Webster Knight, was born in Fulton, AL May 30, 1948. He married Bobbie Jean Tyson on June 12, 1971, Toxey, AL. She was born at Butler, AL on November 19, 1951.

(A) Christopher Scott Knight, born on May 8, 1952 in Butler, AL.

(B) Sharon Leigh Knight, born May 8, 1974, Selma, Alabama.

(5) Phyllis Diane Knight, born in Thomasville on October 17, 1949. Married there on January 3, 1970, Harold Leon Crow, born in Thomasville December 4, 1943. Four children, born in Montgomery, AL.

(A) Jennifer Ashley Crow, born December 17, 1978.

(B) Jessica Amy Crow, born October 24, 1980; died October 4, 1990 in Thomasville.

(C) Jamie Amanda Crow, born May 14, 1982.

 

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(D) Jenna Arianne Crow, born May 14, 1985.

(6) Rickey Norris Knight, sixth child of Clovis and Leroy Knight, was born November 19, 1950. Married first in Lehigh, Iowa on June 15, 1971 to Debbie Carr Lauver, born in Peoria, IL July 27, 1952. Divorced. Three children.

(A) Sherry Lee Knight, twin, born in Selma July 26, 1973.

(B) Carey Ann Knight, twin, born in July 26, 1973, Selma, AL.

(C) Angelique Michelle Knight, born October 15, 1976 in Thomasville.

Rickey Knight married the second time on September 4, 1988 in Thomasville to Rita Huckabee, born in Camden, AL February 14, 1964.

(7) Farrell Davis Knight, last child of Clovis and Leroy Knight, was born in Birmingham No2, 1955. Married Wanda Gail Parnell November 5 , 1 9 9 0 .

b. Kevil Norris Davis, second child of Grover and Mary Leila Davis, was born in Thomasville September 13, 1924 and died there July 27, 1926.

C. Meral Izola Davis, third child of Grover and his wife, was born in Thomasville June 21, 1926. Married in Birmingham May 17, 1947, Milton Leonard Slater, born there January 3, 1927.

(1) Linda Joy Slater, twin, born in Birmingham March 13, 1955. Married in Memphis, TN June 4, 1977, John Oscar Sandefur, Jr.,born there January 4, 1949. Two children, born there.

(A) Joshua Shane Sandefur, born October 16, 1980.

(B) Rachel Leslie Sandefur, born October 9, 1982.

(2) Brenda Gay Slater, twin born in Birmingham March 13, 1955. Died the same day.

(3) Joseph Leonard Slater, born in Chattanooga, TN on January 17, 1959.

 

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d. Elmer Smith Davis, fourth child of Grover and his wife, was born in Thomasville on February 9, 1928. He died in Birmingham October 23, 1988. He married first in Birmingham on December 6, 1945, Pearl iinks, born in Dadeville, AL July 29, 1927. Divorced in 1955. one child by first marriage.

(1) Douglas Ronald Davis, born November 10, 1946. Married Jeanne Carden in Birmingham July 9, 1971. She was born there October 2, 1951 and their three children were born there also.

(A) Steven Douglas Davis, born May 24, 1972.

(B) Jonathan Michael Davis, born February 27, 1974; died the same day.

(C) Gina Marie Davis, born October 6, 1976.

Elmer Smith Davis married second, Carolyne Lee Crossthwaite on April 4, 1959, Birmingham. They had two children.

(D) Dale Lyn Davis, born February 14, 1962.

(E) David Lee Davis, born October 11, 1963.

e. Teresa Arnice Davis, last child of Grover and Mary Leila Davis, was born in Thomasville January 28, 1931. Married Charles Milton (Mickey) Weaver July 15, 1949 in Birmingham. He was born there August 14, 1920. Two children, both born in Birmingham.

(1) Charles Milton Weaver Jr, born December 12, 1956.

(2) Wanda Renee Weaver, born March 16, 1959. Married Earl Stanley Gardner in Birmingham May 15, 1982. He was born in Anniston, AL October 29, 1955.

 

Additional details on the above line were furnished by Teresa Davis Weaver and Clovis Davis Knight.

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C. Flossie Etta Davis, third child of James Matt Davis was born November 11, 1892; died on November 28, 1972. She married 0. C. Wilson on April 6, 1916. He was born in 1895 and died March 13, 1965. They had three children:

a. Boyde Wilson, born January 10, 1917, Thomasville. Married William W. Funchess, Jr. on September 22, 1940, Pascagoula, MS. He was born in Hazelhurst, MS on January 10, 1917. Four children.

(1) Frederick Ross Funchess, born in Thomasville on July 17, 1941. Married Patsy Ross Daves on June 3, 1963 in Winona, MS. Patsy was born in Winona on March 9, 1943. Four children:

(A) Martha Ross Funchess, born in El Paso Texas on September 25, 1968.

(B) Valery Ross Funchess, born November 26, 1971 in San Antonio, Texas.

(C) Frederick Ross Funchess, Jr., born in San Antonio on August 25, 1973.

(D) Michael Ross Funchess, Jr., born in Newport News, Virginia on September 21. 1975.

 

(2) Beverly Boyde Funchess, born in Thomasville January 10, 1945. She married John T. deJarnette, Jr. in October of 1964 in Geogia. He was born in Temple, Texas on February 21, 1943. Two children:

(A) Tracy deJarnette, born in Atlanta, GA on July 20, 1967.

(B) John T. deJarnete, III, born April 14, 1970 in Atlanta.

 

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(3) Eleanor Elaine Funchess, last child of Boyde Wilson and Bill Funchess, was born April 30, 1947. She married Jeffrey L. Lagow in August of 1969 in Pensacola, FL. Jeffrey was born in Dallas, Texas. They have two children.

(A) Regina Lagow, born July 19, 1975, Temple Texas.

