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Notes for James Leonard Davis

Son of Joshua Davis and Elizabeth Null.

1870 Big River Township, Jefferson Co, Missouri 02 July 1870, p209b:
#226/229 Davis James 36 m w farmer $500/480 Mo - can't read/write, citizen
Mary 36 f w keeps house Mo
John 4 m w at home Mo
[#224/227 Joshua Davis, his father]
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Pulaski Co, Missouri Probate Records
9 Dec 1879
Davis, James L.
Heirs: H. Henry, John, Elizabeth, Sara Dace, Jane Sullins, Nancy Hamby, Elizabeth Bittick brothers and sisters of James L. Davis.
Administrator: Mary J. Davis, widow of James L.
Heirs:
H. Henry - son c1850
John = son, md Theresa Pyatt 11 Oct 1863 Jefferson Co, Mo
Elizabeth = dau, 1md Isaac Herrington 26 Feb 1854; 2md John W. Jones 8 Nov 1874, both in Jefferson Co, Mo
Sarah = dau, md John D. Dace
Jane = dau, md William Sullins, 26 Jan 1863 Jefferson Co, Mo
Nancy = dau, md William Hanvey, 5 July 1863 Jefferson Co, Mo
Elizabeth [Editha] = dau, 1md John Bittick 15 Mar 1862; 2md W. J. Jones 26 Dec 1879 both in Jefferson Co, Mo
Mary J. Davis = widow, Mary Jane Shoults, 1md Marion Francis Bittick 25 Sep 1856; 2md James L. Davis in 1865; 3md John H. Logan in 1881]

13 Feb 1879 & 16 Dec 1879
Joshua Davis [father of James L. above]
Heirs: William H., Sarah Dace, Nancy Hanby, Edith Bidic (Biddick), Louisa Jane Sullins, Larkin, Samuel Herrington, Elizabeth Jones, Henry, John
Administrator: J. L. Davis [he died Dec 1879]
Administrator: William R. Biddick [became Administrator when James L. Davis died]
William H. =
Sarah Dace = dau, md John D. Dace
Nancy Hanby = dau, md William Hanvey
Edith Bidic = dau, 1md John Bittick, now a widow
Louisa Jane Sullins = dau, md William sullins
Larkin = grandson? is he Davis?
Samuel Herrington = grandson, son of Elizabeth Davis [now Jones] and Isaac Herrington
Elizabeth Jones = dau, 1md Isaac Herrington; 2md John W. Jones
Henry = son
John = son, md Theresa Pyatt
J. L. Davis = son, James L. above, died before estate settled
William R. Bittick = son-in-law?, 1md Elizabeth Ann Shoultz, dec'd; 2md Margaret Davis?
[If William R. Bittick isn't a son-in-law, then perhaps he completed the probate of Joshua Davis because there wasn't a male heir of legal age after James L. Davis died.]

[Our Ancestors in Pulaski Co, Missouri
Pulaski County, Missouri Abstract of Probate Records
Tom Turpin and Thurman Turpin
Jefferson City, MO APL/SC 977/857 T957]

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