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Gwin Franklin Davis Sr.

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Gwin Franklin Davis Sr.

Birth
Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
Death
26 Apr 1954 (aged 49)
Harrisburg, Saline County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Eldorado, Saline County, Illinois, USA GPS-Latitude: 37.7958818, Longitude: -88.4653413
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Board Member From Mountain Twp.

Gwin Davis 49 years old, Somerset farmer and supervisor of Mountain Township, died at 10:45 a.m. today at the Harrisburg Hospital, where he had been a patient for a week.
Davis was well known throughout the county. He was a graduate of the Harrisburg Township high school where he was a track star, running the middle distances, in the early twenties.
Davis' wife, Mable, preceded him in death, dying in 1952.
He is survived by the following children: Mrs. Maxine Belt, Buena Vista; Donald Davis, Pontiac, Mich; Doyle Davis, near Somerset; Mrs. Shirley Borders, Harrisburg; two sons Leon and Gwin Jr., at home, three grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Oral Walls, Big Ridge; Mrs. Cordis Cutsinger, Battle Creek, Mich.; two brothers, Albert Davis, Manteno; and C. A. Davis, Battle Creek, Mich.
He was a member of the Big Saline Church and of the Somerset I.O.O. F. Lowman lodge, No. 736.
The body is now at the Harrisburg funeral home, and plans are incomplete.
Board Member From Mountain Twp.

Gwin Davis 49 years old, Somerset farmer and supervisor of Mountain Township, died at 10:45 a.m. today at the Harrisburg Hospital, where he had been a patient for a week.
Davis was well known throughout the county. He was a graduate of the Harrisburg Township high school where he was a track star, running the middle distances, in the early twenties.
Davis' wife, Mable, preceded him in death, dying in 1952.
He is survived by the following children: Mrs. Maxine Belt, Buena Vista; Donald Davis, Pontiac, Mich; Doyle Davis, near Somerset; Mrs. Shirley Borders, Harrisburg; two sons Leon and Gwin Jr., at home, three grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Oral Walls, Big Ridge; Mrs. Cordis Cutsinger, Battle Creek, Mich.; two brothers, Albert Davis, Manteno; and C. A. Davis, Battle Creek, Mich.
He was a member of the Big Saline Church and of the Somerset I.O.O. F. Lowman lodge, No. 736.
The body is now at the Harrisburg funeral home, and plans are incomplete.


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  • Maintained by: Andrea Relative Great-grandchild
  • Originally Created by: AZLITE
  • Added: Jul 18, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93803581/gwin_franklin-davis: accessed ), memorial page for Gwin Franklin Davis Sr. (22 Jan 1905–26 Apr 1954), Find a Grave Memorial ID 93803581, citing Lindale Memorial Gardens, Eldorado, Saline County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Andrea (contributor 49670694).