(B) Jonathan Lagow, born in Temple February 19, 1977.

 

(4) William W. Funchess, III, born Decenber 17, 1949, Thomasaville. Married Debbie Harris in June of 1971, Pensacola, FL. She was born there August 23, 1953.

(A) William Funchess, IV, born February 19, 1976, Lubbock, Texas.

(B) Westley Neal Funchess, born in Lubbock also, July 11, 1979.

 

b. Ruth Wilson, second child of Flossie Etta and O. C. Wilson, was born in Thomasville, AL October 15, 1918; died in Pensacola, FL January 30,1983. Married Edward Wilson Rose. Four children.

(1) Edward James Rose, born September 10, 1943, Pensacola. Married Elner Teresa Nelson on July 2, 1966. She was born on December 15 1942 in Mobile. Two children.

(A) Carla Rose, born in Pensacola, FL on March 12, 1971.

(B) Susan Rose, born in Pensacola, FL on October 31, 1975.

(2) John Rose, born in Mobile April 10, 1946. He married Virginia Faye Goetter June 17, 1967, Pensacola. She was born October 3, 1946. Three children.

(A) John David Rose, born in Opelika, AL December 14, 1968.

 

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(B) Charlotte Ann Rose, twin, born August 31, 1979, in Heidelburg, Germany.

(C) Michael Alan Rose, twin, born August 31, 1970, in Heidelburg, Germany.

(3) Philip Rose, born February 16, 1949, Mobile. Married Marilyn Faulkner Tolley, born December 13, 1951, Nashville, Tennessee.

(A) Christina Thompson Rose, born August 5, 1981, in Champaign, Illinois.

(B) Brian Tolley Rose, born in Jackson, MS on may 30, 1986.

(4) June Rose, born in Pensacola July 15, 1955. Married Charles Woodward. One child:

(a) Carl Woodward

 

c. O. C. Wilson, Jr.,third and last child of Flossie and O. C. Wilson Sr, was born in Thomasville June 16, 1921. Married Eleanor Joiner, born September 6, 1922, Athens, AL. Four children.

(1) Brenda Wilson, born in Baton Rouge, LA June 15, 1948. Married Edward Teller. Three children:

(A) Edward Teller, Jr. His wife's name is Ami. One child:

(a) Ashley Ann Teller

(B) Ann Teller

(C) Daniel Teller, born June 30, 1981.

(2) Michael Wilson, born October 26,1952,Shreveport,LA. Married Charlotte Doggett, born in New York City October 17, 1951.

(A) Michael Wilson, Jr., born in New York City October 17, 1973.

(B) Tommy Wilson, born in Selma July 25, 1977.

(C) Tina Wilson, born in Mobile February

 

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15, 1979.

(3) Janice Wilson, born in Shreveport, LA July 18, 1957. Married first Charles Clark. One child:

(A) Rachel Clark Moody, born October 1, 1977. Evidently she was adopted by Janice's second husband.

Janice married second, Roger Moody. They had two sons.

(B) Roger Duwane Moody

(C) Russell Moody

(4) Elisa Wilson, last child of 0. C. Wilson, Jr. September 19, 1958. Married first, Frank Ingram. One child:

(a) Hope Elizabeth Ingram

Elisa married 2nd, Erby Hepstall. Two children:

(a) Stephen Hepstall

(c) Holley Hepstall

d. James Edward Davis, fourth child of Matt and Bertha Davis, was born in Clarke County January 14, 1894; died in Birmingham October 10, 1958. Married first, Emma Etheridge on May 26, 1923, Tuscaloosa, AL. She was born at Bashi, Clarke County, AL on December 16, 1901 and died September 9, 1927 in Birmingham. Two children by first wife.

(1) James Edward Davis, Jr., born in Birmingham June 26, 1924; died in Birmingham October 8, 1927, one month after his mother's death.

(2) Mary Davis, born June 28, 1926, Birmingham. Died in Thomasville January 6, 1937.

James Edward Davis, Sr. married the second time, Lois Estelle Henderson, on July 15, 1929 in Birmingham. She was born in Pratt City, Jefferson County, AL on October 5, 1911. She died in Bessemer February 20 1971. There were eight children born by this second

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wife. Betty Jean Cook Davis, one of the eight chilren, gives her father's name as "Edward James".

(3) Betty Jean Davis, born in Thomasville April 13, 1931. Married Johnny Edward Cook December 30, 1947, Thomasville. Johnny was born in West Blocton, Bibb COunty, AL December 3, 1923. Four children.

(A) Garvice Phillip Cook,born in Bessemer on October 4, 1948. Married there September 20, 1968, Kathy Paulette Julian, born on February 22, 1948 in Bessemer.

(a) Christopher Garth Cook, born September 28, 1973, in Houston, Texas.

(b) Jennifer Beth Cook, born in Houston January 8, 1975.

(B) Carl Edward Cook, born in Thomasville on April 3,1950. Married twice; first wife may have been Tamara Jo Malone, whom he married on August 28, 1978 in Bessemer. He married second, Shirley Warren. There no children by either wife.

(C) Phillis Renee Cook, born in Bessemer on February 29, 1952. Married there October 5, 1974, James Allen Moseley. James was born in Bessemer on February 28, 1954. Three children, all born in Bessemer:

(a) Lori Renee Mosley, born on April 21, 1977.

(b) Jamie Leigh Mosley, born on July 26, 1978.

(c) Wesley Allen Mosley, born August 7, 1981.

(D) Gwenda Jean Cook, fourth child of Betty Jean and Johnny Cook, was born in Bessemer November 2, 1953. Married first on March 2, 1973, Bobby Gene Humphrey, Jr., born March 10,1953, Bessemer. One child.

(a) Angela Joy Humphrey, born October 16 1975, Bessemer, AL.

