Betty Lois DAVIS

Family/Spouse: James H. STOKES. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Gerthie MUCKLEROY on 22 Dec 1930 in Desoto Pairish, Louisiana. Gerthie was born in 1911; died in 1992. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Archie married Fannie Bell WATSON. Fannie (daughter of William Washington (Billy) WATSON and Narcisis BYRD) was born on 30 Jun 1888 in Ironosa, Shelby County, Texas; died on 28 Jun 1968 in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried on 29 Jun 1968 in San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!Marshall 0106B, p. 1; Marshall 0229, p. 8

John married Amy Angeline BRITTON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!Marshall 0106B, p. 1; Marshall 0229, p. 8

Notes:

____________________________________________
From: Betty Stokes [mailto:betinhou@comcast.net]
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 4:36 PM
To: David@marshallgenealogy.org
Subject: slight spelling correction request

Hi David -

This is BETTY Lois Davis, daughter of William Levi Davis and Gerthie Clytie Muckleroy. Actually just Gerthie is ok for my mother, but I would appreciate it if you could change the spelling of my name FROM Bettie Lois Davis TO Betty Lois Davis. Small matter. If you don't get around to it, that is ok. Maybe the next time you replace it, you might fix that. I actually need to look over your database and see if I have any other corrections.

Since my aunt, my father's sister, died this year, I'm sending a group sheet for the family.

Unfortunately, time is short this time of year.

I hope you have a nice Christmas.

Betty Stokes in Houston

Family Group Sheet
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Husband: Archie Oliver DAVIS
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Birth: 5 Jan 1883 Sardis, San Augustine Co., TX
Census: 1910 San Augustine Co., TX
Death: 3 Jan 1971 Tyler, Smith Co., TX
Burial: 4 Jan 1971 Old Salem Cem., San Augustine Co., TX
Research Notes: Aug 2007 Betty Lois Davis Stokes
Occupation: a farmer. He once was a store clerk
Marriage: 26 Jan 1908 Ironosa, Shelby Co., TX
Father: John Oliver DAVIS (1854-1930)
Mother: Amy Angeline BRITAIN (1862-1951)
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Wife: Fannie Bell WATSON
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Birth: 30 Jun 1888 Ironosa, Shelby Co., TX
Death: 28 Jun 1968 Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches Co., TX
Burial: 29 Jun 1968 Old Salem Cem., San Augustine Co., TX
Father: William Washington "Billy" WATSON (1841-1910)
Mother: Narcisis BYRD (1850-1918)
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Children
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1 M William Levi DAVIS
Birth: 19 Sep 1909 Grigsby, Shelby Co., TX
Death: 24 Nov 1935 Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches Co., TX
Burial: 24 Nov 1935 Swift Cemetery, Swift, Nacogdoches Co., TX
Research Notes: Aug 2007 Betty Lois Davis Stokes
Spouse: Gerthie Clytie MUCKLEROY (1911-1992)
Marriage: 22 Dec 1930 Desoto Parish, LA
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2 F Myrtle B. DAVIS
Birth: 24 Feb 1911 San Augustine Co., TX
Death: 22 Sep 2007 Tyler, Smith Co., TX
Burial: Nacogdoches, Texas
Spouse: Aaron SANDERS ( - )
Marriage: 29 Feb 1936 Nacogdoches Co., TX
Divorce: abt 1952
Spouse: Ray PARMLEY (1909-1987)
Marriage: 2 Aug 1952 Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches Co., TX
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3 M Berl DAVIS twin of Myrtle
Birth: 24 Feb 1911 San Augustine Co., TX
Death: 26 Feb 1911 San Augustine Co., TX
Burial: Old Salem Cem., San Augustine Co., TX
Marriage:
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4 F Alma V. DAVIS
Birth: 2 Jan 1928 Nacogdoches Co., TX
Death: 3 Apr 2001 Marshall, Harrison Co., TX
Burial: 7 Apr 2001 Algoma Cem-South, Marshall, TX
Spouse: Albert DIETERT ( - )
Marriage: abt 1946
Divorce: bef 1947
Spouse: Monroe Dee DEVORE (1926-1990)
Marriage: 10 Jul 1947
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Prepared 8 Dec 2008 by:
Betty Davis Stokes
222 Big Hollow Ln.
Houston, TX 77042
713-787-5122
betinhou@comcast.net
=====================================================================

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FAMILY NOTES
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Marriage (26 Jan 1908): License purchased on Jan. 20, 1908. Minister J. C.
Worsham, Marriage License, Vol. 4, p. 272, San Augustine Co., TX
(1)

