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Ancestors of Gladys Eva Davis

Generation No. 2

      2. Joseph Columbus Davis, born 3 Sep 1878 in Madison Township, Polk Co., Missouri; died 1 Feb 1946 in Greene Co., Missouri. He was the son of 4. Archibald Davis and 5. Eliza Davis Elizabeth Jane Wright. He married 3. Hattie Launa Jones 7 Jul 1897 in Knox, Polk Co., Missouri.

      3. Hattie Launa Jones, born 16 May 1881 in Missouri; died 11 Jun 1911 in Jackson Twp., Polk Co., Missouri. She was the daughter of 6. Miles Jones and 7. Sarah Elizabeth Geere.

Notes for Joseph Columbus Davis:
1880 census-living in Madison Township, Polk Co., Missouri.
1897 July 7 - He married Hattie Launa Jones at the home of the bride near Eudora, Polk County, Missouri. John F. Goodman, Minister of the Gospel, performed the marriage ceremony. Eliza Davis, mother of the groom, and Sarah Jones, mother of the bride, signed for their marriage.
They lived on a farm near the community of Knox in Polk County, Missouri. Knox is between Eudora and Walnut Grove.
Tombstone: Joseph C. Davis, 1877-1946, Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Polk Co.,       Missouri

Notes for Hattie Launa Jones:
Tombstone: Hattie L. Davis, 1881-1911, Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Polk Co., Missouri.
Death Certificate states: Cause of Death was Tuberculosis of lung.

Children of Joseph Davis and Hattie Jones are:

Velma Davis, born 13 Jun 1899 in Knox, Polk Co., Missouri; died 4 Oct 1985; married (1) Carl Griffin; married (2) Claude Killingsworth; married (3) Harry Ezell; born 1893.

Notes for Velma Davis:
She was born on the family farm near Knox, Polk County, Missouri. She resided in Morrisville, Missouri. She married Carl Griffin, who died of an illness during World War I. She married a second time to Claude Killingswarth by whom she had one child, Reva Killingswarth. She married a third time to Harry Ezell.
She is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Bolivar, Polk Co., Missouri.

Notes for Carl Griffin:
Carl died young of an illness contracted during World War I.

	1	ii.		Gladys Eva Davis, born 14 Mar 1901 in Knox, Polk Co., Missouri; died 15 Sep 1999 in Neosho, Neosho Co., Missouri; married Thomas Blaine Hicks 22 Jun 1918 in Polk Co., Missouri.
		iii.		Cortez Monroe Davis, born 26 Dec 1904 in Knox, Polk Co., Missouri; died 17 Jul 1969 in Ventura, Ventura Co., California; married Ynez Lucy Bickford 20 Feb 1930; born 28 Dec 1905 in San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California.

Notes for Cortez Monroe Davis:
He was born on the family farm near Knox, Polk County, Missouri. He was the father of four children.

Notes for Ynez Lucy Bickford:
Ynez is the granddaughter of Leonard Horace Bickford of England and Marie Alice (Tozer) Bickford of Wales and Tobias Belt Jamison of Allegany County, Maryland and Mary Elizabeth (Cooksey) Jamison of Lewis County, Missouri.

iv.

Dolly Davis, born 11 Mar 1906 in Knox, Polk Co., Missouri; died 11 Sep 1992 in Ventura, Ventura Co., California; married Allen Edmonson.

Notes for Dolly Davis:
She was born on the family farm near Knox, Polk County, Missouri.

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