Gwenda married second, Steve Edward Mullins

 

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on November 4, 1978, Birmingham. He was born there December 19, 1953. Two children, both born in Birmingham.

(b) Steve Edward Mullins, Jr., born Auggust 9, 1979.

(c) Stephanie Kay Mullins, born July 23, 1981.

 

(4) Richard Roy Davis, first son of E.J. and Lois Estelle Davis, was born May 16, 1933, Thomasville. He died there in 1937.

(5) Jimmy Ralph Davis, born August 24, 1934, Thomasville. Married Janie Sue Mann October 7, 1955, Columbus, MS. Sue was born May 16,1940. They have two children.

(A) Jimmy Ralph Davis, Jr., born in 1957. He married Kelley Diane Crumpton, born in 1959. Three children.

(a) Justin Andrew Davis

(b) Jared Allen Davis

(c) Kelsey Diane Davis

(B) James Mike Davis, born July 23, 1962 in Birmingham. Married Renee Culpepper,born there in 1961. Two children.

(a) Jessica Renee Davis, born there May 14, 1986.

(b) Jathen Davis

(7) Shirley Jean Davis, born June 25, 1938. She married William Curtis Courtney and has two daughters.

(A) Karen Denece Courtney, born August 20, 1956. Married William Roger Harkey and they have three sons.

(a) Rusty Harkey

(b) Ryan Harkey

(c) Reid Harkey

 

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(B) Debra Jean Courtney, born November 26, 1958. Married Richard Taylor and has two children.

(a) Hunter Taylor

(b) Fisher Taylor

(8) Edwina Davis, born in Clarke County, AL June 12, 1940. Married Clayton ievon Fulton, St. Clair Co. AL. He was born April 30, 1935. Two children, born in St. Clair County.

(A) Sherry Bonita Fulton, born November 24, 1955.

(B) Randall ievon Fulton, born August 10, 1958.

Edwina married second, Frank Delano Chappell on March 11, 1962, St. Clair County. He was born in Jefferson Co. AL April 30, 1937. Three children, all born in Jefferson Co.

(C) Frankie Evelena Chappell, born November 8, 1962. Married first, Chris Hartley. one son, born in Jefferson Co.

(a) Christopher Shane Hartley, born on April 10, 1979.

Frankie married second, Barry Keith Osborn on November 20, 1981, Jefferson Co. He was born there October 20, 1956. Two children.

(b) Joshua Adam Osborn, born on March 5, 1983.

(c) Candace Melody Osborn, born October 27, 1986.

(D) Teresa Lynn Chappell, born Nov.12,1965. Married Dr.John Davis Burgardt 12-29-90.

(E) Lyndal Dale Chappell, born on July 25, 1968.

 

(8) Clifford Henderson Davis, son of J. E. and

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Lois Davis, was born in Thomasville June 3, 1941. Married first, Barbara Akins; divorced. The had one daughter.

(A) Wendy Davis, born July 12, 1961. Married first to Craig Becker and had two daughters.

(a) April Elizabeth Becker, born May 26, 1978.

(b) Amber Rachelle Becker, born September 27, 1982.

Wendy married second, Dave Buhrman, and they have a son.

(a) William Miles Buhrman, born April 27, 1989.

 

Clifford married second, Judith Suits; divorced. They had three children.

(B) Lisa Davis, born May 13, 1963. Married Paul Wilson. No issue.

(C) Scott Davis, born May 3, 1964. Married Becky Speed. They have one child.

(a) Mary Kathrine Davis

(D) Ginger Davis,born January 6, 1972.

 

Clifford married third, Sarah Riddens on June 30, 1991.

(9) Lois Marie Davis, daughter of J. E. and Lois Estelle Davis, was born January 17, 1946 in Thomasville. Married Robert Whitfield Rew on March 16, 1964 in Houston, Texas. Two children, both born in Birmingham.

(A) Joanna Michelle Rew, born July 8, 1968. Married first, Thomas Brett Quick; they had one son.

(a) Jonathan Bartley Quick, born April

 

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 24, 1985 in Birmingham.

Joanna married second, Simon William Flournoy, Jr. No issue.

(B) Beverly Annette Rew, born on August 23, 1966. Married Wade Allen Koch June 4, 1983.

(a) Brandon Allan Koch, born May 31, 1986, Rantoul, Illinois.

 

(10) Edward "Eddie" Earl Davis, last child of I.E. and Lois Davis, born February 11, 1951. His wife's name is Della; two children.

(A) Jamison Harold Davis

(B) Kevin Dwayne Davis

E. Annie Inez Davis, fifth child of Matt and Bertha Davis was born December 20, 1894 and died in August of 1900. Buried in Mr. Mt. Olive Cemetery near Thomasaville.

F. Bertha Olive Davis, sixth child of Matt and Bertha Davis, was born February 12, 1896 and died February 25, 1987. She married Albert Coma Haskew December 6,1923. Albert was born at Pleasant Hill, Clarke County, AL, the son of Howard Homer Haskew and Emma Jane Rutledge. Howard was born at Nettlesboro on March 3, 1900 and died November 16, 1972.

Howard Homer Haskew was the son of James J. Haskew and Julia Ann Hicks (see Hicks Section of this book for a complete account of the descendants of Bertha and Albert Haskew).

G. Dana Clifford Davis, twin and seventh child of Matt and Bertha Davis, was born March 12, 1898 in Clarke County. He married in Severn, Maryland April 17,1927, Adelta Griffith, who was born there September 4, 1902. They had one child. Dana died in Severn May 9, 1958.

a. Norma Lee Davis, born on October 4, 1930. She was married to a man by the name of Tercenio and they had two children; divorced. Married second, Don Leweck.

(1) Gil Tercenio, born in Portsmouth, VA August

 

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12, 1954. Married in Mobile, AL on January 29, 1983, Lindy Westmoreland. She was born at Chatom, AL February 26, 1957. Lindy and Gil have three children, born at Fairfield, AL.

