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Joseph Davis

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Joseph Davis
b. 5 March 1848, Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana, to David and Charity (Carrigan) Davis
d. 26 May 1917, Usk, Pend Oreille County, Washington

m/1.
Arelia Ellen Worthington
d. 14 November 1879, Indiana

m/2. 20 January 1880, Perry County, Indiana
Magdelena Ettensohn
b. 6 July 1857, Hamilton County, Ohio
d. 14 February 1924, Usk, Pend Oreille County, Washington

Children with Arelia Ellen Worthington

Children with Magdelena Ettensohn:

Joseph emigrated from Perry County, Indiana, to Chattaroy, Spokane County, Washington, and then to Usk, Pend Oreille County, Washington.

Submitted by:
Betty J. Patterson
Spokane WA

John F Davis

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John F. Davis
b. 6 May 1882, Perry County, Indiana, to Joseph and Magdelena (Ettensohn) Davis
d. 3 November 1942, Newport, Pend Oreille County, Washington

m.
Margaret Miller
d. 1940, Newport, Pend Oreille County, Washington

John F. Davis had no children of his own but helped to raise the two children of his wife, Margaret.

Submitted by:
Betty J. Patterson
Spokane WA

Mark Davis

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Mark Davis
b. 10 August 1800, Surry County, North Carolina, to William and Ann (Marshill) Davis
d. 20 June 1870, Mahaska County, Iowa

m. 22 April 1822, Wayne County, Indiana
Rebecca Osborn
b. 7 October 1802, Guilford County, North Carolina
d. 24 August 1884, Rooks County, Kansas

Children with Rebecca Osborn:

  • Mary Ann
  • William
  • Rachel
  • David
  • Ruth
  • Elizabeth
  • Nathan
  • Stephen J.
  • Jonathan M.
  • Hiram
  • Clarkson

Submitted by:
Evelyn Skelton Sell
Neosho MO
E-mail: esell904@peoplepc.com

Hiram Davis

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Hiram Davis
b. 15 September 1844, near Jonesboro, Grant County, Indiana, to Mark and Rebecca (Osborn) Davis
d. 31 August 1903, Haviland, Kiowa County, Kansas

m. 28 April 1869, New Sharon, Mahaska County, Iowa
Hannah Louisa Quaintance
b. 8 February 1845, Mt. Gilead, Ohio
d. 15 June 1924, Wichita, Kansas

Children with Hannah Louisa Quaintance:

  • Edgar Isaac
  • Clara Maria
  • Florence May
  • Sarah Elsie
  • Emma M.
  • Mabel Louisa
  • Hiram Carleton

Hiram emigrated from Indiana in 1852 to Ironton, Sauk County, Wisconsin, where he later became a schoolteacher. He joined Company F, 3rd Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry on 29 August 1862, and served as a private at the Kansas and Missouri border. He was discharged at Ft. Leavenworth on 6 May 1865.

A member of the Society of Friends, Hiram served as minister at the Timbered Hills Monthly Meeting, Crestline, Kansas, from 1888 to 1899 and then accepted a pastorate at Holisington Monthly Meeting, Barton County, Kansas, for two years.

Submitted by:
Evelyn Skelton Sell
Neosho MO
E-mail: esell904@peoplepc.com

Edward Davis

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Edward Davis
b. 21 June 1862, Jefferson County, Indiana, to Henry and Caroline (Borcherding) Davis
d. 22 June 1942, Forest Grove, Oregon

m. 20 May 1886, Fannin County, Texas
Fannie Oliva Dickerson
b. 20 November 1871, Lonoke County, Arkansas
d. Forest Grove, Oregon

Children with Fannie Oliva Dickerson:

  • Minnie Oliva
  • Claude Irving
  • Albert Lee
  • Beverly
  • Beatrice Inez married (1) [–?–] Moffitt, (2) [–?–] Montgomery

Submitted by:
Betty J. Patterson
Spokane WA

Henry Davis

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Henry Davis
b. 13 August 1836, Cortland County, New York, to David and Charity (Carrigan) Davis
d. 18 July 1903, Colville, Stevens County, Washington

m. 24 October 1843, Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana
Caroline Borcherding
b. 24 October 1843, Cincinnati, Ohio
d. 4 May 1914, Forest Grove, Washington County, Oregon

Child:

Henry moved in the late 1880’s from Beecamp Creek, Jefferson County, Indiana, to Fannin County, Texas. In 1890 he settled in Stevens County, Washington, where he owned a farm and small store and traded with the Calispell Indians.

Submitted by:
Betty J. Patterson
Spokane WA

Joseph Davis

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Joseph Davis
d. 19 July 1879, Butler County, Kansas

m. 30 July 1848, White County, Indiana
Nancy Minerva Janes
b. 3 March 1830, Virginia, to George and [–?–] Janes
d. 14 September 1904, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana

Children with Nancy Minerva Janes:

Joseph served in Company D, 63rd Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, and Company K, 116th Indiana Volunteers during the Civil War. According to the family stories, he was a prisoner of war at Andersonville. Joseph W. Davis died in Kansas of a service-connected disability. His wife Nancy died in the home of her daughter, Mrs. William Pitts, in Lafayette, Indiana. She is buried with her husband in Butler County, Kansas.

Submitted by:
Joseph R. Williams
Helena MT

Harriett Ann Davis

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Harriett Ann Davis
b. Indiana, to Joseph W. and Nancy Minerva (Janes) Davis

m. 7 February 1873, Monticello, White County, Indiana
George S. Stocks

In 1876 the Stocks moved to Butler County, Kansas, taking Harriett’s younger brothers, John and Joseph Arthur, with them. The Stocks family then moved on to Oklahoma Territory, where they took another homestead.

About ten years after the Stocks moved to Kansas, Joseph and Nancy Minerva (Janes) Davis also emigrated from Indiana to Butler County, Kansas.

Submitted by:
Joseph R. Williams
Helena MT

Guilford Davis

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Guilford Davis
b. 11 April 1795, Botetourt County, Virginia to William and Elizabeth (Plymell?) Davis
d. 5 August 1877, Highland Township, Wapello County, Iowa

m. about 1819, Sullivan County, Indiana
Mary A. Gray
b. 23 November 1796, Kentucky
d. 20 October 1886, Highland Township, Wapello County, Iowa

Children with Mary A. Gray:

  • Thomas Jefferson
  • William
  • Abraham
  • Bethia Jane
  • James
  • Martha
  • Nancy
  • Joseph
  • John Gay
  • Benjamin

Guilford came to Indiana about 1813 from Tazewell County, Virginia. The family lived near Graysville in Sullivan County, Indiana, and moved to Iowa in 1850 after the enumeration of the 1850 census.

Submitted by:
John L. Davis, Jr.
Maryland Heights MO
E-mail: jlsdjr@sbcglobal.net

Edward Samuel Davis

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Edward Samuel Davis
b. 22 May 1832, Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana, to Mahlon and Julia (Strain) Davis
d. 8 October 1912, Rubens, Jewell County, Kansas

m. 4 July 1853, Warsaw, Kosciusko County, Indiana
Malinda Romine
d. 24 December 1863, Troy, Doniphan County, Kansas

Children with Malinda Romine:

  • Marcus J.
  • Milton

Edward emigrated about 1855 from Indiana to Doniphan County, Kansas, where he was elected the first county treasurer in 1859.

Submitted by:
Barbara Davis Van Hanken
Tulsa OK