Son of Charles Louis Davis and Margaret Saunders
1850 Census Rutherford County, TN
Charles L Davis 50 VA
Jane Davis 27 TN
Children of Charles Louis Davis and Margaret Saunders:
1. Alfred Davis 19 TN
2. Wm Davis 17 TN
3. Jno Davis 11 TN
Children of Charles Louis Davis and Jane Simmons:
4. Saml Davis 8 TN
5. Margaret Davis 6 TN
6. Oscar Davis 4 TN
7. Andronedia Davis 2 TN
8. Elizabeth Simmons 43 VA
Alfred Davis lived a full 83 years but never found contentment. Alfred (1830-1913) was 33 years old when his half-brother Sam died at age 21.
Alfred was 9 when his mother perished. Within a year, Charles married his stepmother Jane Simmons, who would bear nine children in the home.
Alfred continued to live with his family as an adult teaching his younger brothers how to hunt and farm the land. After Everett died of illness in 1851, Alfred remained in the home as caretaker.
Alfred married Nancy Edwards on Oct, 14, 1858, in Rutherford County. He operated a nearby farm, and the couple had three children: Sallie, Emma, and Ruth.
He suffered through three successive deaths beginning with his brothers Sam (1863), John (1867) and wife Nancy, who died before 1900. Alfred moved on to marry Ruth Ellen Cordell, who bore a daughter, Queen Victoria.
At the time of marriage in 1899, Alfred was 69 years old and Ruth was 18. Alfred was a profitable farmer and owned $3,500 of real estate by 1870. Yet he did not trust banks and hid money on his property.
In 1904, Ruth Cordell’s sister, Lena, was murdered in Dallas, Texas, by her husband, Samuel, who then killed himself. Alfred and Ruth took in their children Clyde (11) and Bertha (12). With no note or reason, Alfred took his life on Dec. 28, 1913.
Alfred is buried at Evergreen in Murfreesboro, and his second wife, Ruth Cordell Glymp, is buried at Mapleview in Smyrna.
1850 Census Rutherford County, TN
Charles L Davis 50 VA
Jane Davis 27 TN
Children of Charles Louis Davis and Margaret Saunders:
1. Alfred Davis 19 TN
2. Wm Davis 17 TN
3. Jno Davis 11 TN
Children of Charles Louis Davis and Jane Simmons:
4. Saml Davis 8 TN
5. Margaret Davis 6 TN
6. Oscar Davis 4 TN
7. Andronedia Davis 2 TN
8. Elizabeth Simmons 43 VA
Alfred Davis lived a full 83 years but never found contentment. Alfred (1830-1913) was 33 years old when his half-brother Sam died at age 21.
Alfred was 9 when his mother perished. Within a year, Charles married his stepmother Jane Simmons, who would bear nine children in the home.
Alfred continued to live with his family as an adult teaching his younger brothers how to hunt and farm the land. After Everett died of illness in 1851, Alfred remained in the home as caretaker.
Alfred married Nancy Edwards on Oct, 14, 1858, in Rutherford County. He operated a nearby farm, and the couple had three children: Sallie, Emma, and Ruth.
He suffered through three successive deaths beginning with his brothers Sam (1863), John (1867) and wife Nancy, who died before 1900. Alfred moved on to marry Ruth Ellen Cordell, who bore a daughter, Queen Victoria.
At the time of marriage in 1899, Alfred was 69 years old and Ruth was 18. Alfred was a profitable farmer and owned $3,500 of real estate by 1870. Yet he did not trust banks and hid money on his property.
In 1904, Ruth Cordell’s sister, Lena, was murdered in Dallas, Texas, by her husband, Samuel, who then killed himself. Alfred and Ruth took in their children Clyde (11) and Bertha (12). With no note or reason, Alfred took his life on Dec. 28, 1913.
Alfred is buried at Evergreen in Murfreesboro, and his second wife, Ruth Cordell Glymp, is buried at Mapleview in Smyrna.