(A) Clifford Davis Torcenio, born June 24, 1980.

(B) Mary Virginia Tercenio, born November 28, 1981.

(C) Patricia Leigh Tercenio, born April 21, 1984.

(2) Dana Tercenio, born in Anapolis, MD May 25, 1961.

H. Ruby Gladys Davis, twin and eighth child of Matt and Bertha Davis, was born March 12, 1898; died at birth.

I. Sadie Ethel Davis, ninth child of Matt and Bertha Davis, was born May 11, 1899; died in Mobile December 14, 1987. Sadie married Harry Owens; four children.

a. Ralph Owens

b. Anita Owens, born in Clarke Co.; died in Mobile in 1989. Married Donald Leytham; four children.

(1) Jerry Leytham; wife's name is Ann; one child.

(2) Westley Leytham

(3) Earlene Leytham; two children.

(a) Alex (b) Scott

(4) Diane Leytham; one child.

(a) Jamie

(c) Thomas Owens, third child and second son of Sadie and Harry Owens.

(d) Lyn Owens, second daughter and last child of Sadie and Harry Owens.

 

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J. Andrew Clay Davis, tenth child of James Matt Davis and Bertha Mosely, was born in Clarke Co. AL November 22, 1900. He married Minnie Cornelia Fontaine April 29, 1922 in Montgomery. She was born in Clarke Co. May 9, 1904. Andrew died in Montgomery August 1 1 9 86 .

a. Andrew Clay Davis, Jr., born April 20, 1923. He married Winifred Lucia Harman June 22, 1946 and they had two children. Winifred was born April 23, 1927 in Detroit, Michigan.

(1) Christine Rosemary Davis, born in Detroit August 10, 1947. Married there September 3 1967, Hanna Kandah, born in Palestine on August 22, 1950. Five children:

(A) Carmen Diane Kandah, born in Detroit September 22, 1968. Married Joseph Allen Donaldson October 7, 1989, Barton City, Michigan. He was born September 27, 1959 in Detroit.

(a) Karen Diane Donaldson, born in Detroit August 3, 1990.

(B) Angela Marie Kandah, born March 21, 1972 in Detroit.

(C) Sonya Elaine Kandah, born March 16, March 16, 1980, Royal Oak, MI.

(D) Julia Kandah, born in Elyria, Ohio on April 18, 1982.

(E) Michele Kandah, born May 16, 1984, in Southfield, MI.

(2) Kenneth Clay Davis, born in Detroit May 9, 1950. Married Dianna Lee Ingersol August 5 1972, also in Detroit. She was born there July 26, 1952, as were their three children.

(A) Brian Davis, born June 29, 1974.

(B) Jennifer Diane Davis, born June 24, 1977.

(C) Julie Dorothea Davis, born August 2, 1 97 9 .

  

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b. Laurel Leverett Davis, second son of Clay Davis and his wife,was born in Montgomery January 17, 1925. Married there January 14, 1951, Eloise Manning. They have two children, both born in Montgomery. Eloise was born in Aliceville, AL October 29, 1929. Laurel died August 30, 1985.

(1) Laurel Leverett Davis, Jr.,born October 1, 1952. He married Leslie Jeanne Burson in Selma, the daughter of Bruce and Jeanne Burson. Leslie was born in Selma March 20 1953. She and Larry have two sons.

(A) Lane Edward Davis, born on October 7, 1980.

(B) Lyle Andrew Davis, born May 22, 1986.

(2) William Andrew Davis, born August 20, 1954.

c. Harold Griffith Davis,third child of Clay Davis Sr., was born October 30, 1926. Married Doris Lemerle Schuffert October 1, 1954, Montgomery. Doris was born there April 9, 1937, as were the two children.

(1) Beverly Lemerle Davis, born on October 6, 1956.

(2) Harold Griffith Davis, Jr., born July 19, 1958. Married in Montgomery December 9, 1976, Lori Ann Buch, born in the Bronx, New York, February 27, 1957. Harold and Lori's two children were born in Montgomery.

(A) Jeremy Davis, born July 3, 1980.

(B) Vinson Davis, born May 5, 1983.

d. Frances Louise Davis, daughter of Clay Davis Sr. and Minnie Fontaine, was born January 16, 1931. Married Cecil Till September 17, 1950. He was born in Montgomery February 16, 1931 and died there August 23, 1963. No issue.

e. Joann Davis, last child of Clay Davis Sr. and Minnie Fontaine, was born May 31, 1938. Married in Montgomery December 18, 1954, Devereaux PollArd Riddlebarger. Dev was born there March 15, 1935. Two children.

 

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(1) Joseph Levereaux Riddlebarger, born February 21, 1956, Great Lakes, Illinois.

(2) Gerry Andrew Riddlebarger, born December 26, 1957, Honolulu, Hawaii.

 

K. Alice Hallan (spelled Holland by another source) Davis, eleventh child of Matt and Bertha Davis, was born April 4, 1902 in Clarke County. Married Alfred T. Bagley May 31, 1923 in Thomasville. He was born there October 28, 1898 and died January 22, 1986. Alice and Alfred had three children, all born in Thomasville.

a. Marie Bagley, born February 21, 1924. Married Ivey C. Megginson on May 19,1939. Four children.

(1) Terry Bagley Megginson, born March 9, 1942. Married in Linden,AL in 1961, Margaret Laverne Burge. Five children, oldest born in Grove Hill and the others in Thomasville.

(A) Terry Michael Megginson, born December 17,1963. Married Jennifer Lynn Spears, and they have two children.

(a) Terry Michael Megginson, Jr.,born July 23, 1983.

(b) Kyle Lambert Megginson, born June 9, 1988.

