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Husband: John Thomas DAVIS
(1,2,3)
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Birthdate: 28 Sep 1882
- Barry, Navarro, Texas, USA (4,5)
Death date: 3 Jan 1958
- Rylie, Dallas, Texas, USA (2)
Buried: 4 Jan 1958 - Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA (2)
Address: Grove Hill Cemetery, Dallas County, Texas
Father: John Henry DAVIS (Abt 1842- ) (6)
Mother: Mary Elizabeth GREEN (Abt 1847- )
Marriage: 2 Oct 1909
Place: Corsicana, Navarro, Texas, USA (7)
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Wife: Minnie Gretchen ARMSTRONG
(8)
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Birthdate: 20 Jul 1893
- Rogers, Benton, Arkansas, USA (9,10)
Death date: 22 Apr 1977
- Mabank, Kaufman, Texas, USA (11,12)
Buried: 24 Apr 1977 - Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
Address: Grove Hill Cemetery, Dallas County, Texas
Father: Benjamin Franklin ARMSTRONG (1857-1941) (13,14,15,16)
Mother: Effie May DISNEY (1874-1918) (17,18)
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Children
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1 F Opel May DAVIS (19)
Birthdate: 7 Aug 1910 - , , Texas, USA (20)
Death date: Abt 1912 - , , Texas, USA
Buried:
Spouse: Did Not Marry
Marr. Date:
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2 F Ava May DAVIS (21,22)
Birthdate: 16 Jun 1912 - Bardwell, Ellis, Texas, USA (23,24,25)
Death date: 7 Jun 1999 - , Henderson, Texas, USA (26,27,28)
Buried: 9 Jun 1999 - Lancaster, Dallas, Texas, USA
Address: Rawlins Cemetery, Dallas County, Texas
Spouse: William Marion HOOTS (1903-1961) (29,30)
Marr. Date: Abt 1927
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3 M Leroy Thomas DAVIS (31)
Birthdate: 22 Aug 1914 - Bardwell, Ellis, Texas, USA (32,33)
Death date: 13 Jan 1994 - Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA (34)
Buried:
Spouse: Goldie Mae REDD (1920- ) (35)
Marr. Date: Abt 1935
Spouse: Living
Marr. Date:
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4 F Argetine DAVIS (36)
Birthdate: 1 Nov 1922 - Wheatland, Hardeman, Texas, USA (37,38)
Death date: 27 Jan 1992 - Eustace, Henderson, Texas, USA (39,40)
Buried: 29 Jan 1992 - Mabank, Kaufman, Texas, USA
Address: Oaklawn Cemetery, Henderson County, Texas
Spouse: Gifford Ashford WHITMAN (1914-1995) (41)
Marr. Date: 19 Apr 1939 - Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
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5 M Living (details have been suppressed)
Birthdate:
Death date:
Buried:
Spouse: Patsy Ann SPILLMAN (1933-2010) (42)
Marr. Date:
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General Notes: Wife - Minnie Gretchen ARMSTRONG
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On his birth certificate, John Jr is listed as her 5th child with 4 living.
Last Modified: 10 Dec 2016
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Sources
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1. Wood, Mary Yarborough, Davis, John Thomas. I exchanged much email correspondence with
this daughter of Ava Marie Hoots.
2. Death Certificate, Davis, John Thomas #1810.
3. Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 (FamilySearch.org), Davis, John Thomas.
4. Death Certificate, Davis, John Thomas #1810. 28 Sep 1882, Navarro County, Texas.
5. Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 (FamilySearch.org), Davis, John Thomas. 28 Sep
1884, Navarro County.
6. Wood, Mary Yarborough, John Henry Davis.
7. Texas County Marriage Records, 1837-1977 (FamilySearch.org), Davis, John T. to Minnie
Armstrong, 1 Oct 1909, Navarro County.
8. 1900 Federal Census, Arkansas, Benton, ED 10, pg 15B. Minnie Armstrong.
9. Social Security Death Index (FamilySearch.org), Davis, Minnie. 20 Jul 1893.
10. 1900 Federal Census, Arkansas, Benton, ED 10, pg 15B. age 6, Jul 1893, Arkansas.
11. Social Security Death Index (FamilySearch.org), Davis, Minnie. Apr 1977, last residence
- Kaufman County.
12. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 (FamilySearch.org), Davis, Minnie A. 22 Apr 1977, Kaufman
County.
13. Armstrong, George A, Armstrong, Benjamin Franklin "Frank."Personal Interview
14. Rusk Co, Texas, Death Register, Book 6, Page 166.
15. Death Certificate, Armstrong, Benjiman Franklin #39097/38728.
16. 1860 Federal Census, Arkansas, Benton, pg 22, hh# 143. Benjamin Armstrong.
17. Armstrong, George A, Disney.
18. 1880 Federal Census, Kansas, Elk, ED 82, pg 18 (323C). Effie Disney.
19. Armstrong, Harold P. Jr, Opel May Davis.
20. Armstrong, Harold P. Jr, Opel May Davis. 7 Aug 1910.
21. Wood, Mary Yarborough, Ava May Davis.
22. Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 (FamilySearch.org), Davis, Ava Mae.
23. Wood, Mary Yarborough, Ava May Davis. 16 Jun 1912, Bardwell, Texas.
24. Social Security Death Index (FamilySearch.org), Hoots, Ava M. 16 Jun 1912.
25. Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 (FamilySearch.org), Davis, Ava Mae. 16 Jun
1912, Ellis County.
26. Wood, Mary Yarborough, Ava May Davis. 7 Jun 1999, Dallas, Texas.
27. Social Security Death Index (FamilySearch.org), Hoots, Ava M. 7 Jun 1999, last
residence - Dallas.
28. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 (FamilySearch.org), Hoots, Ava May. 7 Jun 1999, Henderson
County.
29. Wood, Mary Yarborough, William Marion Hoots.
30. Birth Certificate, Davis, Ava Marie #106626. William Marion Hoots. Certificate amended
17 May 1989, by Ava Mae Hoots. The original said Bill M Hoots.
31. Wood, Mary Yarborough, Leroy Thomas Davis.
32. Social Security Death Index (FamilySearch.org), Davis, Leroy T. 22 Aug 1914.
33. Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 (FamilySearch.org), Davis, Leroy Thomas. 22
Aug 1914, Ellis, Ellis County. [There is no town named Ellis, there is one named Ennis
in Ellis County.]
34. Social Security Death Index (FamilySearch.org), Davis, Leroy T. 13 Jan 1994, last
residence -Kaufman.
35. Texas State Birth Index, Davis, Leroy Thomas Jr. Goldie May Redd.
36. Wood, Mary Yarborough, Argetine Davis.
37. Social Security Death Index (FamilySearch.org), Whitman, Argetine. 1 Nov 1922.
38. Wood, Mary Yarborough, Davis, Argetine. Wheatland, Texas.
39. Social Security Death Index (FamilySearch.org), Whitman, Argetine. 27 Jan 1992.
40. Wood, Mary Yarborough, Argetine Davis. Henderson County, Texas.
41. 1940 Federal Census, Texas, Dallas, ED 57-32, pg 11B. Gifford A Whitman.
42. Birth Certificate, Spillman, Patsy Ann #19452.
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My Notes
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If there is no SOURCE, I have no PROOF! If the source is a PERSON, the information is HEARSAY!