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HUSBAND NOTES: Archie Oliver DAVIS
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Birth (5 Jan 1883): Archie Oliver & Fannie Bell Watson Davis Family Bible; John
O. Davis Family Bible in possession of Katy Davis Luman, Swift, TX; San
Augustine Co. 1900 Census; Beat No. 6, S D No. 8, ED 75, Sheet 4, 6th June 1900,
Household No. 70/70. John O. Davis, Head, wife Amy A.(2)
Death (3 Jan 1971): Texas Death Record: Archie Oliver Davis Jan 3, 1971 #005571,
Smith Co., TX
Death Certificate State File No. 05571 Archie Oliver Davis. Also Smith Co., TX ;

A. O. Davis Family Bible
Burial (4 Jan 1971): Tombstone, Old Salem Cemetery located near County lines
between San Augustine, Shelby and Nacogdoches Counties, Texas;
Research Notes (Aug 2007): ARCHIE OLIVER DAVIS

As I remember, Granddaddy Davis was a quiet, slow moving man. When he talked and needed to take a slight break to get his thoughts together, he said "and er uh."

I was told his mother spoke the same way. He had a twinkle in his eye. I don't
remember his farming all that much because we usually arrived in the middle of
the day and he was not a young man any more. In earlier days, he farmed and had cows and chickens with Aunt Myrtle on the farm they had after WW II was over. Later, he had a garden and raised cows and took milk and produce into town to sell it.

My Aunt Adarene, my mother's sister, married George Van Burrows. George was a
teller at a Bank in Nacogdoches. When Granddaddy went to do banking, he always
waited in George's line. I think they asked about each other's families.

George thought a lot of him. His house was near the Burrows farm.

Other than visiting Granddaddy and Grandmother Davis, I don't remember much
other than what I was told. I do remember going out there when he was up in
years and he was up on the roof making repairs. He had to stop when he had a
slight heart attack. Aunt Myrtle said he went out West I think she said and worked as a clerk in a store a relative ran. It might have been Uncle Johnny, but I'm not sure. West was anything west of Nacogdoches but it was probably more like San Antonio.

He was the oldest of 10 children, the son of John Oliver Davis and Amy Angeline "Angie" Britain.

I have some old pictures of the family. Some are pictures of him up on
scaffolding working on building the Excelsior School and Sardis Baptist Church.

Grandmother and Levi and Myrtle are in the picture. There is another picture of the day Sardis Baptist Church had a Baptizing in the Creek - Attoyac I think. At one time, I could figure out which one was Granddaddy.

I still have a little handmade high chair that was made for Granddaddy by his
father in 1883. I don't remember it from my childhood, but it came with me when we moved back to my Grandmother Muckleroy's after my father died. It was stored in their smokehouse until Aunt Adarene rescued it and restored it. Bugs had eaten the cowhide in the seat and she and her brother, Clifton, wove a new seat for it.


SSN: (3)

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WIFE NOTES: Fannie Bell WATSON
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Birth (30 Jun 1888): (2,4-7)
Death (28 Jun 1968): Texas Death Record: Fannie Watson Davis June 28, 1968 -
#044340 - Nacogdoches(4)
Burial (29 Jun 1968): (4,8)
General: Death Certificate Information from Family Bible copied by Betty Davis
Stokes and since destroyed by vandals. Published in Redland Herald, Nacogdoches
Co., TX Tombstone - Old Salem Cem. Marriage License Personal Knowledge Betty
Davis Stokes

Sayings she said:
Early morning rain won't last long. It's like an old woman's dance.

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SOURCES
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1. Marriage License, San Augustine Co., TX.
2. Family Bible A. O. Davis, In possession of Myrtle Davis Parmley, Tyler,
TX, Copy of Family Pages in Stokes Library.
3. Social Security Death Index
(http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search/ssdi/ssdi_index.asp).
4. Death Certificate, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches Co., TX.
5. Mary "Polly" (Archer) Jones Byrd, Narcissus Byrd Watson & W. W. Watson,
Newspaper Clipping of Information from Family Bible. In possession of Fannie
Bell Watson Davis. Copied by Betty and Jim Stokes in 1955. Bible destroyed by
vandals in burglary. Information sent to The Redland Herald, Kissin' Kuzzins
Column, Nacogdoches, Texas. Copy of article in Stokes Library. (Carolyn Ericson,
Kissin' Kuzzins, The Redland Herald, Nacogdoches, Texas).
6. W. W. Watson Family Bible, in possession of Ethel Cooper Hightower,
granddaughter.
7. Tombstone, Old Salem Cemetery, Shelby Co., TX.
8. Old Salem Cemetery, Shelby Co., TX.

