Chester County PA Archives Obituaries.....Davis, Sarah Jefferis Hickman January 29, 1930
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Daily Local News, February 1, 1930

Mrs. Sarah Jefferis Davis, daughter of the late Hon. John Hickman, passed away 
on Wednesday in the 84th year of her age.  For several years past she had made 
her home in Coatesville.  Mr. Davis married Rees Davis, a prominent attorney in 
New York City.  Following their marriage, they live on Washington Street, this 
place, for a number of years. Her father, the Hon. John Hickman, served several 
terms as Congressman from this district.  Their home was on West Gay Street in 
the house known as the Dallett Hemphill house.

At the time of Mr. Hickman’s election to Congress, they moved from their 
farm, “Bragg Hill Farm” in Pocopson.  There were five daughters in the family: 
Lucy Morehead, Ada Sharp, Helen and Gertrude, in addition to Mrs. Davis.  Their 
mother was before her marriage, Miss Eunice Phelps, of Troy, N.Y.  She died on 
the day of Mr. Hickman’s election to Congress.  The family attended the Church 
of the Holy Trinity. Mrs. Davis, her parents and her sisters were well-known 
and highly esteemed, and are remembered by persons of the older generation.  It 
is said that her middle name was Jefferis in honor of Jefferson Davis, the 
President of the Confederacy, who stayed over night in West Chester at one time.

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DAVIS- On Jan. 29, 1930, Sarah Jefferis Davis, daughter of the late Hon. John 
Hickman, in the 84th year of her age.  Interment at Oaklands Cemetery at the 
convenience of the family


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