Shelby County AlArchives Obituaries.....Davis, Milberry Cushing December 17 1881
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The Sentinel  22,Dec 1881

17Dec1881-

"DIED
Suddenly at the residence of her son, Mr. Mose Davis , near this place, on the 
17th inst; Mrs. M.Davis , aged seventy-five
years. The desceased was apparently in as good health as usual on Saturday, 
spent the day at a neighbor's  and returned home after night. She retired early 
but her son and a nephew who had been out in the neighborhood returned home 
about ten or eleven o'clock when she got up. Taking a seat by the fire she 
joined them in a cup of cofee, as they had not eaten supper, and were eating. 
After they had eaten, she lit her pipe and smoked, laughed and talked with them 
for a hour or more before retiring. next morning as she did not get up as usual 
some member of the family went to arouse her and found her cold and stiff in 
death. She had passes away during the night. She was the mother of Messrs.  
Moses , James and Hiram Davis , of this vicinity. Thus has another one of the 
mothers in Israel  passed over the river to rest under the shade of the trees." 


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