(B) Stephen Brent Megginson, born June 26, 1965.

(C) Anthony Mark Megginson, born October 24, 1966. Married Jennifer Marie Duke May 21, 1988, Linden.

(a) Kaytlyn Savana,born August 7,1989.

(D) Margaret Teressa Megginson,born November 30,1969. Married Christopher Etheridge in June of 1987.

(a) Christen Danielle, born March 15, 1988.

(E) Timothy Eric Megginson,born January 24 1972.

 

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(2) Alice Marie Megginson, born July 16, 1943. Married Mack Ray Stacey June 16, 1961. Five children.

(A) Sondra Marie Stacey, born June 24,1963 in Selma. Married Donald Adams January 3, 1982. One child:

(a) Allison Marie Adams, born August 24, 1982 in Monroeville.

(B) Nicki Ann Stacey,born January 17,1965. Married David Hines in Monroeville on May 1, 1984. Two children.

(a) Daniel Ray Hines,born December 18 1984, Ft. Walton Beach, FL. Died March 12, 1991, Monroeville.

(b) Christopher James Hines, born on February 15, 1991, Monroeville.

(C) Robin Carol Stacey, born May 27, 1966. Married Jackson Taylor,Ft.Walton Beach on June 9, 1990.

(See page 340-A for the other children and grandchildren of Marie Bagley and Ivy C. Megginson.)

L. Hollis Buren Davis, twelfth child of Matt and Bertha Davis, was born in Clarke County December 3, 1903. He married Thelma Jinks April 3,1931 and had three children. Hollis and Thelma died in Birmingham: he on November 9, 1982 and she on September 2, 1988.

a. Quinton Buford Davis, born in Jefferson Co. November 9, 1932. Married Ella Jeanette Pilgrim, born November 2, 1934, also in Jefferson County. Quinton and Jeanette have six children, all born in Jefferson County.

(1) Deborah Lyn Davis, born September 3, 1954. Married Michael Leon Lansford; they have two children.

(A) Michael Leon Lansford, Jr., born June 4, 1973 .

(B) Wendy Michelle Lansford, born September 24, 1977.

(2) Terri Lee Davis, born September 18, 1956.

 

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(a) Michael Joshua Taylor, son of Robin Stacey and Jackson Taylor, was born April 9, 1991, Ft. Walton Beach.

(D) Wendy Gail Stacey, born on September 8, 1968, Monroeville, Al.

(E) Angela Rae Stacey, born May 16, 1974 in Monroeville.

(3) Alfred Thomas Megginson,born August 10,1945. Married Linda Sue Wilson August 7,1971.Their three daughters were born in Selma.

(A) Melissa Eve Megginson, born October 28, 1975.

(B) Julie Ann Megginson, born May 18, 1976.

(C) Erica Iris Megginson,born July 17,1983.

 

(4) Nancy Carol Megginson, born February 3,1948. Married Roger Purnell Martin in Thomasville in 1965. He was born October 24, 1947 and and died July 11, 1985. Buried in Thomasville, AL.

(A) Gregory John Martin, born November 17, 1967, Thomasville. Married Angela Mechelle Dixon August 22, 1988.

(a) John Hunter Martin,born October 29 1990, Mobile.

(B) Roger Jason Martin, born July 17, 1969, Thomasville.

b. Ray "Bo" Davis Bagley, second child of Alfred and Alice Bagley,was born in Thomasville June 12,1928; died there in July, 1983. Married Dorothy Martin in January of 1961. Four daughters:

(1) Karen Renee Bagley, born September 30, 1961. Married Bobby Earl Fendley on July 11, 1979.

(A) Amanda Renee Fendley, born May 12, 1982.

(B) April Nicole Fendley, born March 8,1985.

(2) Tina Kay Bagley, born July 27, 1963. Married

 

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Earl Timothy Holt in March of 1990.

(3) Gina Rae Bagley, born November 16, 1965.

(4) Melissa Gail Bagley, born on December 27, 1966.

c. Ouida Fay Bagley, last child of Alice Davis and Alfred Bagley, was born in Thomasville September 17, 1936. Married Richard Alan Millard on August 20, 1958. Richard was born in Phoenix, Arizona on July 26, 1934. one child.

(1) Milly Fayree Millard, born in El Paso, Texas on March 17, 1965. Married in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico to Mark Randall Tognazinni on January 16, 1988. He was born in Santa Maria, California January 19, 1962.

(A) Brandon Geoffrey Tognazinni, born June 25, 1989, Las Cruces, New Mexico. 

 

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Married Dennis Allen Brice; three children, all born in Jefferson County.

(A) Shoney Marie Brice, born in 1979.

(B) Dennis Allen Brice

(C) Jerry Quinton Brice

(3) Melba Elaine Davis; married first, William Townes and had two children.

(A) Gregory Scott Townes

(B) Christian Joseph Townes

Melba married second, Kenneth George. They are expecting their first child in August, 1991.

(4) Hollis Bradley Davis, born November 2,1961. Married Susan Elizabeth Hart and they have twin daughters, born in Jefferson County.

(A) Kimberly Jayne Davis, born January 22, 1988.

(B) Rachael Laura Davis, born January 22, 1988.

(5) Kathy Renee Davis; married Kenneth Earl McMahon. One child, born in Jefferson Co.

(1) Phillip Earl McMahon, born October 14, 1989.

(6) Mitchell Brantley Davis, last child of Quinton and Jeanette, was born January 21, 1971. Engaged to be married in December of 1991 to Melanie Wade.

b. Joyce Beatrice Davis, second child of Hollis and Thelma Davis, was born August 12, 1934 in Birminham. She was married first to Floyd Douglas Watson and had four children.

(1) Susan Watson, born January 12, 1955. Married first, Kenneth D. Stewart, Jr. and had a son by him.

