----- Original Message ----- From: ladybug To: BeeandBop31@aol.com Cc: Hutchcraft Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 12:49 PM Subject: Wm. Davis' So, OUR info is as follows: Wm. C. Davis, b 1805-1807 KY wed: Mary unknown (I have before 1850) see census listings below... and then: ` wed: Susan Rachel/Rachel Susan Black (I have before 1832). So, which is the mother of my William C. Davis b. 5-5-1836 or 5-5-1839? HCI wed: Sarah Elizabeth Hayter 2-16-1860. and who are her parents? 1850 census lists: Davis, William 45 KY Mary 38 KY John 18 TN Susan 16 TN Nancy 14 Il William 11 IL (Wm. C. b. 1839?) Sarah 2 Il. 1860 census lists: Davis, William C. 54 KY Mary 47 KY Sarah 12 IL Raywood 5 IL Warner 2 IL William C. Davis and Sarah E. Hayter wed 2-16-1860 (he would be 21, as per the 1850 census) however, he must have been YOUNG as ye had "consent of Wm. C. Davis, father of William having been obtained? " Another, puzzle, certificate of marriage to Hester on 12-8-1890, his age next birthday (5-5-1891) was 50 - making him born 1841? - go figure? And his COD 5-20-1916 full name is W.M. Davis, dob: 5-5-1839, age 77 yr 15 days. father, Wm. Davis b. TN, mother Susan Black b. ? Gail Hahn Hutchcraft ladybug@arends-sons.com