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DAVIS - WILFLEY FAMILY

Mathew Leonard Davis b. 21 Mar 1814 Clark Co., Kentucky; died 15 Dec 1887, Hawleyville, Iowa; buried Hawleyville Cemetery (son of Mathew Davis and Lucy Baber) married 07 Jul 1835 Callaway Co., Missouri to Mary Elizabeth Wilfley, b. Oct 1814 Hawkins Co., Tennessee; died 1907 Sheridan Co., Wyoming; (dau of John Wilfley and Elizabeth Rhodes Wilfley; brother, David Wilfley, sister, Olive J. Wilfley Mosley)

At age 20 (1834) moved with parents to Callaway Co., Missouri; in 1839 went to Buchanan Co., Missouri (St. Joseph); Mexican War 1846-47; Sheriff 1848-49; 1850 came to Page Co., Iowa; Civil War 25th Missouri Inf., Co. K 1861-63, disability, lost eye and broke hip at battle of Shiloh; Lived Sec. 25 Nebraska Township of Page Co., Iowa near Hawleyville, probably Liggett school district; Said to be 10 children.

1.   William F. Davis, b. 1836 Missouri; m 19 Dec 1878 Taylor Co., Iowa to Lathena Dodson,  b Indiana; d 18 Apr 1878 Lincoln Co., Kansas

(1)  William Davis, born abt 1860 Probably Page Co., Iowa

2.   Elizabeth J. Davis, b. 1838 Missouri; m 01 Feb 1855, Page Co., Iowa, Sylvester S. Thomas, b 1826, Ohio; Was in 1860 and 1870 Nebraska Township Census; lived Hawleyville; 1880 Census in Dallas, Taylor Co., Iowa; he enlisted 09 Aug 1862, Civil War, Corporal, Co. F 29th Iowa Inf; The Hawleyville History says, “In 1849 Elisha Thomas built the first mill at the present site of the Hawleyville Mills.  It was here where Sylvester Thomas, the first County Treasurer and Recorder, lived”.

(1)  Erastus Thomas, b 1857

(2)  Albert Thomas, b 1859

(3)  Joseph Thomas, b 1862

(4)  Mary E. Thomas, b 1862; d 1862 at 2 mo.; buried Hawleyville Cemetery

(5)  Dora Thomas, b 1866

(6)  Clara Thomas, b 1868

(7)  Lillie Thomas, b 1869; d 12 Jan 1870; buried Hawleyville Cemetery

(8)  N. A. E. or C., b 1871 (son)

(9)  S. A., b 1873 (dau)

(10)S. N. E., b 1876 (son)

(11)M. L., b 1879 (son)

3.   Mary Ellen Davis, b 1840, Missouri; d 1908, Wyoming; m Nov 1855, Clarinda, John Townsend, b 1833, Indiana; d 1912, Wyoming.

(1)  Amanda Christena Townsend, b 1866, Iowa; d 1959, Wyoming; m Milton Krout at Clarinda.

4.   Lucy A. Davis, b 1842, Missouri; d 25 Jan 1865 @ 22 yrs; m Elias J. Spaulding, b 10 Feb 1835, Hopkins Co., New York; to Galesburg, Illinois, then to Page Co., Iowa 1856; after Lucy’s death he m Mary E. Jackson and had children Charley and Mary, who married Ed Hakes.

(1)  William E. Spaulding, b 1861

(2)  Laura J. Spaulding, b 10 Mar 1862; d 12 Jun 1874, age 12

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5.   Infant

6.   Infant                                                                                                                                 

7.   James Henry Davis (went by Henry), b 12 Nov 1848, Buchanan Co., Missouri; d 06 Jul 1915, Smith Co., Kansas; buried Franklin, Franklin Co., Nebraska; Civil War Co. F 29th Iowa, joined 09 Feb 1864, said he was 18; m 03 Mar 1870 Page Co., Iowa, Ellen Squier/Squires (dau Andrew Jackson Squires and Joanna Husong), b 01 Sep 1853, Ohio; d Casper, Wyoming 18 May 1929, buried Franklin, Franklin Co., Nebraska; they lived in Frontier Co., Nebraska, Nebraska City, Otoe Co., Nebraska, and settled in Smith Co., Kansas just south of Bloomington, Nebraska

(1) Lenorvia/Lennora Adna Davis, b 22 May 1871, Page Co., Iowa; married (1) George Elliot, Frontier Co., Nebraska; married (2) A. G. Bryan

(2)  Mary Jennora/Jenovia Davis, b 20 Dec 1873 Lincoln Co, Kansas; married Moses F. Buchanan

(3)  Charles Mathew Davis (went by Mathew), b 18 Apr 1875, Page Co., Iowa; d 07 Mar 1957, Franklin, Franklin Co., Nebraska; married 07 Dec 1902,  Ella Mae Kunze, b 04 Jul 1882, Smith Co., Kansas, d 08 Nov 1976, Franklin, Franklin Co., Nebraska.

(4)  Birda/Birdie Davis, b 09 Jan 1878, Page Co.,Iowa d  30 Dec 1961,  Nebraska City, Nebraska, ; married William Herman 12 Dec 1899; lived in Nebraska City, Otoe Co., Nebraska

(5)  Mamie/Mayme Ethel Davis, b 23 Mar 1883, Page Co., Iowa; married John A. Persell 14 Nov 1901

(6)  Nettie A. Davis, b 23 Mar 1886, Page Co., Iowa; married Charles H. Heilman/Hellman 11 Oct 1904

(7)  James Sylvester Davis, b 29 Dec 1890, Taylor Co., Iowa; d Jul 1968, Syracuse, Otoe Co., Nebraska; married Mary Louise Clark, Aug 1914

(8)  Carl Henry Davis, b 02 Apr 1894, Nebraska City, Otoe Co., Nebraska; married Mamie Ella Whelan

8.   Amanda Christena Davis, b 12 Dec 1850, Missouri; d 30 May 1932, Milford, Nebraska, buried Sheridan, Sheridan Co., Wyoming; married William Edward Jackson, b 07 Mar 1843, Shelby Co., Indiana, 19 Sep 1867, Hawleyville, Page Co., Iowa

(1)  Minnetta Hester “Minnie” Jackson, b 11 Jan 1871, Hawleyville, Page Co., Iowa; d Dec 1972, Sheridan, Sheridan Co., Wyoming; m Lemuel Emery Martin, 16 Feb 1888, Big Horn, Sheridan Co., Wyoming

(2)  Edna Mary Jackson, b 12 Apr 1874, Lincoln Center, Lincoln Co., Kansas; d 20 Jun 1954, Nevada; married (1) Edward Towns, 17 Apr 1898; (2) William B. Carver

(3)  Charles Francis “Frank” Jackson, b 17 Jun 1869, Hawleyville, Page Co., Iowa; d 07 Jan 1933; married Ella Hayes

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9.   John  Samuel Davis, b 12 Mar 1853 Buchanan Co., Missouri;d 30 Aug 1935 buried Sheridan Co., Wyoming; m 07 Nov 1877 Clarinda, Page Co., Iowa to Chloe E. Kinnick, b 17 Feb 1859 Clarinda, Page Co., Iowa; d 09 Sep 1952 buried Sheridan Co, Wyoming.  Lived near Hawleyville in 1880.

(1)  Charles A. Davis, b 1880, Iowa; m Gertrude Unknown

(2)  Alice M., b Jun 1883 Wyoming

(3)  Samuel, b Sept 1894

(4)  Sterling S., b 1896 Wyoming

10. Martin Davis, b 1856; d Dec 1869, buried Hawleyville, Page Co., Iowa