This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Karen_Jorgensen Surnames: Davis, Mayes, Jeffries, Kidd, Slinker, Wright Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.green/17614/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Funeral services were held Tuesday in Oak Grove Church for Robert Lewis Davis who died Sunday, November 16, at the age of 80. The Reverends F. T. Peppers and Jim Bonta were in charge of the services and burial was in the Oak Grove cemetery. He is survived by eight children, Mrs. Tom Mayes, Mrs George Jeffries, Frank Davis, Mrs. Elmer Kidd, Mrs. Roy Jeffries, Mrs. Linzie Bishop, Mrs. Ulys Davis, and Fred Davis, all of Green County; 35 grandchildren; 39 great-grandchildren: a sister, Mrs. Gilbert Slinker, and three half-brothers, Henry Davis, Green county, and Ira and Rodger Davis, both of Cumberland county. He joined the Separate Baptist Church, Mt. Carmel, when he was a youth. This later became the Oak Grove Church. He served in a number of important offices in the church. Pallbearers were his grandsons. Obituaries of Green Co. Ky. Vol. 9, compiled by Eunice Montgomery Wright, p. 59 1870 Green Co. Ky. census, compiled by Dewayne Wilson, p. 104, 126 130 Precinct 3 PO Oceola Ben F. Chewning Enumerator; Jacob G. Davis, 70, farmer, $700 $600, Ky; Surana, 68, keeps house, Ky; Shepherd, 27, works farm, --- $300, Ky; Margaret, 23, Ky; George T., 4, Ky; Robert L, 2, Ky 1880 Green Co. Ky. Census Census Place: E.D. 56, Green, Kentucky Source: FHL Film 1254416 National Archives Film T9-0416 Page 644B Sheperd G. DAVIS Self M M W 37 KY; Occ: Farmer Fa: KY Mo: KY Elisa J. DAVIS Wife F M W 19 KY; Occ: Keeping House Fa: KY Mo: KY George T. DAVIS Son M S W 12 KY; Occ: Laborer Fa: KY Mo: KY Robt. DAVIS Son M S W 10 KY; Fa: KY Mo: KY Thomas DAVIS Son M S W 8 KY; Fa: KY Mo: KY Flemins DAVIS Son M S W 6 KY; Fa: KY Mo: KY Leasy DAVIS Dau F S W 3 KY; Fa: KY Mo: KY Jacob G. DAVIS Father M W 80 KY; Occ: Laborer Fa: VA Mo: KY Martha L. KESLER SisterL F W 15 KY; Fa: KY Mo: KY 1910 Ky. Miracode census index, ancestry.com Roby Davis; Enumeration District: 0046; Color: W; Age: 43; Birth Place: Kentucky; Visit: 0041; County: Green; Relation: Husband; Relatives: Wife Mary L 39, Kentucky; Daughter Bettie Jane 20, Kentucky; Son Frank 15, Kentucky; Daughter Mettie 10, Kentucky; Daughter Flora M 05, Kentucky; Daughter Cora 05, Kentucky; Daughter Addis 03, Kentucky 1920 Green Co Census; DONANSBURG Series: T625 Roll: 572 Page: 93 Greensburg Road (readable census) 6 Jun 1920 Dwelling 30 Family 31 Robert L DAVIS head mw52m KYKYKY blacksmith, own shop Mary F wife wf48m cannot write KYKYKY Cora E daug 15 Adus B daug 13 Fred A son 3y11m 1930 Green Co. Ky. Census; Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: District 4, Green, Kentucky; Roll: 747; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 10; Image: 1126.0. Ancestry.com Census Images; 46 / 47 Robert Davis, 62, age 20 at 1st marriage, KyKyKy; Mary, wife, 59, age 19 at 1st marriage, KyKyKY; Adis, dau, 23, Ky; Fred, son, 14, KY; Ilene Jeffries, granddau, 10, Ky; OAK GROVE SEPARATE BAPTIST CHURCH (Red) CEMETERY Located just off of the Grab Road between KY 88 & Ky 1464; transcribed by Bill Clark Davis, R. L. Oct 12, 1862 - Nov 16, 1947 (son of Shepard Gumm & Margaret Elizabeth Wright Davis) Davis, Mary E. Feb 18, 1871 - Jun 19, 1940 (dau of Soloman & Eliza Jane Shields Kessler) Kentucky Death Index, rootsweb DAVIS, ROBERT L; age 080; death place GREEN; residence GREEN; death date 16 Nov 1947 Marriages of Green Co. Ky., 1874 - 1890, compiled by Judy Froggett, p. 39: Robert L. Davis and Mary M.F. Kessler. Bond 20 Dec 1886. W. S. Kessler on bond. Groom age 19, lst mg., farmer, born Green Co., parents born Green Co. Bride age 16, lst mg., born Green Co., father born Green Co., mother born Hart Co. Married at W.S. Kessler's 23 Dec 1886 by William B. Shirrell. Wit. Curtis Shirrell and W. J. Judd. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.