Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameSylvester Richard Davis
Birth17 Jul 1860, Mt Vernon, Knox Co, OH
Census5 Jun 1900, Gillett Grove Twp, Clay Co, IA
Memoroll#424, pg 4
Census16 Jan 1920, Spencer, Clay Co, IA
Memoroll#483, pg 18
Census7 Apr 1930, Spencer, Clay Co, IA
Memoroll#648, pg 6
Census3 Apr 1940, Spencer, Clay Co, IA
Memoroll#1148, pg 10
Death22 Jul 1941, Spencer, Clay Co, IA
Burial24 Jul 1941, Riverside Cem, Spencer, Clay Co, IA
MemoRev. James Parker
OccupationFarmer, Carpenter & Mason
Misc. Notes
Son of Esquire Davis (1836-12 Mar 1863) and Mary Elizabeth Stevenson (b. 12 Mar 1827) who married Sept. 15, 1859.
Esquire Davis died during the Civil War while serving with the Union Army in Louisiana. Mary died soon after him, leaving three small children, with Sylvester Richard and sister Emma being raised by the John S. Dixon family, but never adopted.
Listed in 1900 Iowa census as a farmer (Jun 1860, OH) married 13 yrs with 2 of his 3 children still living. With him is wife Berylie (May 1863, OH), dau Ava and son Richard. Listed nearby appears to be an older brother James (Dec 1858, IN) and his family.
In 1910, he is listed as a carpenter (49, OH) with his wife Ellen P. (46, OH) and same 2 children (now surviving of 4). They are still in Spencer in 1920, where his wife is listed as Nancy E.; and in 1930 with only daughter Ava where his wife is listed as Beryl N. E.
[Obituary] - The Spencer Times Thursday, 24 July 1941; pg 8
Sylvester R. Davis, aged 81 years and a resident of Spencer for more than thirty years, died Tuesday, July 22, 1941, at his home, 319 West Eighth Street. Mr. Davis had been in failing health for the past several months and his last serious illness was two weeks duration.
Sylvester Richard Davis was born July 17, 1860, near Mt. Vernon in Knox County, Ohio. His father was a soldier in the Civil war and died while engaged in active duty. His mother’s death followed shortly after and he spent his early years with foster parents. He left this home at the age of seventeen to fend for himself and as a young man came to Iowa.
He was married Dec. 8, 1886, to Beryl N. E. Wells, their marriage taking place on a farm near West Liberty. They established their first home at Miles, Iowa, where they lived for some time. Mr. and Mrs. Davis came to Clay County fifty-one years ago and for the past thirty years have occupied the present home on West Eighth Street.
They became the parents of four children. Lottie passed away at the age of two and one half years and Ernest died in infancy. The surviving children are Mrs. Allen Anderson of near Milford and Richard Davis of Louisville, Ky. Besides his wife and children Mr. Davis is survived by two grandchildren, Frankie Buryl and John Allen Anderson. There is also one sister Mrs. C. S. Burson of Fredericktown, Ohio. Mr. Davis was a carpenter and in this capacity was well known in the city and surrounding country.
Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon, July 24, at 2:30 o’clock at the Congregational church, the services to be conducted by the Rev. James Parker. Interment will be in Riverside cemetery.
Spouses
Birth17 Jan 1857, Middlebury Twp, Morrow Co, OH
Death19 Dec 1881, Fredericktown, Knox Co, OH
MemoLong Term Care facilities
BurialForest Cem, Fredericktown, Knox Co, OH
Misc. Notes
Living with her parents, James Drury Allen and Mary Ellen Devoe, in 1880 at age 23.
She died of diptheria a few weeks after giving birth to her first child, Nellie Josephine C. Davis (16 Nov 1881 - 23 Apr 1965), who was subsequently adopted by Josephine's parents, James and Mary Ellen Allen.
Marriage22 Jul 1880, Knox Co, OH
ChildrenNellie Josephine (1881-1965)
Birth31 May 1863, Chesterville, Morrow Co, OH
Death12 Aug 1944, Spencer, Clay Co, IA
BurialRiverside Cem, Spencer, Clay Co, IA
FatherJames Alexander Wells (1838-1907)
MotherLydia Catherine Logsdon (1840-1904)
Misc. Notes
Listed as Nancy E. in 1870, Nancy in 1880, Berylie E. in 1900, Ellen P. in 1910, Nancy E. in 1920, Beryl N. E. in 1930, and Nancy Davis in 1940.
She is listed at age 76 and having completed the 7th grade of schooling, with her husband Sylvester in the 1940 census.
She survived her husband who died in 1941.
Marriage8 Dec 1886, South Prairie, Muscatine Co, IA
Marr MemoJames Kirkwood, Minister
ChildrenAva Beryl (1892-1969)
 Charlotte E. "Lottie" (Died as Child) (1893-1895)
 Richard Logsdon (1898-1965)
 Ernest (Died as Infant) (1905-1905)
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