Elizbeth Mershon Davis was the 4th of 5 known surviving children born to Thomas Crowder Davis and Virginia Caroline Stith of Wilson.
She married November 9, 1887 to Thomas Hall Battle (1860-1936) of Rocky Mount, NC, son of Kemp Plummer Battle and Martha Ann Battle. Kemp Plummer Battle (1831-1919) of Chapel Hill and Raleigh, was a prominent lawyer, President of the Chatham Railroad; active in state affairs during the Civil War, served as State Treasurer and as University of North Carolina president, 1876-1891, and professor of history, 1891-1907.
Bettie and Thomas Hall Battle would become parents of two known children: Thomas Hall Battle Jr. (ca. 1887) and Kemp Davis Battle (1888-1973).
Bettie Davis Battle died in 1890 at the young age of 24. She was buried in Maplewood near Davis family members.
Her widowed husband would later remarry twice -- first in 1895 to Sally Dortch Hyman of Scotland Neck, by whom 3 more children were born; and lastly to Mary Norcom Weddell of Tarboro in 1920.
Her only surviving son, Kemp Davis Battle lived in Rocky Mount, NC marrying Laura Maude Bunn in 1917 and having 2 daughters: Elizabeth Mershon Battle (1922) and Laura Maude Battle (1928). Kemp was a UNC graduate, and attorney and Judge in Rocky Mount, as well as Vice President and Director of Rocky Mount Mills. He held numerous offices in local organizations including Carolina Telephone, Rocky Mount Public Schools, and Braswell Memorial Library. He dedicated many hours to the North Carolina and the National Tuberculosis Associations.
She married November 9, 1887 to Thomas Hall Battle (1860-1936) of Rocky Mount, NC, son of Kemp Plummer Battle and Martha Ann Battle. Kemp Plummer Battle (1831-1919) of Chapel Hill and Raleigh, was a prominent lawyer, President of the Chatham Railroad; active in state affairs during the Civil War, served as State Treasurer and as University of North Carolina president, 1876-1891, and professor of history, 1891-1907.
Bettie and Thomas Hall Battle would become parents of two known children: Thomas Hall Battle Jr. (ca. 1887) and Kemp Davis Battle (1888-1973).
Bettie Davis Battle died in 1890 at the young age of 24. She was buried in Maplewood near Davis family members.
Her widowed husband would later remarry twice -- first in 1895 to Sally Dortch Hyman of Scotland Neck, by whom 3 more children were born; and lastly to Mary Norcom Weddell of Tarboro in 1920.
Her only surviving son, Kemp Davis Battle lived in Rocky Mount, NC marrying Laura Maude Bunn in 1917 and having 2 daughters: Elizabeth Mershon Battle (1922) and Laura Maude Battle (1928). Kemp was a UNC graduate, and attorney and Judge in Rocky Mount, as well as Vice President and Director of Rocky Mount Mills. He held numerous offices in local organizations including Carolina Telephone, Rocky Mount Public Schools, and Braswell Memorial Library. He dedicated many hours to the North Carolina and the National Tuberculosis Associations.
Elizbeth Mershon Davis was the 4th of 5 known surviving children born to Thomas Crowder Davis and Virginia Caroline Stith of Wilson.
She married November 9, 1887 to Thomas Hall Battle (1860-1936) of Rocky Mount, NC, son of Kemp Plummer Battle and Martha Ann Battle. Kemp Plummer Battle (1831-1919) of Chapel Hill and Raleigh, was a prominent lawyer, President of the Chatham Railroad; active in state affairs during the Civil War, served as State Treasurer and as University of North Carolina president, 1876-1891, and professor of history, 1891-1907.
Bettie and Thomas Hall Battle would become parents of two known children: Thomas Hall Battle Jr. (ca. 1887) and Kemp Davis Battle (1888-1973).
Bettie Davis Battle died in 1890 at the young age of 24. She was buried in Maplewood near Davis family members.
Her widowed husband would later remarry twice -- first in 1895 to Sally Dortch Hyman of Scotland Neck, by whom 3 more children were born; and lastly to Mary Norcom Weddell of Tarboro in 1920.
Her only surviving son, Kemp Davis Battle lived in Rocky Mount, NC marrying Laura Maude Bunn in 1917 and having 2 daughters: Elizabeth Mershon Battle (1922) and Laura Maude Battle (1928). Kemp was a UNC graduate, and attorney and Judge in Rocky Mount, as well as Vice President and Director of Rocky Mount Mills. He held numerous offices in local organizations including Carolina Telephone, Rocky Mount Public Schools, and Braswell Memorial Library. He dedicated many hours to the North Carolina and the National Tuberculosis Associations.
She married November 9, 1887 to Thomas Hall Battle (1860-1936) of Rocky Mount, NC, son of Kemp Plummer Battle and Martha Ann Battle. Kemp Plummer Battle (1831-1919) of Chapel Hill and Raleigh, was a prominent lawyer, President of the Chatham Railroad; active in state affairs during the Civil War, served as State Treasurer and as University of North Carolina president, 1876-1891, and professor of history, 1891-1907.
Bettie and Thomas Hall Battle would become parents of two known children: Thomas Hall Battle Jr. (ca. 1887) and Kemp Davis Battle (1888-1973).
Bettie Davis Battle died in 1890 at the young age of 24. She was buried in Maplewood near Davis family members.
Her widowed husband would later remarry twice -- first in 1895 to Sally Dortch Hyman of Scotland Neck, by whom 3 more children were born; and lastly to Mary Norcom Weddell of Tarboro in 1920.
Her only surviving son, Kemp Davis Battle lived in Rocky Mount, NC marrying Laura Maude Bunn in 1917 and having 2 daughters: Elizabeth Mershon Battle (1922) and Laura Maude Battle (1928). Kemp was a UNC graduate, and attorney and Judge in Rocky Mount, as well as Vice President and Director of Rocky Mount Mills. He held numerous offices in local organizations including Carolina Telephone, Rocky Mount Public Schools, and Braswell Memorial Library. He dedicated many hours to the North Carolina and the National Tuberculosis Associations.
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