Obit of Mary Ellen Davis (d120) - Caddo County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Sandy Miller 5 Apr 2000 ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ===================================================================== Surnames: Davis, Staten Mary Ellen Davis The Anadarko Tribune Feb. 16, 1928 Mary Ellen Staten was born Sept. 01, 1853, in the state of New Jersey and moved to Bloomington, Ill., in 1857. She was united in marriage at Downs, Ill., Feb. 18, 1872, to John L. Davis. To this union were born four children, two of whom, William Henson Davis, residing at Keene, Texas and Thomas Edward, living at home at Oney, Okla., are left with the father and husband to mourn her passing. After living in Kentucky and Kansas they returned to Illinois in 1878, living there until December, 1898, when they moved to Pond Creek, Okla. She moved to Fort Cobb in 1902 and from there they moved to the present residence near Oney in 1905. The deceased early in life joined the M.E. Church, but for many years had attended but few services on account of poor health. She is survived by her husband John Davis of Oney and two sons, William Henson Davis of Keene, Texas and Thomas Edward Davis of Oney; grandchildren, Geraldine May Davis of Nashville, Tenn. and Dorothy Virginia Davis of Keene, Texas; brothers, Edward J. Staten of Chicago, Ill. and John Winfield Staten of Phoenix, Arizonia. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon, Feb. 13, 1928 at 1:45 o'clock at the Methodist Church in Anadarko by Rev. Clark of Oklahoma City, with Farmer and Gwimmett in charge. The body was shipped Wednesday to the old home at Downs, Ill., where it will be interred in the family burial ground. Mr. Davis received word Saturday that the Thursday before the wife, of his brother, Thomas I. Davis, had passed away at his home in Winchester, Kentucky.