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Zachary Taylor Davis

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Zachary Taylor Davis

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24 Nov 1918 (aged 67–68)
Center, Shelby County, Texas, USA
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Center, Shelby County, Texas, USA
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Son of Elizabeth and P. Davis
Husband of Sophronia Catherine Pittman

Zachary Taylor Davis was born in Georgia and came to Texas when he was young. He married Sophronia Catherine Pittman in 1873. Surviving children are: W. I. and T. O. Davis, attorneys of Center; Z. W. Davis, R. F. Davis of Nacogdoches; E. W. Davis of Longview; Henry and Neal Davis, officers serving France with the American expeditionary forces; James F. Davis, in officers training camp in Florida; Charles Davis, in officers training camp in Minnesota; Mrs. E. B. Holmes, nursing with the Red Cross in New York since the war but has returned to Camp Logan, Houston; Mrs. E. B. Hesser of Rosenburg, TX; Laura Davis, teaching at Hemphill; Lucille Davis, teaching at Tyler; and Mrs. B. P. Downer of DeRidder, LA.

Sources:

Obituary, The Champion, November 27, 1918, reprinted in Mildred Cariker Pinkston, Obituaries of Early Pioneers, Shelby County, Texas, Center: Center Printing Co., 1983, I:4

Mangum Funeral Home files, Center, Texas, 1918
Son of Elizabeth and P. Davis
Husband of Sophronia Catherine Pittman

Zachary Taylor Davis was born in Georgia and came to Texas when he was young. He married Sophronia Catherine Pittman in 1873. Surviving children are: W. I. and T. O. Davis, attorneys of Center; Z. W. Davis, R. F. Davis of Nacogdoches; E. W. Davis of Longview; Henry and Neal Davis, officers serving France with the American expeditionary forces; James F. Davis, in officers training camp in Florida; Charles Davis, in officers training camp in Minnesota; Mrs. E. B. Holmes, nursing with the Red Cross in New York since the war but has returned to Camp Logan, Houston; Mrs. E. B. Hesser of Rosenburg, TX; Laura Davis, teaching at Hemphill; Lucille Davis, teaching at Tyler; and Mrs. B. P. Downer of DeRidder, LA.

Sources:

Obituary, The Champion, November 27, 1918, reprinted in Mildred Cariker Pinkston, Obituaries of Early Pioneers, Shelby County, Texas, Center: Center Printing Co., 1983, I:4

Mangum Funeral Home files, Center, Texas, 1918

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