Obit of Mary James Davis (d120) - Payne County, Oklahoma

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Mary James Davis 
 
Mrs. Mary J. Davis is buried at Ava, Mo. Services were held at Ava, Mo., 
for Mrs. Mary J. Davis, mother of three Stillwater residents. 

Mrs. Davis, a former resident of Payne county, passed away at her home near Ava, 
Mo., Jan. 4, 1941, at the age of 79 years. She died of pneumonia contracted 
after an attack of the flu. Her husband, J.R. Davis, preceded her in death, 
Sept. 8, 1938.  

Twelve of 16 children are living. Survivors include Mrs. Alta Moore, 610 Lowry 
Street; Mrs. Janie Givens, Rex apartments, East Nineth Ave., and Mrs. Bella 
Cherry, 126 Duncan Street. 

Others are Thurman Davis of Coyle; Mrs. Elnora Howard, Fresno, Calif.; Mrs. 
Alice Gregory, Springfield, Mo.; Mrs. Anna Isaacs and Mrs. Fannie Goff of 
Cushing and Walter, Frank, Roy and Sam 
of Ava, Mo. Besides the 12 children Mrs. Davis is survived by 72 grandchildren 
and 38 great-grandchildren. 

Genealogy notes: Mary was born November 9, 1862 in the area of Douglas county 
Missouri. Named Mary 
James McClain. (James for her father who died fighting in the Civil War.) 
Everyone just called her "Jimmie". 

She was the daughter of James McClain and Louisa Frances Sisney. Mary married 
Jesse Richard Davis on March 29, 1878 in Tigres, Missouri, Douglas co. 

In 1905 the family left Missouri and settled in Payne county Oklahoma. 
Some of the older children traveled by train from Missouri to Oklahoma while 
Mary and Jesse and the younger children traveled by covered wagon with their 
personal belongings. They came to work in the cotton fields.  Mary's four other 
children who preceded her in death were; Cora Davis Hamilton, Edna C. Davis, 
Ephraim J. Davis (Died WWI) and Herbert Allan Davis. Mary is buried at Goodhope 
cemetery in Goodhope, Douglas county, Missouri.
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