(A) Kenneth Stewart, born February 2, 1974.

 

 

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Susan married second, James Richard Hooper, and they have a daughter.

(B) Tina Hooper, born September 5, 1975.

(2) Diane Watson, born March 13, 1956. Married Donald Minor and has two children.

(A) Leah Diane Minor, born April 28, 1980.

(B) Ian Timothy Minor, born September 21, 1985.

(3) Joyce Michelle Watson, born May 8, 1962.

(4) Melanie Watson, born October 29, 1964. Married Colvin Autrey and they had one child.

(A) Patricia Joyce Autrey, born February 21, 1989.

Joyce is now married to James Hubert Jacobs.

C. Don Davis, son of Hollis and Thelma Davis, was born July 3, 1938 and died January 8, 1991.

 

M. Bernice Grey Davis, thirteenth child of Matt and Bertha Davis, was born in Clarke County on September 27, 27, 1906. Married Neal Braxton Sellers February 11, 1928 in,Thomasville.

Braxton was the son of Emma Delia Hicks and James Braxton Sellers and the grandson of W. B. Hicks and his second wife, Susan Haskew (see Hicks Section for a complete account of their descendants).

N. Comer Bryant Davis, fourteenth child of Matt and BerDavis, was born in Clarke County March 1, 1908. Married Martha E. Guy December 21, 1940 and they had had four children. Martha was born in Hartselle, AL on September 5, 1917.

a. Wilbur Leroy Davis, born January 17, 1942. Married Sherrill Bates June 25, 1965 and has three children.

(1) Lisa Michele Davis, born July 14, 1967. Married Rusty Vines December 6, 1987 and has one child.

 

 

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             (A) Ashley Brook Vines, born April 29,1990.

         (2) Gregory Scott Davis, born October 11, 1970.
            Married Tammy Yerby in August, 1990.


         (3) Kimbetly Nicole Davis, born September 14,
             1973. Married Randy Morefield on April 19,

             1991.


   b.    Richard Lamar Davis,   second son of Comer and
         Martha E. Davis, was   born August 23, 1943. He
         married first, Sarah   Joanne Lucas in June of
         1964; divorced in 1968. Richard and Joanne
         had one child.

         (1) William Bryant Davis, born in Birming-
             ham on July 13, 1965. Married Marie Vic-
             toria Vargas in Panama on January 19,
             1990.

         Richard married the second time in February
         of 1970, Susan Elaine McDaniels. They have
         two children.

         (2) Tracie Ann Davis, born October 9, 1973.

         (3) Stephanie Elaine Davis, born on December
             11, 1976,

     c.  Alien Leonard Davis, third son of Comer Bry-
         ant Davis and Martha E. Guy, was born in Bir-
         mingham on January 14, 1945. Married Mary
         Elizabeth McDaniel on August 14, 1971. She
         is a sister to Susan  McDaniel who married
         Richard Lamar Davis. Allen and Mary have
         a son.

        (i) Michael Luke Davis,  born in Birmingham
             May 11, 1973.

     d.  Carol Elizabeth Davis, only daughter of Comer
         and Martha E. Davis, was born in Birmingham on
         March 22, 1951.

O. Blanche Davis, fifteenth and last child of Matt
    and Bertha Davis, was born in Clarke County, AL on
    April 9, 1909 and died the same day. She was buried
    in the Mt. Olive Cemetery near Thomasville, AL.

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           PIONEER RESIDENT OF THOMASVILLE DIES


One of the pioneer citizens of nearby Mt. Olivet Community
passed away late last Friday afternoon. James Madison (Matt)
Davis died immediately after falling from the door-steps of
his home.

Mr. Davis was 89 years old and was active and took a keen in-
terest in life up until the time of his death. His wife, Mrs.
Bertha Moseley Davis, has been critically ill for the past
several months. She suffered a stroke and has been in a coma
from that time.

Mr. and Mrs. Davis had been married for almost sixty six
years Sunday, January 22, 1956; the date of the burial of Mr.
Davis would have been the 66th anniversary of their wedding.
They lived in the Mt. Olivet section during the entire time.

Matt Davis was a Christian who always showed abiding inter-
est in his church, the Mt. Olivet Methodist Church. He also
attended the Thomasville Methodist Church. The funeral ser-
vices were held at the latter church Sunday afternoon, with
burial at the Mt. Olivet Cemetery. The stewards of the Tho-
masville Methodist Church acted as honorary pall-bearers. The
active pall-bearers were six of his grandsons: O. C. Wilson,
Jr., Quinton Davis, Ralph Owens, Elmer Davis, Ray Bagley and
Gerald Davis. He was a lovable character who made many
friends and he worked for the best interest of his community.

The eleven children surviving attest to the fact he was a de-
voted family man. Five of his children preceded him in death.
Those children still living are : Clifford Davis, Severn,
Maryland; Clay Davis of Montgomery, Ala.; Comer, Grover and
Hollis Davis of Birmingham, Ala.; Edd Davis, Margaret, Ala.;
Mrs. Flossie Wilson, Mrs. Alice Bagley, Mrs. Bernice Sellers,
Mrs. Olive Haskew of Thomasville; Mrs. Sadie Owens of Mobile,
Ala.

There is a large family connection, numbering more than one
hundred grandchildren and great grandchildren. The brothers
and sisters now alive are: Mrs. Jeanie Rivers, Winfield, Ala;
Mrs. Josie Neugent and Mrs. Estelle Dement of Birmingham, Ala;
Mrs. Emma Horton and Mrs. Ola Ross, Pensacola,Fla; Mrs. Pat-
ricia Davis, Atlanta, Ga; Mr. Wesley Davis, Valdosta, GA; and
Mr. Walter Davis, Huntsville, Texas.