Son of Charles Louis Davis and Margaret Saunders
1850 Census Rutherford County, TN
Charles L Davis 50 VA
Jane Davis 27 TN
Children of Charles Louis Davis and Margaret Saunders:
1. Alfred Davis 19 TN
2. Wm Davis 17 TN
3. Jno Davis 11 TN
Children of Charles Louis Davis and Jane Simmons:
4. Saml Davis 8 TN
5. Margaret Davis 6 TN
6. Oscar Davis 4 TN
7. Andronedia Davis 2 TN
8. Elizabeth Simmons 43 VA
Alfred Davis lived a full 83 years but never found contentment. Alfred (1830-1913) was 33 years old when his half-brother Sam died at age 21.
Alfred was 9 when his mother perished. Within a year, Charles married his stepmother Jane Simmons, who would bear nine children in the home.
Alfred continued to live with his family as an adult teaching his younger brothers how to hunt and farm the land. After Everett died of illness in 1851, Alfred remained in the home as caretaker.
Alfred married Nancy Edwards on Oct, 14, 1858, in Rutherford County. He operated a nearby farm, and the couple had three children: Sallie, Emma, and Ruth.
He suffered through three successive deaths beginning with his brothers Sam (1863), John (1867) and wife Nancy, who died before 1900. Alfred moved on to marry Ruth Ellen Cordell, who bore a daughter, Queen Victoria.
At the time of marriage in 1899, Alfred was 69 years old and Ruth was 18. Alfred was a profitable farmer and owned $3,500 of real estate by 1870. Yet he did not trust banks and hid money on his property.
In 1904, Ruth Cordell’s sister, Lena, was murdered in Dallas, Texas, by her husband, Samuel, who then killed himself. Alfred and Ruth took in their children Clyde (11) and Bertha (12). With no note or reason, Alfred took his life on Dec. 28, 1913.
Alfred is buried at Evergreen in Murfreesboro, and his second wife, Ruth Cordell Glymp, is buried at Mapleview in Smyrna.
1850 Census Rutherford County, TN
Charles L Davis 50 VA
Jane Davis 27 TN
Children of Charles Louis Davis and Margaret Saunders:
1. Alfred Davis 19 TN
2. Wm Davis 17 TN
3. Jno Davis 11 TN
Children of Charles Louis Davis and Jane Simmons:
4. Saml Davis 8 TN
5. Margaret Davis 6 TN
6. Oscar Davis 4 TN
7. Andronedia Davis 2 TN
8. Elizabeth Simmons 43 VA
Alfred Davis lived a full 83 years but never found contentment. Alfred (1830-1913) was 33 years old when his half-brother Sam died at age 21.
Alfred was 9 when his mother perished. Within a year, Charles married his stepmother Jane Simmons, who would bear nine children in the home.
Alfred continued to live with his family as an adult teaching his younger brothers how to hunt and farm the land. After Everett died of illness in 1851, Alfred remained in the home as caretaker.
Alfred married Nancy Edwards on Oct, 14, 1858, in Rutherford County. He operated a nearby farm, and the couple had three children: Sallie, Emma, and Ruth.
He suffered through three successive deaths beginning with his brothers Sam (1863), John (1867) and wife Nancy, who died before 1900. Alfred moved on to marry Ruth Ellen Cordell, who bore a daughter, Queen Victoria.
At the time of marriage in 1899, Alfred was 69 years old and Ruth was 18. Alfred was a profitable farmer and owned $3,500 of real estate by 1870. Yet he did not trust banks and hid money on his property.
In 1904, Ruth Cordell’s sister, Lena, was murdered in Dallas, Texas, by her husband, Samuel, who then killed himself. Alfred and Ruth took in their children Clyde (11) and Bertha (12). With no note or reason, Alfred took his life on Dec. 28, 1913.
Alfred is buried at Evergreen in Murfreesboro, and his second wife, Ruth Cordell Glymp, is buried at Mapleview in Smyrna.
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