William married Narcisis BYRD. Narcisis was born in 1850; died in 1918. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

____________________________________________
From: Betty Stokes [mailto:betinhou@comcast.net]
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 4:36 PM
To: David@marshallgenealogy.org
Subject: slight spelling correction request

Hi David -

This is BETTY Lois Davis, daughter of William Levi Davis and Gerthie Clytie Muckleroy. Actually just Gerthie is ok for my mother, but I would appreciate it if you could change the spelling of my name FROM Bettie Lois Davis TO Betty Lois Davis. Small matter. If you don't get around to it, that is ok. Maybe the next time you replace it, you might fix that. I actually need to look over your database and see if I have any other corrections.

Since my aunt, my father's sister, died this year, I'm sending a group sheet for the family.

Unfortunately, time is short this time of year.

I hope you have a nice Christmas.

Betty Stokes in Houston

Family Group Sheet
===============================================================================
Husband: Archie Oliver DAVIS
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Birth: 5 Jan 1883 Sardis, San Augustine Co., TX
Census: 1910 San Augustine Co., TX
Death: 3 Jan 1971 Tyler, Smith Co., TX
Burial: 4 Jan 1971 Old Salem Cem., San Augustine Co., TX
Research Notes: Aug 2007 Betty Lois Davis Stokes
Occupation: a farmer. He once was a store clerk
Marriage: 26 Jan 1908 Ironosa, Shelby Co., TX
Father: John Oliver DAVIS (1854-1930)
Mother: Amy Angeline BRITAIN (1862-1951)
=========================================================================
Wife: Fannie Bell WATSON
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Birth: 30 Jun 1888 Ironosa, Shelby Co., TX
Death: 28 Jun 1968 Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches Co., TX
Burial: 29 Jun 1968 Old Salem Cem., San Augustine Co., TX
Father: William Washington "Billy" WATSON (1841-1910)
Mother: Narcisis BYRD (1850-1918)
=========================================================================
Children
=========================================================================
1 M William Levi DAVIS
Birth: 19 Sep 1909 Grigsby, Shelby Co., TX
Death: 24 Nov 1935 Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches Co., TX
Burial: 24 Nov 1935 Swift Cemetery, Swift, Nacogdoches Co., TX
Research Notes: Aug 2007 Betty Lois Davis Stokes
Spouse: Gerthie Clytie MUCKLEROY (1911-1992)
Marriage: 22 Dec 1930 Desoto Parish, LA
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2 F Myrtle B. DAVIS
Birth: 24 Feb 1911 San Augustine Co., TX
Death: 22 Sep 2007 Tyler, Smith Co., TX
Burial: Nacogdoches, Texas
Spouse: Aaron SANDERS ( - )
Marriage: 29 Feb 1936 Nacogdoches Co., TX
Divorce: abt 1952
Spouse: Ray PARMLEY (1909-1987)
Marriage: 2 Aug 1952 Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches Co., TX
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3 M Berl DAVIS twin of Myrtle
Birth: 24 Feb 1911 San Augustine Co., TX
Death: 26 Feb 1911 San Augustine Co., TX
Burial: Old Salem Cem., San Augustine Co., TX
Marriage:
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4 F Alma V. DAVIS
Birth: 2 Jan 1928 Nacogdoches Co., TX
Death: 3 Apr 2001 Marshall, Harrison Co., TX
Burial: 7 Apr 2001 Algoma Cem-South, Marshall, TX
Spouse: Albert DIETERT ( - )
Marriage: abt 1946
Divorce: bef 1947
Spouse: Monroe Dee DEVORE (1926-1990)
Marriage: 10 Jul 1947
======================================================================
Prepared 8 Dec 2008 by:
Betty Davis Stokes
222 Big Hollow Ln.
Houston, TX 77042
713-787-5122
betinhou@comcast.net
=====================================================================

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FAMILY NOTES
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Marriage (26 Jan 1908): License purchased on Jan. 20, 1908. Minister J. C.
Worsham, Marriage License, Vol. 4, p. 272, San Augustine Co., TX
(1)

