Illinois Family Group Sheet for the Abraham DAVIS Family
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Husband: Abraham DAVIS
Birthdate: 19 Jul 1815
Birthplace: Claysville, Guernsey Co, Ohio
Death date: 1 Feb 1856
Place of death: Wapello Co, Iowa
Father: Henry DAVIS
Mother: Rachel POLLOCK
Marriage date: 30 Oct 1837
Marriage place: Vermilion Co, Illinois
Wife: Electa Temple STEARNS
Birthdate: 9 Mar 1818
Birthplace: Ohio
Death date: 29 Aug 1894
Place of death: Wapello Co, Iowa
Father: Harvey STEARNS
Mother: Fanny LOCKWOOD
CHILDREN
Child No. 1: Fanny DAVIS
Sex: F
Birthdate: 25 Aug 1838
Birthplace: Homer, Vermilion Co, Illinois
Death date: 26 Nov 1839
Place of death: Homer, Vermilion Co, Illinois
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:
Child No. 2: Mary Jane DAVIS
Sex: F
Birthdate: 5 Jun 1840
Birthplace: Homer, Vermilion Co, Illinois
Death date: 23 May 1872
Place of death: Wapello Co, Iowa
Marriage date: 19 Apr 1858
Marriage place: Wapello Co, Iowa
Spouse's name: Reuben R. MARTIN
Child No. 3: Amanda Ann DAVIS
Sex: F
Birthdate: 5 aUG 1842
Birthplace: Vermilion Co, Illinois
Death date: 17 Aug 1919
Place of death: Wapello Co, Iowa
Marriage date: 5 Aug 1860
Marriage place: Wapello Co, Iowa
Spouse's name: Isaac Anderson McCOY
Child No. 4: Adeline DAVIS
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1844
Birthplace: Vermilion Co, Illinois
Death date: 28 Jan 1939
Place of death: Wapello Co, Iowa
Marriage date: 6 Dec 1866
Marriage place: Wapello Co, Iowa
Spouse's name: Osborne W. LYMAN
Child No. 5: Andrew Jackson DAVIS
Sex:
Birthdate: 10 Aug 1846
Birthplace: Homer, Vermilion Co, Illinois
Death date: 10 Jun 1928
Place of death: Iowa
Marriage date: 21 Mar 1872
Marriage place: Wapello Co, Iowa
Spouse's name: Frances PRICE
Child No. 6: John Emery DAVIS
Sex: M
Birthdate: 26 Mar 1849
Birthplace: Homer, Vermilion Co, Illinois
Death date: 28 Jun 1902
Place of death: Wapello Co, Iowa
Marriage date: 30 May 1875
Marriage place: Ottumwa, Wapello Co, Iowa
Spouse's name: Caroline PARNELL
Child No. 7: Henry Harvey DAVIS
Sex: M
Birthdate: 12 Aug 1851
Birthplace: Mahaska Co, Iowa
Death date: 17 Aug 1927
Place of death: Iowa
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: never married
Child No. 8: Jasper Newton DAVIS
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1 Jan 1854
Birthplace: Wapello Co, Iowa
Death date: 18 Jan 1904
Place of death: West Plains, Howell Co, Missouri
Marriage date: 7 Feb 1884
Marriage place: Malcom, Poweshick Co, Iowa
Spouse's name: Lulu WHITSETT
Child No. 9: Sarah Anabell DAVIS
Sex: F
Birthdate: 21 Apr 1856
Birthplace: Wapello Co, Iowa
Death date: 4 Feb 1864
Place of death: Wapello Co, Iowa
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:
Documentation:
* Azariah Davis Family, including updated genealogy of the Henry Davis and William Davis families, compiled
and edited by Mary Pauline "Polly" Barcus and Harold Roger Bair [LDS microfilm 1738314 item 27]:
* Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office Records Accession/Serial Nr: IL0680_.214 Document #3310,
Vermilion Co, Illinois, Aliquiot Parts: SWNE; Sec/BLK:34/; Twnshp 19-N; Range 14-W; Meridian 2nd PM.:
* Last Will and Testament of Abraham Davis 1856, Administrator's Calendar, probate records, Wapello County,
Iowa; 1850 Vermilion County Illinois census family of Abraham and Electa Davis; Cemetery records Vermilion County
Illinois:
* Early marriages of Vermilion County, Illinois:
* 1856 Iowa State Census, Wapello County; Vol 65. LDS Film 1021314. Records housed in Iowa State Historical
Dept, Museum, Archives, Des Moines, Iowa. Filmed 17 July 1978. Center Twp p.319; dwelling 128; family 130:
* 1885 Iowa State Census Wapello County LDS microfilm 1020188 Center Twp page 171 line 10 dwelling/family
221 Electa Davis household; Third ward Ottumwa page 437 Line 24 dwelling 239 family 268 Oscar W. Lyman; Agency page (1)
47 line 16 dwelling/family John E. Davis:
* Wapello County Iowa Marriage Records [LDS microfilm 979586] (1844-1866) Marriage Register Vol B, P. 211
Electa Davis to Silas Hults:
* Civil War service record of Silas Hults, Iowa 7th Inf Co 7, Union Wapello County, Iowa [Nat'l Archives]:
* Wapello County Iowa District Court Record [LDS film 979092] Vol 3 p325 Joseph & Electa Davis Admr of A
Davis decd vs W.H. Williams and E.D.H. Baker, Case No. 52 Note, jury trial by Judge Hendershott. The court ordered
payment of the note in the amount of $125 plus the costs to bring the suit. Also: Reuben R. Martin & Mary Jane
Martin, Adaline Davis, Andrew Davis, John E. Davis, Henry H. Davis, Jasper N. Davis & Sarah A. Davis by their
guardian Joseph Davis vs Silas Hults & Electa Hults, Case No. 30 Partition. Land description of the partition of
equal shares to the named Davis children and allowing a widow dower share for Electa:
* Wapello Co, Iowa, 1860 Census [LDS microfilm 803345] Electa Hults family P166, Highland Twp, Line 14;
Dwelling No. 1149; Family No. 1100; Richland Twp, page 15, line 16, household of RR Martin:
* 1870 Wapello County Iowa census LDS microfilm 545921 Electa Davis family Center Twp; page 12 (& 13),
Line 37, Dwell #78; Fam #78:
* Wapello County, Iowa County Clerk, Register of Death, Wapello Co, Iowa Vol 2; P 39, Record 268, Electa
Davis Register of Deaths [LDS Film 0979826 Item 2]:
* Wapello County Iowa, Wapello County, IA Land Deeds General Index [LDS microfilm 979097] Electa Hultz,
Grantor to CRS & Ohio RR Co, Grantee; Bk18: p 467; Section 31 Twp 73 Range 1; John E. Davis, Grantor to James H.
Davis, Grantee; Bk 13: p 620:
* Wapello County Iowa Marriage Records [LDS microfilm 979586 (1844-1866)]: Wapello County Courthouse,
Marriage Register 1873-1878 Vol 3 [LDS microfilm 979589] John E Davis and Caroline Parnell May 30, 1875:
* WPA Records [typed] Wapello County Records. Cemetery records. Provided by the Wapello Genealogical
Society:
* Cumulative records effecting the research of the families DAVIS, HULTS, McCOY, MARTIN.