Davis Family Bible - Polk, Howard & Pike Co., Ark. *********************************************************** Submitted by: Judy Davis Date: Oct 1997 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** F.B.H. Davis was born in Sulphur Springs Township, Polk County, Arkansas. He and his wife lived in north Howard County until 1922 when they moved to Pike County where they died in 1948 (F.B.H. Davis) and 1942 (Lualice Delona Miller Davis). Thanks, Judy Davis jdavis@exp.net USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. DAVIS BIBLE RECORDS Family records taken from the bible of Farris Bernard Hempstead Davis and Lualice Delona Miller Davis. This bible is currently in the possession of and owned by Nick and Judy Davis, 306 Camellia, Orange, Texas (jdavis@exp.net). Bible citation: HOLY BIBLE containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated out of The Original Tongues; and with The Former Translations Diligently compared and revised. New York: American Bible Society, Instituted in the Year MDCCCXVI, 1886. The Family Record pages are transcribed as they appear. The entries were obviously made by several individuals, as the handwriting varied significantly. Personal notes of the transcriber are indicated in brackets [ ]. FAMILY RECORD - Births Clement [blank] Marah S. Handcock was bornd in the year of our lord August th 20, 1814. [Mary Safronia Hancock] Emily A. Davis was bornd in the year of our lord July th 2, 1838. Nancy E. Davis was bornd in the year of our lord March th 2, 1841. [Nancy Eveline Davis] Isabel Safronia Davis was bornd ini the year of our lord. July th 12, 1843. Martha E. Davis was bornd in the year of our lord September 23rd 1845. [Martha Elizabeth Davis] Lida L. E. Davis was bornd in the year of our lord January th 23, 1850. [Liddy/Luricy E. Davis] Syrena R. E. Davis was bornd in the year of our lord February the 2d, 1852. [Syrena Rebecca Elethe Davis] Faires B.H. Davis was born August. the 24, 1857. [Farris Bernard Hempstead Davis] Lualice D. Davis was born A.D. December 25th 1862. [Lualice Delona Miller Davis] Lurisa D. Davis was born A.D. June 8th 1882. John C. Davis was born A.D. Jan. th 30, 1884. Farris E. Davis was born A.D. Nov. the 2, 1885. [Farris Enny Davis] William P. Davis was born in the year of our lord May the 9, 1887. [William Pierce Davis] Marah Davis was born Dec. the 8th 1888. [Mary Davis] Pearl Davis was born May the 20 Day, 1890. Bev Davis was born January 8th 1892. Homer Davis was born May the 7th 1894. Carrie E. Davis was born November the 25, 1896. Unise Davis was born this the 13th day of October 1898. [Eunice Davis] Edison Davis was born March the 6th 1901. [Lillard Edison Davis] Sibel Davis was born December 13, 1902. [Sibyl Davis] Elcy Davis was born 27th of Nov. 1904. Delphia Gairison was born September the 2 day 1899. [Garrison is the surname of the next 4 entries]] Ival Garrisson was born March 26, 1902. Lowull Gairrisson was born August 19, 1902. Glenn Gairrisson was borne 14th of Feb. 1904. Flora Garrison was born June the (3)d 1906. Inie Shofner was born the 23 of Jan. 1908. Hazel Davis was born Dec. 17th 1908. Adiline Miller was born July 10th 1890. Samuel Clem Miller was born March 31st 1879. FAMILY RECORD - Marriages Farris B. H. Davis & [Lu]Alice delona Miller was married July the 17, 1879. John Garison and Lurissa Davis was married on Oct the 30th 1898. John C. Davis and Martha Wakely was married 28 day Nov. 1906. A. C. Shofner and Farris E. Davis was married the 24 of February 1907. Pearl Davis & William Pate was married Dec. the 12th 1909. William P. Davis was married Feb. 5, 1911 to Margaret Levitine [Gertrude] Turner (Guersey). Charles & Mary [Davis] Turner married Oct. 7, 1911. Bev Davis & Gertrude Bartlet was married June 9, 1912. Homer S. Davis & Dora Henry married the 11 of April 1917. John C. Davis & Mary Adeline (Mamie) Reid married Feb. 28, 1921. Eunice [Davis] & Grady Wakley married April 17, 1917. Carrie [Davis] & Jesse Pinkerton married March 5th 1919. Sybil [Davis] & Verner Townsend married Dec. 25, 1920. Elsie D. Davis & Fletcher Cooley married Dec. 24, 1925. L. E. Davis & Violet McCormick married June 27, 1928. Bev Dixon Davis & Adel L. Leibner, Oct. 31, 1923. Wm. Pierce Davis & Buena Vista Theobolt [Jones], Mar. 8, 1926. Sibyl Faye Davis [Townsend] & Elmer Luis Hair, June 2, 1954. FAMILY RECORD - Deaths Mrs. Marah [Mary] S. Davis died the 18 day of January A.D. 1888 Aged 76. S.R.E. [Syrena Rebecca Elethe Davis] Miller departed this life Nov. 1892. N. E. Hobson died October the 31, 1911 [tombstone states 1912] Clement S. Davis was bor(n) April the 7, 1813. Died Nov. 16, 1866 [Note: Clement Sherrill Davis probably died sometime in 1870, as his will was probated in 1870. Also, a paid receipt indicates this tombstone was not erected until 1925]. Lurisa Dalrymple departed this life June the 6th 1882. Martha Wakley Davis died the 17 Jan. 1911. John C. Davis' baby Willard Edison died Dec. th 22, 1910. Elsie Dell Davis died April 14, 1927. Bev Dixon Davis died June 22, 1937. Homer S. Davis died Sept. 15, 1942. [Lu]Alice Delona Davis died Nov. 9, 1942. Farris Bernard Hempstead Davis died May 1, 1948, 11:30 p.m. Pearl Davis Pate died Sept. 3, 1958. Luricy (Rissie) Davis Garrison died Mar. 20, 1965. John Bev Franklin Givens was born April 26 A.D. 1865. Clarisa Augustus Elminia Givens was born April 6th A.D. 1871. We ask that this not be reproduced for commercial purposes without our express written permission. 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