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Robert Elihue Davis 1863 – 1936 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 AUG 1863

Birth Location: Gibson, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: 5 FEB 1936

Death Location: Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee, USA

Father: James Davis

Mother: Cussey Newell

Spouse(s): Alice Gilliland

Children(s): Lera Davis, Eligie Davis, Claude Davis, Bertie Davis, Eart Davis, Maude Davis, Nancy IonaDavis

According to available records, Robert Elihue Davis was born in 1863 in Gibson, Tennessee, USA, the child of James Elijah Davis and Cussey Newell. Following those early years, Robert Elihue Davis married Alice Gilliland, and their family grew to include Lera E. Davis, Eligie Hugh Davis, Claude B Davis, Bertie L. Davis, Eart Leslie Davis, Maude May Davis and Nancy "Onie" IonaDavis. In the later years of life, Robert Elihue Davis died in 1936 in Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee, USA.

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Parents

James Davis
1812 – 1880
Birth Location: North Carolina, USA
JD
Cussey Newell
1823 – 1909
Birth Location: North Carolina
CN

Spouses(s)

Alice Gilliland
1865 – 1943
Birth Location: Gibson Co, TN USA
AG

Children(s)

Lera Davis
1900 – 1964
Birth Location: Tennessee, USA
LD
Eligie Davis
1883 – 1957
Birth Location: Gibson, Tennessee, United States
ED
Claude Davis
1885 – 1934
Birth Location: Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee, USA
CD
Bertie Davis
1903 – 1957
Birth Location: Gibson, Tennessee, USA
BD
Eart Davis
1895 – 1964
Birth Location: Gibson, Tennessee, USA
ED
Maude Davis
1889 – 1948
Birth Location: Dyer Co., Tenn, USA
MD
Nancy IonaDavis
1888 – 1934
Birth Location: Tennessee, USA
NI

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 6 AUG 1863
    Event Place: Gibson, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: 6 FEB 1936
    Event Place: Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1900
    Event Place: Civil District 7, Dyer, Tennessee
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 5 FEB 1936
    Event Place: Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1880
    Event Place: Smiths, Gibson, Tennessee, United States
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1900
    Event Place: Civil District 7, Dyer, Tennessee
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1910
    Event Place: Civil District 16, Gibson, Tennessee
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1910
    Event Place: Civil District 16, Gibson, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1920
    Event Place: Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1920
    Event Place: Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Dyersburg, Tenn R#1
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1870
    Event Place: Harris Station, Obion, Tennessee
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1870
    Event Place: District 1, Obion, Tennessee, United States
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1880
    Event Place: Smiths, Gibson, Tennessee, United States
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1910
    Event Place: Civil District 16, Gibson, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 18
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1920
    Event Place: Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 19
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 20
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Dyersburg, Tenn R#1
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 21
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1920
    Event Place: Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 22
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1910
    Event Place: Civil District 16, Gibson, Tennessee
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 23
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 24
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1870
    Event Place: Harris Station, Obion, Tennessee
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 25
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1880
    Event Place: Smiths, Gibson, Tennessee, United States
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees
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