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Charles “Charley” Davis

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Charles “Charley” Davis
b. 19 April 1878, Cannelton, Perry County, Indiana, to Joseph and Arelia (Worthington) Davis
d. 1865, Pend Oreille County, Washington

m.
Sophia Christina Olson

Children with Sophia Christina Olson:

  • Eunice M. (d. 17 May 1994) married [–?–] Norstadt

Sophia Christina died when their daughter Eunice was young, and Charley never remarried.

Eunice M. Davis Norstadt, their daughter, served as district court judge for Pend Oreille County, Washington, before moving to Hawaii, where she died.

Submitted by:
Betty J. Patterson
Spokane WA

Bernhard “Barney” Davis

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Bernhard “Barney” Davis
b. 23 May 1874, Cannelton, Perry County, Indiana, to Joseph and Arelia (Worthington) Davis
d. Portland, Oregon

m.
Jane Eleanor Derrick
b. 4 May 1878

Children with Jane Eleanor Derrick:

  • Joseph
  • Arthur
  • John
  • Daisy
  • Connie
  • Frank W.
  • Elsie
  • Anna
  • Jim
  • Ray
  • Roy
  • Dorothy

Barney resided in Perry County, Indiana, until emigrating from that county in 1888 to Usk, Pend Oreille County, Washington.

Submitted by:
Betty J. Patterson
Spokane WA

Adaline Davis

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Adaline Davis
b. 27 December 1842, Lawrence County, Indiana, to Bluford Gatliff and Mary Jane (Edwards) Davis
d. 20 December 1887, Hutton, Coles County, Illinois

m.
Richard Stoltz Riggins
b. 28 March 1839, Union County, Indiana
d. 30 June 1911, Coles County, Illinois

Children with Richard Stoltz Riggins:

  • George W.
  • Reeves E.
  • Charles W.
  • Bluford
  • John Henry
  • Mandilla Sarah
  • Emanuel Manford
  • Albert
  • Mary E.
  • Nora Jane

Adaline Davis moved before 1860 to Coles County, Illinois.

Submitted by:
Everett W. Spackman
Laramie WY

Charles Butcher

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Charles Butcher
b. September 1848, Ohio, to Christian and Mary (Hofman) Butcher
d. 5 December 1902, Trego County, Kansas

m. 24 January 1869, Jay County, Indiana
Sarah Elizabeth Doty
b. Indiana
d. 1898, Trego County, Kansas

Children with Sarah Elizabeth Doty:

  • Anna L. (b. 1869) married Francis M. Epperly
  • Alma (b. 1871) married (1) [–?–] Smith, (2) Eli Davis
  • Cordelia Bell (b. 1873) married George Mitchell
  • James Madison (1875-1953) married Margaret Mae Cook
  • George Leslie (1878-1964) married Mary Grace Hays
  • Frances Lenora (b. 1880) married Francis A. Hayes
  • Charles (1883-1904)
  • Henry Cleveland (1885-1960) married Anna C. Snelling

Charles emigrated in 1882 from Green Township, Jay County, Indiana, to Ellsworth County, Kansas. He moved in 1891 to Trego County and homesteaded seventeen miles southwest of Wakeeney.

Submitted by:
Marilyn Eckman Rittel
Des Moines IA

James Peke Adams and Margaret Ann Dye

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James Peke Adams
b. 27 December 1844, Newark, Licking County, Ohio, to James and Sarah (Davis) Adams
d. 23 July 1930, Dieterick, Effingham County, Illinois
m. 21 November 1867, Martin County, Indiana

Margaret Ann Dye
b. 30 August 1850, Greene County, Indiana
d. 17 May 1937, Effingham County, Illinois

Children with Margaret Ann Dye:

  • Veva Ola Bercola
  • Ernest
  • Elsa/Elsie
  • Sarah Bell
  • George
  • Fred
  • Rex

James enlisted in Company A, 67th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, in July 1862 and served until July 1865. He emigrated from Indiana in 1869 to Effingham County, Illinois.

Submitted by:
Dorothy Ray Gibson
White Heath, Illinois