Parents of Elizabeth

Oliver P. Guptil & Clarissa Shute Gubtil

Elizabeth was 1 of 7 siblings.

Thomas Jefferson Davis & Elizabeth Lasura Guptil

Married on July 26, 1866

Their children:

Edith Lucinda Davis, Aug 4, 1867

Arthur Thomas Davis, Apr 11, 1873

The obituary of Elizabeth Lasura (Guptil) Davis from the Farmington Enterprise newspaper, December 10, 1920:

Elizabeth Lasura Gubtil was born November 8, 1843, in Waterbury, Vermont, and came to Michigan with her parents, Clarissa and Oliver Guptil at the age of nearly six years. She was one of seven children, her mother died when she was eight years old and she was left to care of strangers.

She married to Thomas J. Davis, a veteran of the Civil War on July 26, 1866. They were blessed with two children, Mrs. Edith L. Graham of West Farmington and Arthur T. Davis of Highland, Michigan.

She died in December 1920. Surviving her is her husband, Thomas J. Davis, her children Mrs. Edith L. Graham and Arthur T. Davis, her 9 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren.

Additional Notes for Elizabeth Lasura Davis

The West Farmington Cemetary, where Thomas and Elizabeth are buried was originally known as the Baptist Burying Ground and was associated with the Baptist Church which was located on this land. It was organized by Rev. Nehemiah Lamb in 1835, and about fifty graves were transferred here from a plot dating from 1826, located at Halsted Roads. When a Baptist Church was organized in the Village of Farmington, the West Farmington Church lost members, and finally was dissolved in 1868. Neighborhood "Willing Workers" kept up the cemetery until 1975. The City of Farmington Hills now maintains it.

Source Bio Supplied By: Adrian Rawls, Historian (51413425) from the Davis Family Tree