The Davis Family

Circa 1905

People in Photo:

  The baby is Evan Thomas (Tom).  
 The tallest girl in back is Bessie Lee who
died in 1907.  Farris (13) is the boy on the far right,
 The three girls in the center of the picture are
Grace (7)  (white dress), Geneva Alberta (9),
& Helen (11) on the right.  The two boys on the left
hand side/bottom are Dorus (5) & George (2).

Father (in photo):
James Madison Davis
Birth:  12 May 1851 - Jackson, Hinds, MS
Married:  3 Oct 1886 - Hillsboro, Hill, TX (Lillie Louisa Beevers)
Death:  17 Oct 1930 - Clovis, Curry, NM
Buried:  18 Oct 1930 - Portalis, Roosevelt, New Mexico

James' Father:  Alexander Davis
Birth: 20 Oct 1815 - SC
Death:  April 22, 1901
Place:  Ovala, Taylor Co., Texas

Married:

James' Mother:  Margaret Smith
Birth:  27 Aug 1822 - AL
Death:  23 Apr 1902 - Ovala, Taylor, TX


Mother (in photo):
Lillie Louisa Beevers-Davis
Birth: 6 Sep 1868 - Cleveland, Bolivar, Msss
Death:  1 Nov 1946 - Los Angeles, L.A., CA
Buried:  5 Nov 1946 - Westminster, Orange, CA


Children (Most are in photo):


Fred
Birth:  26 Dec 1887 - Mt. Calm, Hill, TX
Death:  At Age 1

Bessie Lee
Birth:  18 Feb 1888 - Mt. Calm, Hill, TX
Marriage:  N/A
Death:  1907

Eva Eula
Birth:  27 Nov 1890 - Mt. Calm, Hill, TX
Death:  Age 1-2

Farris
Birth:  3 Mar 1892 - Mt. Calm, Hill, TX
Marriage:  (Date ?)  (Ola Harrell)
Death:  Unknown

Helen Margaret
Birth:  22 Mar 1894- Mt. Calm, Hill, TX
Marriage:  28 Sep 1913 (Perry Ferrell)
Death:  Unknown

Geneva Alberta
Birth:  2 Mar 1896 - Mt. Calm, Hill, TX
Marriage:  28 Sep 1913 (William George Whitton)
Death:  Unknown

Josephine Grace
Birth:  22 Sep 1898 - Mt. Calm, Hill, TX
Marriage:  14 Jul 1920 (John Thomas Kidd)
Death:  Unknown

Dorus Alexander
Birth:  11 Sep 1900 - Mt. Calm, Hill, TX
Marriage:  1920 (Ethel Deboard)

George Reubin
Birth:  27 Mar 1903 - Mt. Calm, Hill, TX
Marriage:  (Date ?) (Myrtle Roberts)

Evan Thomas
Birth:  29 Apr 1905 - Mt. Calm, Hill, TX
Marriage:  18 Feb 1939 (Zola Nellie Hemstreet)

Stillborn
Birth:  ? Sep 1906 - Mt. Calm, Hill, TX

Infant
Birth:  9 Feb 1908 - Mt. Calm, Hill, TX
Death:  ?

Ruth Lillian
(Not in Picture)
(Photo Page)
Birth:  11 Nov 1910 - Mt. Calm, Hill, TX
Marriage: 31 Oct 1929 (George Newlan Sartain)
Death:  1996 - Corona, Riverside, CA
Buried:  1996 - Westminster, Orange, CA




Most of this information came from the family bible of:
Josephine Grace Kidd-Davis of Portales, NM
& Margot, whose e-mail is at the bottom of this page.

The photo I.D. info was provided by Carrole Whitton-Sharp.





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"Quality Rag" Circa 1911
From:
Ragtime Midi's by Warren Trachtman