Jemima Elizabeth Davis (b. May 25, 1841, d. February 03, 1904)
Great Great GrandAunt Jemima Elizabeth [Davis] Martin
Jemima Elizabeth Davis (daughter of John Davis and Agnes Calderwood) was born May 25, 1841 in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and died February 03, 1904 in Crawfordsville, Washington County, Iowa. She married Thomas John Martin on November 01, 1866 in the home of John & Nancy Davis in Scott Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania by the Rev. John C. Smith.
Notes for Jemima Elizabeth Davis: Jemima (Jemma) Davis was listed in the 1850 U.S. census of Big Beaver Twp., Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. She was 8 years old, at home living with her parents and siblings.
Jemima Davis was dismissed from the Little Beaver Reformed Presbyterian congregation in 1864.
Jemima Elizabeth Davis and Thomas John Martin were united in Holy Matrimony at the home of her parents, John & Nancy Davis, on November 1, 1866 by the Reformed Presbyterian minister Rev. John Calvin Smith.
Tommy and Jemima lived near Eastbrook, Pennsylvania for a couple of years after their marriage. Then they followed T.J.'s older brothers west to near Wyman, Iowa on 24 September 1868. They bought a farm and settled down to family living in Washington County, east of Crawfordsville, until the early 1900's. Their membership in the Slipperyrock RP Church at Rosepoint, Pennsylvania, was released on January 11, 1869.
The goodness of T.J. and Jemima is demonstrated by the following: A sister of Jemima's (Matilda) died, leaving Robert and Edwin Buck orphaned. Jemima took Robert to rear and another sister took Edwin. However, Edwin (Ed) kept running away and coming to Tommy Martin's where his brother, Robert, was staying. Eventually the Martin's took both boys and treated them as they did their own sons.
Jemima's husband, Tommy or T.J., worked in the coal mines of Western Pennsylvania after the end of the Civil War. Jemima was kidded about making a "mixed Marriage" because Tommy was always black with coal dust when he came home from work! T.J. married the best quilter in the country. He built Jemima a quilting frame on pullies so she could lower the quilt to a working position or raise it to the ceiling when not working on a quilt. There is a stained glass window in the Covenanter Church in Eskridge, Kansas, in memory of Jemima Davis Martin. Unfortunately, vandals broke the window in 1979.
"Many pages would be required to record eulogies that may have been given to Jemima. Her vivacious, gracious manner, goodness of heart, and hospitality are kept forever in the remembrance of friends. As wife and mother, she served her generation well." (Ann Eliza (Ziza) Martin, 1925).
The above from: http://www.100thpenn.com/tjmartinbio.htm "A Martin Family Genealogy", by Ralph G. Nash, 1980"
More About Jemima Elizabeth Davis and Thomas John Martin: Marriage: November 01, 1866, the home of John & Nancy Davis in Scott Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania by the Rev. John C. Smith.
Children of Jemima Elizabeth Davis and Thomas John Martin are:
+Robert M. Buck, b. April 1862, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, d. date unknown, Kansas.
+Edwin H. Buck, b. April 1864, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, d. date unknown.
Sarah Matilda Martin, b. September 23, 1866, Eastbrook, Hickory Twp., Lawrence Co., PA, d. September 28, 1866, Eastbrook, Hickory Twp., Lawrence Co., PA.
John Eugene Martin, b. October 20, 1870, Washington Co., Iowa, d. December 24, 1954, Eskridge, Waubaunsee Co., Kansas.
Anna Mary Martin, b. February 03, 1874, Washington Co., Iowa, d. February 10, 1956.
+William George Martin, b. August 11, 1876, Washington Co., Iowa, d. January 28, 1969.
+James Blackwood Dodds Martin, b. July 09, 1879, Washington Co., Iowa, d. January 25, 1955, Wabaunsee County, Kansas.
Maggie Irene Belle Martin, b. September 09, 1882, Washington Co., Iowa, d. February 11, 1883, Washington Co., Iowa.
Jemima Elizabeth Davis (b. May 25, 1841, d. February 03, 1904)
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