Message text written by "Mindvoice" >is Salina Davis md James Sims. < Salina's parents were William Davis b 7 May 1810 KY or TN d 1892, possibly Christian Co. MO and Elizabeth Harp b 12 Jan 1816 Overton Co. TN d aft 1880 MO. Elizabeth was the daughter of William T. Harp and Charlotte Harrison, who were in Overton Co. TN the same time that Isaac Bilyeu, patriarch of our Stone (and etc.) Co. Bilyeus, and there are many intermarriages. Here is what I have on Salina....BTW, Salina's parents were in Carroll Co. AR at the same time as Henry C. Clinkenbeard and Elizabeth Louisa Bilyeu (d/o Isaac). Henry was known Cherokee, according to "The Descendants of William T. and Charlotte Harrison Harp", compiled by Edna Hazel McCullogh Lowery and Mildred Lander Roden, ["Descendants of William & Charlotte (Harrison) Harp," White River Valley Historical Quarterly Vol 9, No. 1, Fall 1985 and Vol 9, No. 2 Winter 1986.] You can access the excerpts published in the WRVHQ from the Springfield Greene Co. MO library website at http://207.160.233.22/sheproom/periodicals/wrvq/index.htm Vonda Descendants of Salina C. Davis Generation No. 1 1. SALINA C.1 DAVIS (WILLIAMA) was born Bet. 1844 - 30 Mar 1846 in Carroll Co. AR. She married (1) JOHN BURRELL DOBBS in near Highlandville, Christian Co. MO, son of DOBBS. She married (2) THOMPSON DAVIS, son of DAVIS and SARAH. She married (3) CHARLES M. "WILKIE" WHELCHEL Abt. 1864 in Ozark, Christian Co. MO, son of WILLIAM WHELCHEL. She married (4) JAMES M. SIMMS 16 Jan 1885 in Highlandville, Christian Co. MO. Notes for SALINA C. DAVIS: Salina raised her brother Francis' child, Frances Ellen Davis (b 1897) when her mother, Sarah Jane Cupp passed away. Salina bore a son to Wilkie Whelchel, who was 4 when his father disappeared. This child, whose name is not stated, died before Salina applied for pension benefits. Notes for THOMPSON DAVIS: From 1860 Christian Co. Census #5 DAVIS, Sarah 29 KY John 19 TN Thomson 12 MO Margreet 7 MO George 4 MO Next to Thomas Davis household and TJ Larkin household, Linn Twp. possible marriage for this John-- DAVIS, John A. F.--- Rebecca Ryan md 27 Apr 1865 by James Bradley MG p 430 Greene Co. MO Marriages, Book I Notes for CHARLES M. "WILKIE" WHELCHEL: Was killed in "some mysterious way" during the Civil War. Notes for JAMES M. SIMMS: Possible parents for James 1850 Taney Co. Big Creek Twp. #602 SIMMS, James 35 m TN C. 29 f TN A. 7 m MO J. C. 6 m MO J. 3/12 m MO [vks note 7 Sep 1999] Children of SALINA DAVIS and JAMES SIMMS are: i. MARY JANE2 SIMMS, b. 1886. ii. OSCAR SIMMS, b. Jun 1887.