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Flora Etta <I>Freeland</I> Davis

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Flora Etta Freeland Davis

Birth
Marion County, Indiana, USA
Death
4 Mar 1953 (aged 82)
Lizton, Hendricks County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Lizton, Hendricks County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Flora Etta Freeland was a daughter of George and Elizabeth (Harmon) Freeland. The 1880 Census shows her as age 9 living with her parents in Washington Township, Hendricks County, Indiana. On Nov. 20, 1889 she married William H. Davis in Marion County. The 1900 Census shows this couple (William H. [age 36] and Flora E. [age 29] living in Wayne Township in Marion County with children Harold (age 9), Hermann (age 7), Alta M. (age 5), Mima (age 2) and Orvil L. (age 4 months). The 1910 Census has William H. (age 46) and Flora Etta (age 39) Davis living in Lincoln Township in Hendricks County with Harold (age 19), Herman (age 17), Alta May (age 15), Mima (age 12), Orval Lester (age 10), Floyd (age 6) and Etta Pearl (age 2 months). The 1930 Census shows Flora E. Davis (age 59) as widowed and living by herself in Lizton.

A listing of burials in the K of P Cemetery indicates she is buried next to her sister, Margurite N. (Freeland) Wehr.

from the Republican for March 12, 1953:

Mrs. Flora Etta Davis died suddenly from a heart attack, Wednesday evening, March 4, while at the supper table at the home of Elder and Mrs. Wesley Eckler, Lizton, where she was spending the winter.

Born, February 27, 1871, in Marion County, she was one of 10 children born to George and Elizabeth Freeland. Her death leaves only one remaining member of that immediate family, Harry Freeland, of Jamestown.

She was married to William H. Davis, November 20, 1899, and lived in Indianapolis until the death of her husband in 1923 when she went to live with her father, George Freeland, at Lizton.

Besides the brother, Harry, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Alta Scott of near Lebanon, and Mrs. Pearl Chastain of Indianapolis; two sons, Floyd Davis, principal of Greensburg School, and Dr. Orville L. Davis, a retired missionary from India now on the staff of DePauw University; six grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Two sons and one daughter preceded their mother in death.

Funeral services were Saturday afternoon from the Lizton Methodist Church of which she was a member. They were in charge of the Rev. Donald Weaver. Burial was in the K. of P. Cemetery at Lizton.
Flora Etta Freeland was a daughter of George and Elizabeth (Harmon) Freeland. The 1880 Census shows her as age 9 living with her parents in Washington Township, Hendricks County, Indiana. On Nov. 20, 1889 she married William H. Davis in Marion County. The 1900 Census shows this couple (William H. [age 36] and Flora E. [age 29] living in Wayne Township in Marion County with children Harold (age 9), Hermann (age 7), Alta M. (age 5), Mima (age 2) and Orvil L. (age 4 months). The 1910 Census has William H. (age 46) and Flora Etta (age 39) Davis living in Lincoln Township in Hendricks County with Harold (age 19), Herman (age 17), Alta May (age 15), Mima (age 12), Orval Lester (age 10), Floyd (age 6) and Etta Pearl (age 2 months). The 1930 Census shows Flora E. Davis (age 59) as widowed and living by herself in Lizton.

A listing of burials in the K of P Cemetery indicates she is buried next to her sister, Margurite N. (Freeland) Wehr.

from the Republican for March 12, 1953:

Mrs. Flora Etta Davis died suddenly from a heart attack, Wednesday evening, March 4, while at the supper table at the home of Elder and Mrs. Wesley Eckler, Lizton, where she was spending the winter.

Born, February 27, 1871, in Marion County, she was one of 10 children born to George and Elizabeth Freeland. Her death leaves only one remaining member of that immediate family, Harry Freeland, of Jamestown.

She was married to William H. Davis, November 20, 1899, and lived in Indianapolis until the death of her husband in 1923 when she went to live with her father, George Freeland, at Lizton.

Besides the brother, Harry, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Alta Scott of near Lebanon, and Mrs. Pearl Chastain of Indianapolis; two sons, Floyd Davis, principal of Greensburg School, and Dr. Orville L. Davis, a retired missionary from India now on the staff of DePauw University; six grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Two sons and one daughter preceded their mother in death.

Funeral services were Saturday afternoon from the Lizton Methodist Church of which she was a member. They were in charge of the Rev. Donald Weaver. Burial was in the K. of P. Cemetery at Lizton.


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