Franklin County MO Archives Biographies.....Johnson, Mary Isabelle  February 4, 1853 - September 3, 1884
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Mary Isabelle Johnson

She was the daughter of Benjamin J. Johnson (1825-1881) and Winifred (Boyse) 
Johnson (1825-1893).  Mary Isabelle Johnson was born in Osage County, Missouri on 
February 4, 1853. 

She was the wife of William Benton Davis (1859-1889). Son of Daniel Marion Davis 
(1837-1876) and Amanda Louise (Hawkins) Davis (1840-1875). They were the parents 
of Grace "Nannie" Davis (1879-1966). Grace was the wife of Archibald Edward 
"Arch" Burton (1880-1947).

Mary Isabelle was diagnosed with heart disease eighteen months before her death. 
She did on the morning of September 3, 1884, at home, in Gray Summit, Franklin 
County, Missouri.

She is buried at the Davis Gravesite, in Gray Summit.  The gravesite is on the 
original farmland once owned by her relative Col. Thomas Williamson Bouldin Crews 
(1832-1891) and his wife Virginia (Jeffries) Crews (1837-1896). The grave is 
located at the Shaw Nature Reserve in the Whitmire Wildflower Garden. 

The original home built by Col. Crews in 1879 was restored in 1996 and renamed 
the Bascom House at Shaw Nature Reserve.





Additional Comments:
References Find A Grave, Missouri Botanical Garden, Shaw Nature Reserve, 
Ancestry.com.

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