John Thomas DAVIS

Other Events:

• Military: 12 Sep 1918, Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas, USA; draft
• Census: 1920, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA; ED 55, sht 18B
• Census: 14 Apr 1930, , Dallas, Texas, USA; ED 123, pg 6A
• Census: 1940, , Dallas, Texas, USA; ED 57-32, pg 10B
• Military: 1942, Seagoville, Dallas, Texas, USA; draft
• death certificate: 4 Jan 1958; Mrs J T Davis

Notes:

Military:
John Thomas Davis, age 37, 28 Sep 1880, is a self-employed painter and paper hanger. His nearest relative is Minnie Davis of Waxahachie. He is of medium height and slender build with brown eyes and black hair.

Census:

John T Davis head 27 M TX paper hanger
Minnie Davis wife 26 M AR
Ava Davis dau 8 S TX
Leroy Davis son 6 S TX
B F Armstrong f-i-l 63 W AR
Nerva Armstrong s-i-l 14 S AR
Beatrus Armstrong s-i-l 8 S TX
Keith Armstrong b-i-l 6 S TX
Johnie Armstrong b-i-l 4 6/12 S TX

Census:
Precinct 4, River Road
John T Davis Head M 47 Texas
Minnie Davis Wife F 37 Arkansas
Leroy Davis Son M 16 Texas
Argetene Davis Dau F 7 Texas
John T Davis Jr. Son M 11/12 Texas

Census:
Precinct 4
John T Davis Head M 57 Texas
Minnie Davis Wife F 48 Arkansas
J T Davis Son M 11 Texas

Military:
John Thomas Davis, age 59, 28 Sep 1882, Barry, Texas. His contact is C R Malone, also of Seagoville.

John married Minnie Gretchen ARMSTRONG on 2 Oct 1909 in Corsicana, Navarro, Texas, USA. Minnie (daughter of Benjamin Franklin ARMSTRONG and Effie May DISNEY) was born on 20 Jul 1893 in Rogers, Benton, Arkansas, USA; died on 22 Apr 1977 in Mabank, Kaufman, Texas, USA; was buried on 24 Apr 1977 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Opel May DAVIS was born on 7 Aug 1910 in , , Texas, USA; died about 1912 in , , Texas, USA.
2. Ava May DAVIS was born on 16 Jun 1912 in Bardwell, Ellis, Texas, USA; died on 7 Jun 1999 in , Henderson, Texas, USA; was buried on 9 Jun 1999 in Lancaster, Dallas, Texas, USA.
3. Leroy Thomas DAVIS was born on 22 Aug 1914 in Bardwell, Ellis, Texas, USA; died on 13 Jan 1994 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA.
4. Argetine DAVIS was born on 1 Nov 1922 in Wheatland, Hardeman, Texas, USA; died on 27 Jan 1992 in Eustace, Henderson, Texas, USA; was buried on 29 Jan 1992 in Mabank, Kaufman, Texas, USA.
5. Living

Notes:

John Thomas DAVIS was born to John Henry DAVIS and Mary Elizabeth "Molly" GREEN. This was her second marriage, the first being to John N. DAVIS. Of the first marriage were born two sons: Othman DAVIS (my grandfather) and Birt (Bert) DAVIS. Othman DAVIS (b. LA) married Maude Grayson BURNS (b. AL) in Navarro Co., TX, in 1900, and had four daughters: Pearl Lorraine DAVIS (b. Jan. 15, 1902, Frost, Nav. Co., TX), Ruth Mildred DAVIS (b. Dec. 21, 1904, Frost, Nav. Co., TX), Thelma Mae DAVIS (my mother)(b. Feb. 18, 1906, Gainesville, Cooke Co., TX), and Maude Marie DAVIS (b. 1908, Gainesville, Cooke Co., TX).
Mary Elizabeth "Molly" GREEN was the daughter of Henry G. (Greenville?) GREEN (b. 1824, AL) and Malinda "Malendy" POOL (b. GA / her father was Joseph POOL / her mother was Eula Edith MOTT). Joseph POOL had only one other child, a son named Jesse C. POOL.
Sister to Mary Elizabeth "Molly" GREEN was Martha Jane "Mattie" GREEN, who married Thomas J. DAVIS, brother of John N. DAVIS. (Sisters married brothers.) There are numerous siblings of both families (James DAVIS and Henry G. GREEN) listed in the 1850/1860/1870 census of Jackson Parish and that of Winn Parish, LA. Henry G. GREEN was a Mason, and was a Pvt., Co. O, Consolidated Crescent Regt., LA Inf. He appears on the Roll of Prisoners of War, Paroled at Nachitoches, LA, June 6, 1865. James DAVIS married an Elizabeth, who (I was told by my mother and her sisters) was a full blood Choctaw. That makes me 1/16 Choctaw!!
Henry G. GREEN and Malinda POOL were married in Winston Co., MS, in 1846.
Our DAVIS and GREEN families came from Lousisana to Navarro Co., TX, in the late 1870's. They farmed land in Navarro County. Henry G. GREEN, John N. DAVIS, and others of this line are buried in Cryer Creek Cem., Nav., TX.
I am searching for the birth places and ancestors of James DAVIS and Henry G. GREEN. I especially would like to know what relationship John Henry DAVIS had with our James DAVIS. Nephew?

Just a side note: Lyman Thomas DAVIS, son of Thomas J. DAVIS, was a cook on the Chisholm Trail from Texas into Oklahoma. After his "wild days", he settled down in Corsicana, sold his chili from his wagon in front of the post office, bank, etc., and later opened a grocery store in one of his buildings on Beaton Street. (He built the whole block!) On the back of his wagon was a cage which held his pet wolf, named "Keiser Bill". When "Keiser Bill" died, Lyman hung his hide on the side of his wagon. Thus was the beginning of WOLF BRAND CHILI.

I hope you can include this information in your postings. I believe it will help others who are searching for these DAVIS / GREEN lines. Some other names included in my research are: BROCK / GILCREASE / HAWKINS / BRYANT / RANSOM / POOL / MOTT / FREEMAN / ARMSTRONG / BANISTER / MARCELLUS / and ALONZO. [Gail Abbott]

John married Mary Elizabeth GREEN on 14 Feb 1865 in , Anderson, Texas, USA. Mary was born about 1847; died in Deceased. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Molly Malendy Green