Nancy, Are these relatives of Hiram H. Davis? Mary Lee > GRANDMA DAVIS PASSES AWAY AT THE AGE OF 81 (Pinckneyville, IL. Advocate > 12-11-1914) > Elizabeth Harris was born in the state of Delaware in 1833. For sixty > years she has been a member of the Baptist church. In 1853 she was > united in marriage to Reuben Davis, and to this union were born eleven > children, six of whom survive, Mary, James, Charles, Monroe, John, and > Henry, besides twenty-seven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. > Forty-five years of this aged lady's life was spent on a farm four miles > north of Pinckneyville, but for the past three years has made her home > in this city. Her husband preceded her to the grave forty-three years > ago. At the time of her death was 81 years 8 months and 11 days of > age. She was laid to rest in the Oak Grove cemetery Wednesday morning. > > WILLIAM MONROE DAVIS DIED LAST SATURDAY (no date) > William Monroe Davis, son of Mr. Reuben and Elizabeth Davis, was born > north of Pinckneyville, April 11th, 1863 and departed this life at his > home in Pinckneyville Saturday morning, Nov. 5, 1932 at 3:18 a.m. For > the last eleven weeks he was confined to his bed with a cancer. His > passing came at the age of 69 years 6 months and 24 days. > Early in his life he professed a hope in Christ and baptized a member of > the Oak Grove Baptist Church just north of Pinckneyville where his > membership remained until the last. Mr. Davis was a charter member of > the I. B. and T. of Pinckneyville. > At the age of 24 years he was united in marriage to Miss Vesta Reisinger > who has preceded him in death 34 years ago. Five children were born to > this union, three dying in infancy and one daughter, Mrs. Elta Davis > Carter in 1924. Huey Davis of this city survives. > Later Mr. Davis was married to Miss Myrtle Marlow and to this union were > born six children, two dying in infancy and one daughter, Clara, > departed this life nine years ago in August. The three surviving > children are Mrs. Effie McDonough and Mrs. Bessie Presswood and one son, > Reuben all of Pinckneyville, Ill. > Besides the above mentioned, he leaves to mourn his departure two > brothers, Bud and Henry Davis of Pinckneyville and one sister, Mrs. M. > Scholebo, with a host of nieces and nephews and other relatives and > friends. > Funeral services were conducted by Iver E. Miller at the First Baptist > Church in Pinckneyville Monday Nov. 7, 1932. > > JAMES ADAM DAVIS DIED IN PINCKNEYVILLE (no date) > James Adam Davis, the second of eleven children of Reuben and Elizabeth > Davis, was born about four miles north of Pinckneyville on Jan. 17, > 1857, and departed this life at his home in Pinckneyville on April 17, > 1934, after a short illness, at the ripe old age of 77 years and 3 > months. > On August 7, 1889, he was united in marriage to Miss Alice Brown, and to > this union five children were born. One daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, > preceded her father in death some twenty-three years ago. > In early manhood Mr. Davis professed a hope in Christ and united with > the Oak Grove Baptist Church by baptism under the ministry of Rev. Alec > Rice, and about 18 years ago he and his wife moved their membership to > the First Baptist Church in this city. > Mr. Davis was a life-time resident of this county, spending most of his > life at farming, living a quiet life, devoted to his family and work. > He is survived by his widow and four children. Hugh and Howard, Miss > Nora and Mrs. John Pedigo all of Pinckneyville; one sister Mrs. Mary > Schelebo of Sparta, and one brother Henry Davis, living north of > Pinckneyville; three grand-children.