(Note: died 1-20-56)

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Mrs. Dovis Succumbs
   To Long Illness

 An aged resident of the Thomas-
ville area, Mrs. Bertha Isabell
Moseley Davis, died Thursday, De-
cember 8, 1960, following a long
illness. She had been bedridden
and helpless for the past five years
as the result of a stroke. She was
nearing her 91st birthtlay at the
time of her death.
 Funeral servires were held st
Thomasville Methodist Church on
Saturday. December 10, the Rev.
Loyd Tubb and the Rev. Roy Tim-
berlake officiating Knmbrough
was in charge of arrangements.
 Survivors include five daughters,
Mrs. Flossie Wilson, Mrs. Alice
Bagley, Mrs. Bernice Sellers, Mrs.
Ollie Haskew, all of Thomasville,
and Mrs. Sallie Owen of Mobile;
four sons, Grover Davis, Hollis
Davis, and Coma Davis, all of Mo-
bile, and Clay Davis of Montgom-
ery; 51 grandchildren; and 97;
great-grandchildren.
  Mrs. Davis was born in the
Thomasville area January 10. 1870,
the daughter of Andrew Jackson
Moseley and Catherine Worl Mose-
ley. She was a member of the Mt. 
Olivet Methodist Church, near 
Thomasville. The widow of the late 
Matt Davis, she was well known in 
this area.
 Pallbearers were O. C. Wilson,
Jr., Lynn Owen, Laurel Davis,
Elma Davis, Jerald Davis, and
Clinton Davis.

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Note: There were several pages missing here (343-349) which have been added thanks to the work of Dave Barnes.

Information regarding the children of Elijah S. Davis and his two wives has come to me from several sources. Devereaux Riddlebarger, Pensacola, FL provided me with a computer print-out on this line, which has been added to and updated by various family members.

However, the Family Record of Births and Deaths which Miss Adele Rivers of Birmingham has sent me, appears to have come from a Family Bible. Miss Rivers is the daughter of Virginia May Davis, second daughter of Elijah Samuel Davis and his first wife, Laura Ann Philen.

2. Mary R. (Rebecca written above the R) Davis, first daughter and second child of Elijah and Laura Ann Davis, was born September 18, 1868.

3. Virginia M. (May written above the M) Davis, third child and second daughter of Elijah and Laura Ann Davis, born June 1, 1870. She is probably the 3 month child listed with her parents in the 1870 Census. Virginia married Mr. Rivers and had four daughters.

A. Adele Rivers

B. Ruby Rivers; married Joe Jackson

C. Lula Rivers

D. Gladys Rivers; married Joe Barnes.

a. Winifred Barnes

4. Wesley S. (Samuel written above the S), second son and fourth child of Elijah and Laura Ann Davis, was born December 2, 1871. No further information.

5. Willie E. (Elizabeth written above the E) Davis, third daughter and fifth child of Elijah and Laura Ann Davis, was born October 4, 1873. No further information.

6. Homer R. (just the initial) Davis, third son and sixth child of Elijah and Laura Ann Davis, was born April 1, 1875. No further information.

7. Laura A. (Alice written above the A, with question mark) Davis, last child of Elijah and his first wife, Laura Ann Philen, was born January 12, 1877 and died February

29, 1881, only four years old. Adele Rivers records show that this child died in March of 1881 but her the date on her tombstone in Mt. Olive Cemetery, Clarke Co. gives her date of death as February 29, 1881.

 

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Note: there were several pages missing here (350 & 351); again thanks to Dave Barnes they have been added

Elijah married second, Sarah Jane Slaughter. The exact date
is unknown but it must have been in 1877, as their first
child was born in 1878.  In those days, if a man's wife
died and he was left with young children to care for, he
usually married very soon. When Laura Ann died, she left
a three-day old infant, a two year old son, a four year
old daughter, a six year old son, a seven year old daughter
and a nine year old daughter.

Sarah Jane Slaughter was born October 25, 1856 and was proba-
bly 21 years old when she married Elijah S. Davis.

8.  Henry W.    (Waiter written above W) Davis, eighth child
    of Elijah   but first of Elijah and Sarah Jane, was born
    June 3, 1878. No further information.

9.  Louis M.    (Malcolm written above M) Davis, ninth child
    of Elijah   but second of Elijah and Sarah Jane, was born
    April 28, 1880. Died in 1912.

10. Alice A. Davis, tenth child of Elijah but third of Elijah
    and Sarah Jane, was born July 8, 1882. She married
    a Maxwell and died March 2, 1909. No further information.

11. Sarah Aureola "Ola" Davis, eleventh child of Elijah but
    fourth of Elijah and Sarah Jane, was born February 17,
    1884. No further information.

12. Josephine Ursulah Davis, twelfth child of Elijah but his
    fifth by Sarah Jane, was born July 13, 1886; died Janu-
    ary 23, 1981; buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Birmingham
    AL. Married on December 25, 1905 to William Washington
    Neugent, born in Clarke County on August 19, 1882. He
    died July 27, 1931 and is also buried in Forest Hills.
    Josephine and William had five children.

    A,   Ruby Mae Neugent, born in Birminghan September 17,
         1906. Married Walter P. Wilkey on March 15, 1935.
         She married second, Carl F. McCool January 6, 1950.
         No issue.

    B.   William Cleon Neugent, born in Birmingham October 30,
         1908; died November 11, 1990.

    C.   Carlton Brice Neugent, born in Birmingham August 8,
         1913. Married Margaret Rebecca Sturkle on September
         16, 1938. She was born June 19, 1918, daughter of
         Elmer Omer Sturkie and Clementine Salome Jolly,

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         Carlton and Margaret had four children, all born in
         Birmingham.

         a.   Sandra Kay Neugent, born November 4, 1941.
              Married Gary Lee Kinney on June 15, 1962.