------------------------------------------------------------------------
HUSBAND NOTES: Archie Oliver DAVIS
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Birth (5 Jan 1883): Archie Oliver & Fannie Bell Watson Davis Family Bible; John
O. Davis Family Bible in possession of Katy Davis Luman, Swift, TX; San
Augustine Co. 1900 Census; Beat No. 6, S D No. 8, ED 75, Sheet 4, 6th June 1900,
Household No. 70/70. John O. Davis, Head, wife Amy A.(2)
Death (3 Jan 1971): Texas Death Record: Archie Oliver Davis Jan 3, 1971 #005571,
Smith Co., TX
Death Certificate State File No. 05571 Archie Oliver Davis. Also Smith Co., TX ;

A. O. Davis Family Bible
Burial (4 Jan 1971): Tombstone, Old Salem Cemetery located near County lines
between San Augustine, Shelby and Nacogdoches Counties, Texas;
Research Notes (Aug 2007): ARCHIE OLIVER DAVIS

As I remember, Granddaddy Davis was a quiet, slow moving man. When he talked and needed to take a slight break to get his thoughts together, he said "and er uh."

I was told his mother spoke the same way. He had a twinkle in his eye. I don't
remember his farming all that much because we usually arrived in the middle of
the day and he was not a young man any more. In earlier days, he farmed and had cows and chickens with Aunt Myrtle on the farm they had after WW II was over. Later, he had a garden and raised cows and took milk and produce into town to sell it.

My Aunt Adarene, my mother's sister, married George Van Burrows. George was a
teller at a Bank in Nacogdoches. When Granddaddy went to do banking, he always
waited in George's line. I think they asked about each other's families.

George thought a lot of him. His house was near the Burrows farm.

Other than visiting Granddaddy and Grandmother Davis, I don't remember much
other than what I was told. I do remember going out there when he was up in
years and he was up on the roof making repairs. He had to stop when he had a
slight heart attack. Aunt Myrtle said he went out West I think she said and worked as a clerk in a store a relative ran. It might have been Uncle Johnny, but I'm not sure. West was anything west of Nacogdoches but it was probably more like San Antonio.

He was the oldest of 10 children, the son of John Oliver Davis and Amy Angeline "Angie" Britain.

I have some old pictures of the family. Some are pictures of him up on
scaffolding working on building the Excelsior School and Sardis Baptist Church.

Grandmother and Levi and Myrtle are in the picture. There is another picture of the day Sardis Baptist Church had a Baptizing in the Creek - Attoyac I think. At one time, I could figure out which one was Granddaddy.

I still have a little handmade high chair that was made for Granddaddy by his
father in 1883. I don't remember it from my childhood, but it came with me when we moved back to my Grandmother Muckleroy's after my father died. It was stored in their smokehouse until Aunt Adarene rescued it and restored it. Bugs had eaten the cowhide in the seat and she and her brother, Clifton, wove a new seat for it.


SSN: (3)

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WIFE NOTES: Fannie Bell WATSON
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Birth (30 Jun 1888): (2,4-7)
Death (28 Jun 1968): Texas Death Record: Fannie Watson Davis June 28, 1968 -
#044340 - Nacogdoches(4)
Burial (29 Jun 1968): (4,8)
General: Death Certificate Information from Family Bible copied by Betty Davis
Stokes and since destroyed by vandals. Published in Redland Herald, Nacogdoches
Co., TX Tombstone - Old Salem Cem. Marriage License Personal Knowledge Betty
Davis Stokes

Sayings she said:
Early morning rain won't last long. It's like an old woman's dance.

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SOURCES
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1. Marriage License, San Augustine Co., TX.
2. Family Bible A. O. Davis, In possession of Myrtle Davis Parmley, Tyler,
TX, Copy of Family Pages in Stokes Library.
3. Social Security Death Index
(http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search/ssdi/ssdi_index.asp).
4. Death Certificate, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches Co., TX.
5. Mary "Polly" (Archer) Jones Byrd, Narcissus Byrd Watson & W. W. Watson,
Newspaper Clipping of Information from Family Bible. In possession of Fannie
Bell Watson Davis. Copied by Betty and Jim Stokes in 1955. Bible destroyed by
vandals in burglary. Information sent to The Redland Herald, Kissin' Kuzzins
Column, Nacogdoches, Texas. Copy of article in Stokes Library. (Carolyn Ericson,
Kissin' Kuzzins, The Redland Herald, Nacogdoches, Texas).
6. W. W. Watson Family Bible, in possession of Ethel Cooper Hightower,
granddaughter.
7. Tombstone, Old Salem Cemetery, Shelby Co., TX.
8. Old Salem Cemetery, Shelby Co., TX.