Information taken from Death Certificate #16772; information given by Mose L. Humphress, spouse:
Date of Birth: October 11, 1881
Residence: 3426 North 29th Street, Kansas City, Kansas
Residency in Community: 26 years
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: House Work - own home
PARENTS: FATHER, SAMPSON LEWIS; *MOTHER, "UNKNOWN"
Cause of Death: Hypertension; heart disease; chronic nephritis - Douglass Hospital, Kansas City, Kansas.
Mortuary: Mrs. J.W. Jones Mortuary, 440 State Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas
Burial: November 7, 1948
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NOTE: Birth year of 1881 as reflected on the death certificate is incorrect. 1880 U.S. Census reflects that Vinnie is 9 years of age, with a birth year of "about 1871." Also, the family surname for the 1870 Census was "Kade." Sometime between the 1870 Census and the 1880 Census, and for reasons unknown, the surname changed to "Lewis."
*Vinna's mother's name was Patsy Smith.
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Vinnie was born in Clarksville, Texas, on or about October 11, 1871, the youngest of four children of Sampson Lewis and Patsy Smith Lewis. She received her early religious training at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church where her brother, the Rev. Edmond Lewis, was also an associate pastor.
Vinnie married William H. Davis on December 26, 1890 in Clarksville, Texas. One child, James Davis, was born to this union.
During the latter 1920s, Vinnie relocated to Kansas City, Kansas. There she met and married Mose Humphress. Thereafter, she was joined by Hattie Johnson Dixon, the daughter of her eldest sister Eliza, and Hattie's children, Aaron and Albert Dixon.
She was preceded in death by her parents, grandparents, Morgan and Rachel Smith, one sister, Eliza Lewis Johnson, and her son, James Davis.
She leaves to mourn her passing her husband, Mose, and her stepchildren; one brother, Rev. Edmond Lewis (Mattie) of Clarksville, Texas, and one sister, Kate Lewis of Cement, Oklahoma, and many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Information taken from Death Certificate #16772; information given by Mose L. Humphress, spouse:
Date of Birth: October 11, 1881
Residence: 3426 North 29th Street, Kansas City, Kansas
Residency in Community: 26 years
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: House Work - own home
PARENTS: FATHER, SAMPSON LEWIS; *MOTHER, "UNKNOWN"
Cause of Death: Hypertension; heart disease; chronic nephritis - Douglass Hospital, Kansas City, Kansas.
Mortuary: Mrs. J.W. Jones Mortuary, 440 State Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas
Burial: November 7, 1948
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NOTE: Birth year of 1881 as reflected on the death certificate is incorrect. 1880 U.S. Census reflects that Vinnie is 9 years of age, with a birth year of "about 1871." Also, the family surname for the 1870 Census was "Kade." Sometime between the 1870 Census and the 1880 Census, and for reasons unknown, the surname changed to "Lewis."
*Vinna's mother's name was Patsy Smith.
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Vinnie was born in Clarksville, Texas, on or about October 11, 1871, the youngest of four children of Sampson Lewis and Patsy Smith Lewis. She received her early religious training at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church where her brother, the Rev. Edmond Lewis, was also an associate pastor.
Vinnie married William H. Davis on December 26, 1890 in Clarksville, Texas. One child, James Davis, was born to this union.
During the latter 1920s, Vinnie relocated to Kansas City, Kansas. There she met and married Mose Humphress. Thereafter, she was joined by Hattie Johnson Dixon, the daughter of her eldest sister Eliza, and Hattie's children, Aaron and Albert Dixon.
She was preceded in death by her parents, grandparents, Morgan and Rachel Smith, one sister, Eliza Lewis Johnson, and her son, James Davis.
She leaves to mourn her passing her husband, Mose, and her stepchildren; one brother, Rev. Edmond Lewis (Mattie) of Clarksville, Texas, and one sister, Kate Lewis of Cement, Oklahoma, and many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
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