..Laura is found on the 1870 Missouri, Dade County, Horse Creek Twp, at the age of 16. living with her husband, Nathaniel, with his parents, John W. and Lucinda Davis.
..All the census records located show Laura was born in Illinois.
..A newspaper item in the Bronson Pilot in August 1914 said Laura's brothers were going to visit her in Two Buttes, Colorado. Laura was on the affidavit of Margaret Nichols filed July 30, 1908.
..In the History of Baca County, CO, page 480 & 481, Laura and Nathaniel are mentioned in the profile of their daughter and son-in-law, Israel and Lizzie Packard. This accounting of the family gives Nathaniel's birth date of April 14, 1847 and Laura's as March 23, 1854 (as does her birth certificate).
..More in the profile: The two sons of Nathaniel and Laura were La Ransey Franklin "Buck" and Leonard John Davis.
..Lizzie and Israel moved from Missouri to Baca County, CO and settled about 2 ½ miles southeast of where is now Walsh on a homestead. Laura and Nathaniel and La Ransey and family accompanied them and settled nearby.
..Laura's Death Certificate from Walsh, Baca County, Colorado states she was born March 23, 1854, where she was born was not shown. She died October 6, 1929, Baca County, CO Her husband was still alive at the time of her death.
..The informant on Laura's death certificate was L. F. Davis of Walsh (Son--LaRansey Franklin Davis).
..Laura's father was John W. Nichols who disappeared from Dade County, MO sometime between 1861 and 1870.
..All the census records located show Laura was born in Illinois.
..A newspaper item in the Bronson Pilot in August 1914 said Laura's brothers were going to visit her in Two Buttes, Colorado. Laura was on the affidavit of Margaret Nichols filed July 30, 1908.
..In the History of Baca County, CO, page 480 & 481, Laura and Nathaniel are mentioned in the profile of their daughter and son-in-law, Israel and Lizzie Packard. This accounting of the family gives Nathaniel's birth date of April 14, 1847 and Laura's as March 23, 1854 (as does her birth certificate).
..More in the profile: The two sons of Nathaniel and Laura were La Ransey Franklin "Buck" and Leonard John Davis.
..Lizzie and Israel moved from Missouri to Baca County, CO and settled about 2 ½ miles southeast of where is now Walsh on a homestead. Laura and Nathaniel and La Ransey and family accompanied them and settled nearby.
..Laura's Death Certificate from Walsh, Baca County, Colorado states she was born March 23, 1854, where she was born was not shown. She died October 6, 1929, Baca County, CO Her husband was still alive at the time of her death.
..The informant on Laura's death certificate was L. F. Davis of Walsh (Son--LaRansey Franklin Davis).
..Laura's father was John W. Nichols who disappeared from Dade County, MO sometime between 1861 and 1870.
..Laura is found on the 1870 Missouri, Dade County, Horse Creek Twp, at the age of 16. living with her husband, Nathaniel, with his parents, John W. and Lucinda Davis.
..All the census records located show Laura was born in Illinois.
..A newspaper item in the Bronson Pilot in August 1914 said Laura's brothers were going to visit her in Two Buttes, Colorado. Laura was on the affidavit of Margaret Nichols filed July 30, 1908.
..In the History of Baca County, CO, page 480 & 481, Laura and Nathaniel are mentioned in the profile of their daughter and son-in-law, Israel and Lizzie Packard. This accounting of the family gives Nathaniel's birth date of April 14, 1847 and Laura's as March 23, 1854 (as does her birth certificate).
..More in the profile: The two sons of Nathaniel and Laura were La Ransey Franklin "Buck" and Leonard John Davis.
..Lizzie and Israel moved from Missouri to Baca County, CO and settled about 2 ½ miles southeast of where is now Walsh on a homestead. Laura and Nathaniel and La Ransey and family accompanied them and settled nearby.
..Laura's Death Certificate from Walsh, Baca County, Colorado states she was born March 23, 1854, where she was born was not shown. She died October 6, 1929, Baca County, CO Her husband was still alive at the time of her death.
..The informant on Laura's death certificate was L. F. Davis of Walsh (Son--LaRansey Franklin Davis).
..Laura's father was John W. Nichols who disappeared from Dade County, MO sometime between 1861 and 1870.
..All the census records located show Laura was born in Illinois.
..A newspaper item in the Bronson Pilot in August 1914 said Laura's brothers were going to visit her in Two Buttes, Colorado. Laura was on the affidavit of Margaret Nichols filed July 30, 1908.
..In the History of Baca County, CO, page 480 & 481, Laura and Nathaniel are mentioned in the profile of their daughter and son-in-law, Israel and Lizzie Packard. This accounting of the family gives Nathaniel's birth date of April 14, 1847 and Laura's as March 23, 1854 (as does her birth certificate).
..More in the profile: The two sons of Nathaniel and Laura were La Ransey Franklin "Buck" and Leonard John Davis.
..Lizzie and Israel moved from Missouri to Baca County, CO and settled about 2 ½ miles southeast of where is now Walsh on a homestead. Laura and Nathaniel and La Ransey and family accompanied them and settled nearby.
..Laura's Death Certificate from Walsh, Baca County, Colorado states she was born March 23, 1854, where she was born was not shown. She died October 6, 1929, Baca County, CO Her husband was still alive at the time of her death.
..The informant on Laura's death certificate was L. F. Davis of Walsh (Son--LaRansey Franklin Davis).
..Laura's father was John W. Nichols who disappeared from Dade County, MO sometime between 1861 and 1870.
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L.A.Davis
B.MR.23
1854
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