Mary Van Hook (Fulkerson) Davis was born Sep. 24, 1820 in Abingdon, Virginia to Abram and Margaret Laughlin (Vance) Fulkerson. She married Archimedes Davis on 12 Feb 1840 in Granger County, Tennessee. They were the parents of Margaret, Arabella, James, Abram, Archimedes, Mary, Samuel, Griffith, Arthur, Sarah, Lydia, Salina and Robert V. Mary died on October 27, 1892 at the age of 72y 1m and 3d.
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Her son Robert's death record notes her middle name as Van Hook....
Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014
Name:Robert Vance Davis
Gender:Male
Race:White
Age at Death:82
Birth Date:16 Nov 1864
Death Date:24 Dec 1946
Death Place:Abingdon, Washington, Virginia, USA
Registration Date:30 Dec 1946
Father:Archimedes Davis
Mother:Mary Van Hook Van Hook Fulkerson
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From the History of Carroll County, Arkansas 1889
Archimedes Davis, one of the prominent attorneys of Eureka Springs, Ark., is a native of Abington, Washington Co, VA. He was born on December 12, 1850, and is the son of Archimedes and Mary V. (Fulkerson) Davis. The father was of English and Welsh extraction and a native of Virginia. By profession he was a lawyer. He also owned several plantations, which he managed. For twenty years before his death he was an elder in the Presbyterian Church. In politics he was a stanch Democrat. His death occurred in 1854. His wife was also a native of the "old Dominion." Two of her brothers were colonels in the Confederate army, and one of them has been in Congress since the war. She is still living at the old home in Virginia at the age of seventy-five years.
Our subject was reared on his father's farm and secured a good education, which was finished at King College, Bristol, Tenn. In 1870 he began reading law with his uncle, Frank Fulkerson, of Rogersville, Tenn., and continued for one year. Thence he went to Bristol and finished his law education with York and Fulkerson, the latter being his mother's youngest brother. He obtained license to practice at Abingdon, VA, and came west in 1873. Locating at Marshall, Searcy Co., Ark., he practiced law there ten years, after which he came to Eureka Springs, where he has since controlled a large practice.
In 1876 he was elected mayor of Eureka Springs, and held the office two terms, which was during the litigation on the town site; and was one of the committee appointed to carry out the decree of the court in that suit. His marriage with Sallie B Rogers was celebrated in Searcy County, Ark., in 1878, and to them have been born four children, of whom one, Grace, is dead. Those living are Blanch, Sam, Vance, and Mary. Mrs. Davis is a consistent Christian and a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Davis takes an active interest in political matters, and supports the Democratic party. For the past two years he has served as chairman of the Democratic Central Committee of Carroll County.
Mary Van Hook (Fulkerson) Davis was born Sep. 24, 1820 in Abingdon, Virginia to Abram and Margaret Laughlin (Vance) Fulkerson. She married Archimedes Davis on 12 Feb 1840 in Granger County, Tennessee. They were the parents of Margaret, Arabella, James, Abram, Archimedes, Mary, Samuel, Griffith, Arthur, Sarah, Lydia, Salina and Robert V. Mary died on October 27, 1892 at the age of 72y 1m and 3d.
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Her son Robert's death record notes her middle name as Van Hook....
Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014
Name:Robert Vance Davis
Gender:Male
Race:White
Age at Death:82
Birth Date:16 Nov 1864
Death Date:24 Dec 1946
Death Place:Abingdon, Washington, Virginia, USA
Registration Date:30 Dec 1946
Father:Archimedes Davis
Mother:Mary Van Hook Van Hook Fulkerson
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From the History of Carroll County, Arkansas 1889
Archimedes Davis, one of the prominent attorneys of Eureka Springs, Ark., is a native of Abington, Washington Co, VA. He was born on December 12, 1850, and is the son of Archimedes and Mary V. (Fulkerson) Davis. The father was of English and Welsh extraction and a native of Virginia. By profession he was a lawyer. He also owned several plantations, which he managed. For twenty years before his death he was an elder in the Presbyterian Church. In politics he was a stanch Democrat. His death occurred in 1854. His wife was also a native of the "old Dominion." Two of her brothers were colonels in the Confederate army, and one of them has been in Congress since the war. She is still living at the old home in Virginia at the age of seventy-five years.
Our subject was reared on his father's farm and secured a good education, which was finished at King College, Bristol, Tenn. In 1870 he began reading law with his uncle, Frank Fulkerson, of Rogersville, Tenn., and continued for one year. Thence he went to Bristol and finished his law education with York and Fulkerson, the latter being his mother's youngest brother. He obtained license to practice at Abingdon, VA, and came west in 1873. Locating at Marshall, Searcy Co., Ark., he practiced law there ten years, after which he came to Eureka Springs, where he has since controlled a large practice.
In 1876 he was elected mayor of Eureka Springs, and held the office two terms, which was during the litigation on the town site; and was one of the committee appointed to carry out the decree of the court in that suit. His marriage with Sallie B Rogers was celebrated in Searcy County, Ark., in 1878, and to them have been born four children, of whom one, Grace, is dead. Those living are Blanch, Sam, Vance, and Mary. Mrs. Davis is a consistent Christian and a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Davis takes an active interest in political matters, and supports the Democratic party. For the past two years he has served as chairman of the Democratic Central Committee of Carroll County.
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