Marshall County AlArchives Obituaries.....Davidson, Iowa (Williamson) March 16, 1937
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"The Cleburne News"
Heflin, Cleburne Co., Alabama

NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, MARCH 25, 1937

HUSBAND HELD IN WIFE'S DEATH

The following article will be read with interest by residents of Fruithurst, 
Edwardsville and Heflin, where Mrs. Davidson's parents and family were well 
known. She was the daughter of P.R.D. (Devotion) Williamson and a sister of 
Mrs. E.T. Parker of Edwardsville. The news item was clipped from the 
Guntersville Democrat:

Guntersville, Ala., March 18 [Thursday]

J.D. Davidson is in the county mail charged with the murder of his wife Mrs. 
Iowa Davidson. He is charged with murder in the first degree and held on a 
warrant sworn out by a brother of the slain woman. The tragedy took place at 
the Davidson home in Mill Village about 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. 
Davidson was shot one time with a 12-gauge shot gun, the load passing 
through her breast near her heart, causing instant death. The couple were 
alone at the time of the tragedy. Neighbors and officers found the woman's 
body lying partly in a back door and partly in the yard.

Following the shooting, Davidson hurried to the county jail and requested 
officers to lock him up, stating that he did not think it safe for him to be 
out, not telling them he had committed a crime. A few minutes later, police 
officers arrived at the jail and informed Sheriff Taylor that the man had 
murdered his wife.

Davidson came to Guntersville with his family from Arab three or four years 
ago. They resided on Brindlee mountain several years before moving to 
Guntersville. The man is 61 years old and his wife was 47. They are the 
parents of seven children, all grown except one girl about 12 years old. 
Three or four of the children work at the cotton mill. Two of them are 
married. The man was not employed, it was said.

No reason is given for Davidson wishing to kill his wife. They reportedly 
frequently quarreled and he recently threatened to kill her if he ever 
caught all the children gone, it is said. Mrs. Davidson was a native of 
Cleburne county. She was born June 25, 1889. Interment took place at Gilliam 
church cemetery, near Arab, this afternoon at 3 o'clock, Roden directing.


Additional Comments:
Alabama Deaths, 1908-59 
Name: Iowa Davidson 
Death Date: Mar 1937 
Death County: Marshall  
Volume: 20  
Certificate: 9820  
Roll: 3  

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