ann the 1870 LC NC census states Mary Smith as living with sister So apparently she is Malinda age 56 sister the wife listed of John B Davis age 59 Debra LaMel ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <NCLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 2:18 PM Subject: Re: [NCLINCOL] John B Davis 1814-1902 Pleasant Grove UMC LincolnCo. NC > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: AnnDellinger62 > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.lincoln/4009.2/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > I am familiar with the cemetery at Pleasant Grove UMC. Buried in a row, > with the tombstones reading in sequence are: Barbara M. Davis d. 1935, > Esther C. Davis d. 1924, Mary Smith d. 1888, John B. Davis d. 1902, > Malinda Davis d. 1897, Frances S. Davis d. 1892. In the same row, > following the Davis graves, is a gap of some 16-17 feet with no stones, > then the grave of Barbara (Davis) Mullen d. 1862, Barbara's husband Edwin > Mullen d. 1861, Elizabeth (Smith) Mullen d. 1856. > > Barbara (Davis) Mullen is a sister to John B. Davis. > Elizabeth (Smith) Mullen is a daughter of Cuddious Smith and his wife Eve > Weaver. Elizabeth md. 29 Nov. 1841 Michael Davis, brother of John B. > Davis. Barbara's husband Edwin Mullen cosigned the marriage bond for > Michael Davis. Michael Davis was dec'd by March 1843, leaving one child > Harriet M. Davis who married Charles Septimus Martin. Michael's widow > Elizabeth remarried 8 Sept. 1849 to a widower Durell Mullen. Durell > Mullen and his third wife are also buried at Pleasant Grove. > > Who is Mary Smith b. June 10, 1826, d. Feb. 6, 1888 buried between John B. > Davis and his daughter Esther C. Davis? This Mary Smith appears in the > household of John B. Davis on the 1850, 1860, and 1870 Lincoln Co. census. > This Mary Smith is not a daughter of Cuddious Smith and Eve Weaver. > > Do you have an actual copy of the 1838 marriage bond (from NC Archives) > for John B. Davis/Jamima Oliver? > > Ann M. Dellinger > > 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. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCLINCOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >