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Looking for any information about Elizabeth Martin and her husband Joseph or Josiah Davis (1809 to ?) who lived in Southside, Montgomery County, Tennesee in 1848 or 1849.

They had at least two sons, James Oliver Davis (1848 ? - 1925) and Burl Davis of Hackberry, TN. (Burrell ?)

The newspaper obituary listed James Oliver Davis' father as Josiah Davis but we believe that his name is actually Joseph Davis.

James Oliver Davis married Virginia Trotter (1853 to 1922) of Dickson County, Tennesee.

James Oliver Davis and Virginia Trotter had several children who would be the grandchildren of Elizabeth Martin and Joseph Davis. They are: J. W. Davis & Mrs. Robert Gray (Ida Belle Davis) both of Clarksville, TN; W. J. Davis of Houston County, TN & later McEwen, TN; J. B. Davis (or P. B. Davis ?) of Cheatham County (and later Southside ?), TN; W. B. Davis of Nashville, TN; E. D. Davis of Southside, Montgomery County, TN; and Mrs. Newt Weems (Mollie Davis) of Ebling, KS.

Newt Weems and his wife lived in Ebling, KS in 1922 and then Mrs. Mollie Weems is listed as living in Wichita, KS as of 1944. I'm not sure if this is an indication that Newt had passed on by then.

E. D. Davis may be Ed D. Davis

J. W. Davis appears to be J. Wilson Davis who married Fanny Harvey on March 1, 1896. They had two daughters: Mrs. J Marvin Hayes and Miss Ira Mae Davis.

Timeline for James Oliver Davis:
-1849 Year of James Oliver Davis' birth? - "A native of the Hackberry area, he lived in Montgomery County most of his life.", his parents are Jospeh Davis and Elizabeth Martin - note that the obit indicates his father to be "Josiah Davis" but our family records show him as Joseph Davis and the obit page listed at the end of this email indicates that the census records show him as Joseph Davis as well.
-1854 His future wife Virginia Trotter is born in Dickson County
-1872 Married Virginia Trotter on Sept 26
- ? Ed D Davis born
- ? J B Davis born
- ? John Wilson Davis born
- ? Mollie Davis born
- ? W B Davis born
- ? W J Davis born
-1892 Ida Belle Davis born 1 November 1892 in Southside, Montgomery County, Tennesee
-1898 Pearl V. Davis born on May 5th
-1899 Their daughter, Pearl V. Davis dies, May 8th & is interred in Greenwood Cemetery, Montgomery County, Tennesee
-1915, on Sept 26 their daughter Ida Belle marries Robert Gray "at the home of the bride in Southside"
- ? James Oliver Davis and his wife move to Clarksville from Southside to be with their daughter Ida Belle Davis on Stafford Street
-1922 Wife dies leaving 7 children. March 22 - pallbearers at her funeral are: C. B. Lyle, W. P. Trotter, J. P. Trotter, G. B. Russell, Dr. A. H. Nesbitt and Jake Cooley. She is interred in Greenwood Cemetery.
-1925? James Oliver Davis dies and is survived by his brother "Burl" Davis of Hackberry (Burrell ?). Pallbearers at his funeral are: C. B. Lyle, B. W. Owen, Edgar Orgain, Hughes Moss, Henderson Procter, C. G. Carney, Eugene Rubel, and G. D. Crouch. He is interred in Greenwood Cemetery.

Both he and his wife were members of the Madison Street Methodist Church in Clarksville.

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http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/montgomery/cemeteries/southside.txt
8. Davis, Pearl V., dau. of J. 0. and V. T. Davis, born May 5, 1898, died
May 8, 1899

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Obit for James Oliver Davis & his wife Virginia Trotter

Pneumonia Fatal to Mrs. J. O. Davis. Funeral held at home of daughter.
Died March 22, 1922

Mrs. Virginia Trotter, wife of J. O. Davis, died at the home on Stafford Street Wednesday afternoon of pneumonia, from which she had suffered three weeks. Mrs. Davis was born in Dickson County sixty-eight years ago, the daughter of the late J. C. Trotter. On September 26, 1872, she was married to Mr. Davis. They made their home in the Southside neighborhood for a number of years, coming here a few years ago to be with their daughter, Mrs. Robert Gray. In 1877 Mrs. Davis joined the Methodist church and had since lived a consistent Christian life. She has many friends who are deeply grieved by her passing.

Surviving are the husband and the following named children: J. W. Davis and Mrs. Robert Gray of this city. W. J. Davis of Houston Copunty, J. B. Davis of Cheatham County, W. B. Davis of Nashville, E. D. Davis of this county and Mrs. Newt Weems of Efling, Kansa.

The funeral was from the home this afternoon at 2 o'clock with services by the Rev. W. T. Haggard. Internment was made in Greenwood cemetery.

The following friends served as pall-bearers: C. B. Lyle, W. P. Trotter, J. P. Trotter, G. B. Russell, Dr. A. H. Nesbitt and Jake Cooley.


Mr. J. O. Davis
J. O. Davis dies, buried Saturday. Native and lifelong resident of this County critically ill three days.

Mr. J. O. Davis, 78 years of age, retired farmer, who died at 7 o'clock Friday night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Robert Gray, on Stafford Street, following a three-days' illness of complications incidnet to age, was buried in Greenwood Cemetery Saturday afternoon, following services at the home by the Reb. B. B. Pennington of Madison Street Methodist Church. Pallbearers were. C. B. Lyle, B. W. Owen, Edgar Orgain, Hughes Moss, Henderson Procter, C. G. Carney, Eugene Rubel, and G. D. Crouch.

A native of the Hackberry neighborhood, Mr. Davis spent most of his life in Montgomery County. His wife, who was Miss Virginia Trotter, preceded him to the grave, March 22, 1922, leaving seven children: W. B. Davis, Nashville, J. W. Davis, Clarksville, W. J. Davis, McEwen, Tenn., J. B. and Ed Davis of Southside and two daughters, Mrs. Mollie Weams of Kansas and Mrs. Gray of this City. One brother, Burl Davis, of Hackberry, also survives. Mr. Davis was a son of Josiah and Mrs. Elizabeth Martin Davis.
[Note: The mane Josiah Davis, above, is in error. Census records show the name to be Joseph Davis. It is possible that the father of Mrs. Davis, was Josiah Martin.]

Mrs. Robert Gray is Ida Belle Davis
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Mrs. Mollie Davis is the wife of Newt Weems

http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/genweb/marion/Peabodyt.html

WEEMS, Newt. Arrived 1915 from Clarksville, TN. Farmer.
Children: Nellie m. ---BENTZ, Evie May

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