excuse me. This was a reply to my niece about our Davis family. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shelda Kempton" <skempto@adelphia.net> To: <molawren@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 3:00 PM Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN] Davis Cemetery > not sure; when did you sent it?What was it about? I love you as well. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <r1l1hahn@aol.com> > To: <maggie.mackay@att.net>; <molawren@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 11:46 AM > Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN] Davis Cemetery > > >> Maggie: >> >> Did you receive the information on Lillie May Petit that I sent directly >> to you? >> >> Lynda >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: maggie.mackay@att.net >> To: molawren@rootsweb.com >> Sent: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:43 AM >> Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN] Davis Cemetery >> >> >> Elaine, >> >> One of my unknowns at Davis is a Lillie May Petit who I have listed as >> being >> married to Berry E. Reynolds. Her stone reads - Lillie May Petit >> 1890-1926. >> Is this part of your family? I would like to know her relationship. >> >> Maggie >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Elaine Orr" <elaineorr55@yahoo.com> >> To: "Ross Cameron" <rcameron49@earthlink.net>; <molawren@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 11:13 AM >> Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN] Davis Cemetery >> >> >> Ross and Maggie -- >> >> I have a number of Davis shirttail cousins. >> >> William Riley Davis (son of Phobe Isbell and William 'Billie' Davis) >> married Christine Ann Hickman. >> >> The Hickman and Isbell families come into my family a couple times, and >> a >> couple others from the extended Davis family marry into these lines. >> Eventually they tie into the Reynolds family. My g grandmother was a >> Reynolds. >> >> I only have one Lawrence County cemetery book, not the one that has >> this. >> I would love your list. >> >> Many thanks, Maggie, >> Elaine >> >> >> >> Ross Cameron <rcameron49@earthlink.net> wrote: >> Hi Maggie, >> >> I am sure the Miller and Mt. Vernon Libraries will be happy to have a >> copy. >> The cemetery listings at the Mt. Vernon Library are actually maintained >> by >> the Lawrence County Historical Society. >> >> If possible, I would be interested in receiving a copy, too. Although I >> have >> transcriptions of the Davis Cemetery from the LCHS Tombstone Inscriptions >> book and Mary Curry's book, there are a few differences. So another >> transcription would be useful to compare. And there may be more recent >> stones, too. I have several transcriptions of the Old South Bend (a/k/a >> Patton, Hoshaw, Shelton, Mahan, Hopewell) Cemetery, including one I made >> in >> the 1960s. No two of them agree completely. So it is always good to have >> more than one person's reading/transcription/printing of tombstone >> inscriptions of a cemetery. >> >> On another note -- which postings to MOLAWREN often lead to -- are you a >> Davis family researcher? I have a Davis relative whose parents I have not >> been able to identify. >> >> Gilly S. Williams >> [Note: Gilly is a nickname for Abigail; her full name is probably Abigail >> Smith.] >> born 22 Sep 1833, near Mount Vernon, Lawrence Co. (then part of Greene >> Co.), >> Missouri >> died 22 Nov 1884, Greene Co., Missouri >> bur. Blades Chapel Cemetery, Greene Co., Missouri >> mar., 1st, 12 Apr 1849, Lawrence County, Missouri >> William Davis >> son of (?) Davis >> and (?) (?) >> born ca. 1819-1820, North Carolina or Tennessee >> resident 1850, Mount Vernon Township, Lawrence Co., Missouri >> resident 1860, Mount Vernon Township, Lawrence Co., Missouri >> died 1862, killed by bushwhackers during the Civil War >> bur. >> children [Davis รข?" Williams]: >> James Samuel Davis, born 15 Jun 1850, Lawrence Co., Missouri >> Sarah E. Davis, born ca. 1851-52, Lawrence Co., Missouri >> William H. Davis, born ca. 1853-54, Lawrence Co., Missouri >> Gillie Ann Davis, born 18 Jan 1856/57, Lawrence Co., Missouri >> >> After William's death Gilly >> mar., 2nd, 14 Jun 1863, Greene Co., Missouri >> Ransom Dudley Blades >> >> One of many naming patterns was for the first son to be named for his two >> grandfathers and the first daughter for her two grandmothers. William and >> Gilly's first son was named James Samuel. Gilly's father was Samuel Smith >> Williams. If this naming pattern was followed, then William's father's >> name >> was James. The first daughter was named Sarah E. and the E. may have been >> for Elizabeth because Gilly's mother was Elizabeth. That could mean that >> William's mother may have been Sarah. The second son was named William, >> presumably after his father and the second daughter named Gillie, >> presumably >> after her mother, which was also often part of this naming pattern. >> William >> and Gilly were living very near Timothy W. Davis in the 1850 census. >> Timothy >> W. was also 30 and born in NC, like William, at least as recorded in this >> census. William was killed by bushwhackers during the war. Timothy was >> captured by Capt. Toney's company but escaped. And Harden and Nancy Davis >> were killed by >> bushwhackers. William Riley Davis, 32, and Harden, 28, are also listed in >> 1850 as born in North Carolina. This may or may not indicate any >> connection >> between these various Davis families. Can you can shed any light on the >> Harden and William Riley Davis family and how it might connect to William >> and/or Timothy Davis. >> >> Ross Cameron >> >> -----Original Message----- >>>From: Maggie MacKay >>>Sent: Mar 23, 2007 9:28 AM >>>To: MOLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com >>>Subject: [MOLAWREN] Davis Cemetery >>> >>>On a trip to Miller, Mo. last year, I made another trip to Davis >>>Cemetery. >>>I have compiled a listing of all those buried there, with the names of >>>their spouses, children, and parents. I also took a picture of all of the >>>headstones for each person. I know there will be limited interest in this >>>as this is mostly a cemetery used by two specific families, the Davis >>>family and the Baldwin family. There may be a few buried there unmarked >>>and >>>unknown. I have checked with those maintaining the cemetery and they have >>>told me they have no records. I will be making a trip to Oklahoma this >>>year >>>and planned on bringing the finished product to the library in Miller and >>>Mt. Vernon. Any interest, let me know. >>> >>>Maggie >>> >>>------------------------------- >>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>MOLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MOLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> Elaine L. 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