              (1) Kyle Kinney
              (2) Kim Kinney
         b.   Richard Carlton Neugent, born June 28, 1943. He
              married Janet Glaze in June of 1963

            (1) Scott Neugent
              (2) Lori Kay Neugent
         C.   Carolyn Rebecca Neugent, born August 16, 1944.
              Married Sammy J. Cantavespre.

              (1) Mark Cantavespre
              (2) Michael Cantavespre
         d.   Samuel Frederick Neugent, born July 28, 1954. He
              married Sheila Rice.

              (1) Chris Neugent
              (2) Jennifer Neugent
     D.  Jack Neugent, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on February 2
         1919; died February 10, 1975.

     E.  Robert Neugent, born in Tulsa January 24, 1922. He
         died November 26, 1987.


13. Emma Cornelia Davis, born April 1, 1890 in Thomasville;

    died April 5 1985 in Pensacola, where she is buried.
    She married in Birmingham on June 29, 1910, Robert Bell

    Horton, born April 17, 1890 in Montgomery, AL, the son
    of John Henry Horton. Robert died in Birmingham in 1961
    and was buried in Bethel Cemetery, Odenville, AL. They
    had two children, both born in Birmingham, Jefferson Co.
    Alabama,

    A. Evelyn Aleta Horton, born November 1, 1911. Married
        Thomas Lewis Patete on March 3, 1936 in New York, NY.
        Thomas was born October 27, 1912 in Elizabeth, New
        Jersey, the son of Thomas Lewis Patete, Sr. and
        Concetta Perry. Aleta and Thomas have three children.

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a. Thomas Robert Patete, born in Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey on July 26, 1941. He married Jane Carlyle Land on July 29, 1966 and they have two children.

(1) Amy Elizabeth Patete, born in Hattisburg, MS on June 25, 1968.

(2) Robert Land Patete, born in Winona, MS July 8, 1972.

b. William Malcolm Patete, born in Rahway, Union Co. New Jersey on August 31, 1945. Married Billie Loyce Henry on April 3, 1971.

 

c. Judith Aleta Patete, born in Pensacola, Escambia Co. FL, December 12, 1949. Married Robert Edward Horton (no relation) on March 25, 1972. Two children:

(1) Aleta Jane Horton, born June 25, 1977 in a hospital in Jackson, AL. Her parents were living in Vaiden, MS.

(2) Ross Hunter Horton, born in Monroe, LA on March 10, 1981.

14. William U. Davis, fourteenth child of Elijah but his seventh by Sarah Jane, was born August 27, 1891; died February 15, 1892.

 

15. Ira P. (Patricia written above P) Davis, fifth child of Elijah but eighth by Sarah Jane, was born on April 30, 1893. Married Samuel Hendricks and had two children.

A. Samuel Hendricks, Jr.

B. Lanier Hendricks

16. Norma E. (Estelle written above the E) Davis was the last child of Elijah. She was the ninth child of his by Sarah Jane, his second wife. She married Alfred Dement.

A. Norma Dement

Note; Aleta Horton Patete, above, is the one who provided Elijah S. Davis' middle name.

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Sarah Jane Slaughter Davis died September 5, 1906 and Elijah
died approximately four Years later. They are buried at Mt.
Olive Cemetery, Clarke County. Their tombstones read:

  Elijah S. Davis          Sarah Jane Slaughter Davis
  Born March 20, 1843      Born October 25, 1856
  Died May 10, 1910        Died September 4, 1906

(pictures are xeroxed too dark to scan)

The above picture may be of Elijah S. Davis and his second
wife, Sarah Jane Slaughter. Teresa Davis Weaver said her
grandmother, Bertha Davis, wrote on the back of the original
picture, "Mr. and Mrs. Davis."

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Last page in Davis section -- Sources for Samuel G. Davis

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                    SOURCES FOR SAMUEL G. DAVIS


Clarke County Census Records

Estate Papers of Enoch Davis, Sr.
Records of Mrs. J. W. Philen
Wilcox County Census Records
Wilcox County Marriage Records
Monroe County Marriage Records
Tombstones and Cemetery Records

Kirk Journal


Records of Devereaux Riddlebarger

Family Group Sheets completed by family members
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                         MARGARET JANE DAVIS

Margaret Jane was listed by Arthur M. Davis as the oldest of
Samuel G. Davis' children by his second wife, Mary E. Kirk.
Also, she was listed in the 1860 Wilcox County Census with
parents as being ten years old, so was probably born in 1850.
Margaret was not in the home with her mother at the time of
the 1870 Census and was at least twenty years old by then, so
may have been married.


                        CELESTIA OPHELIA DAVIS

Celetia Ophelia Davis was listed by Arthur M. Davis as being
the second child of Samuel G. Davis and his second wife, Mary
E. Kirk. At the time of the 1860 Wilcox Census, Celestia was
nine years old and in the home of her parents. In 1870 she
was 18 years old and still at home with her mother, her father
having died beteen 1860 and 1870.


                         JULIA ALICE DAVIS

Julia Alice Davis was listed by Arthur M.Davis as the third
of Samuel and Mary's children. In 1860 she was listed as six
years old and in the home with her parents. By 1870, Samuel
was deceased and Julia, age 16, was listed in the home with
her mother.


                         JAMES ROBERT DAVIS

James Robert Davis, the only son of Samuel G, Davis and Mary
Kirk, was named by Arthur M. Davis when Enoch Davis, Sr.'s
Estate was settled. At the time of the 1860 Wilcox County
Census, James, 5 years old, was in the home with his parents.
In the 1870 Census he was 14 years old and his mother was
head of the household.


                         SARAH CORNELIA DAVIS

Sarah Cornelia Davis was the youngest child of Samuel G. Dav-
is and his second wife, Mary E. Kirk. She was three years old
at the time of the 1860 Census and in the 1870 Census, she
was listed as eleven years old.

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