Walter Davis was the fourth of seven children born to:
MABERRY DAVIS AND IZILLA KIDWELL. He was the first of the children to be born in Colusa County, California. His older three siblings were born in Clark County, Illinois.
Walter married Mary Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Tuck on 22 September 1878 at Marvin Chapel in Afton, Glenn County, California.
To WALTER DAVIS and MARY ELIZABETH TUCK, ten known children were born:
1. Clarence Henry Davis (1880 - 1927)
2. Edward Emerson Davis (1881 - 1938)
3. James Marion Davis (1883 - 1930)
4. Agnes Izilla Davis Collins (1885 - 1979)
5. Maberry Davis (1886 - 1967)
6. Harold Walter Davis (1888 - 1952)
7. Charlotte Ann Davis North (1891 - 1983)
8. Irene Davis Brown (1894 - 1985)
9. Madison Davis (1896 - 1944)
10.Albert Davis (1899 - 1954)
His wife Mary Elizabeth Tuck Davis died in 1914. In 1915, Walter married his nurse, Miss LaReina Dow. In 1917, Walter and his 2nd wife LaReina and daughters Charlotte and Agnes, traveled with him by train to visit his siblings in Colusa County, California. Walter became ill and got off the train in Portland, Oregon. He died of heart failure on October 17, 1917. He never made it back to see his siblings at his birthplace once last time.
Walter is buried next to his first wife Mary Elizabeth Tuck Davis, in the Vineland Cemetery in Clarkston, Washington. Also buried at Vineland Cemetery are his sons Clarence and Albert, and his daughter Agnes Izilla Davis Collins and her husband Oscar Collins.
The Saga and Legend of Walter Davis
... by Charles Maberry Davis, his great-grandson ...
Walter was the first child of the family born in California after his mother and father had come west for the 1849 Goldrush in Colusa County and other areas of California. He grew up helping on the family ranch leaning about farming and raising livestock. In the fall of 1878 he married Mary Elizabeth Tuck in Colusa County California. He was 22 years old and Mary Elizabeth was 21. [The couple were married on September 22, 1878 in the Marvin Chapel at Afton, Colusa County California by Reverend ELIJAH McDANIEL. Reverend McDaniel was also the best friend of Walter's father Maberry Davis.]
In the spring of the next year (1879) he set out for the Palouse Country of Washington Territory to find good suitable land for a homestead for his wife and family to be. He had consulted with his father I am sure and he felt the best place for him to strike out on his own was this area. Much of the best farm land in California and Oregon had already been homesteaded over the previous 30 years but was still widely available in Whitman County, Washington Territory. He left his young wife and set out alone on horseback to make the journey north. He spent a good deal of the summer looking at land in Whitman County before making an application for a homestead near St. John, WA. He returned to California arriving back in California at his father’s ranch in late summer. Preparations began in earnest to get all the gear, tools, livestock, new clothes, planting seeds, preserved food etc. ready to be loaded onto a new wagon he and his extended family would built over the winter. A couple months into this preparation endeavor he probably learned that his young new wife was going to have a baby. Their first born, Clarence Henry Davis, came into the world on Mar 30, 1880 in Colusa County, CA. I am sure that probably delayed departure a little somewhat to make sure that wife and baby were strong and well enough to make the long rough journey north to Washington. Finally they departed and met up with other settlers at a trailhead point of departure and joined up as a “wagon train”.
Walter was chosen/elected wagon master as he had already been over the trail they were about to take and had experience with some of the Indians whose land they would be traversing. This responsibility was given to him even though he was purported to be the youngest man among those on the wagon train. The wagons moved a little slower than expected. This fact, and the delayed start made their arrival in the Palouse later than desired. They arrived in September and signs of an early winter were already about. There was no time to build a house. Walter and Mary Elizabeth settled near a freshwater spring on their new homestead about 3 miles from the town of St. John, WA. Walter busted some sod out to stack as a room/entry way to get into a cave Walter dug into a Palouse North hillside. The sod entryway room served as a kitchen and fire area and the dugout cave behind it served as a fire protected, sheltered from the wind, place for the three of them to sleep over the long cold winter.
In 1881 Walter “proved up” on his homestead. He also bought some adjoining land for himself and his father Mayberry. Tax receipt records for 1883 show taxes paid on three sections of land (1,920 acres) by Walter Davis for Mayberry Davis. Walter’s father Mayberry died in 1888. The Mayberry’s land in Whitman Co. passed by court decree on the strength of the Will of Mayberry Davis to his wife Izilla in 1891. Subsequently the land was either sold or gifted to Walter by Izilla and land in California went to the other six brothers and sisters of Walter who had remained in California.
Walter and Mary Tuck, his wife, continued to farm and accumulated substantial farm land and grazing land in Whitman , Spokane , Asotin, Adams, and Garfield counties in Washington, and Latah and Nez Perce counties in Idaho. At the pinnacle of his land accumulation Walter owned over 30,000 acres. His wife Mary, died in 1914. His two youngest daughters were married in 1915 in a double wedding ceremony at his home in Asotin County (Clarkston, WA). In 1916 he married again to his nurse LaReina Dow at a civil ceremony in Spokane, WA.
Prior to his death in 1917, Walter gifted all of his sons the land that they were farming for him approximately 960 acres each. He placed the balance of his land and most of his money into a new company he formed and incorporated in Washington State called the Davis Land and Investment Company. A share was given to each child and he held one share himself. The Davis Land and Investment Company was primarily run by son James Marion Davis until his death in an automobile accident in 1930 on Buck Canyon grade near Colfax, WA. The company had become leveraged with bank loans during the 1920’s and when the depression hit much of the land had to be sold to meet bank loan obligations. The company was finally dissolved in 1942 with 7 of the 10 surviving stockholders (Clarance, James, and Edward having already died). Maberry Davis, the oldest surviving brother, was in charge of this process after the death of Edward in 1938 who had begun the process in 1937. Maberry and his sister Charlotte took deeded land in the settlement with cash going to the other shareholders.
Family history told by Charles Maberry Davis, great-grandson of Walter Davis and Mary Elizabeth Tuck.
MABERRY DAVIS AND IZILLA KIDWELL. He was the first of the children to be born in Colusa County, California. His older three siblings were born in Clark County, Illinois.
Walter married Mary Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Tuck on 22 September 1878 at Marvin Chapel in Afton, Glenn County, California.
To WALTER DAVIS and MARY ELIZABETH TUCK, ten known children were born:
1. Clarence Henry Davis (1880 - 1927)
2. Edward Emerson Davis (1881 - 1938)
3. James Marion Davis (1883 - 1930)
4. Agnes Izilla Davis Collins (1885 - 1979)
5. Maberry Davis (1886 - 1967)
6. Harold Walter Davis (1888 - 1952)
7. Charlotte Ann Davis North (1891 - 1983)
8. Irene Davis Brown (1894 - 1985)
9. Madison Davis (1896 - 1944)
10.Albert Davis (1899 - 1954)
His wife Mary Elizabeth Tuck Davis died in 1914. In 1915, Walter married his nurse, Miss LaReina Dow. In 1917, Walter and his 2nd wife LaReina and daughters Charlotte and Agnes, traveled with him by train to visit his siblings in Colusa County, California. Walter became ill and got off the train in Portland, Oregon. He died of heart failure on October 17, 1917. He never made it back to see his siblings at his birthplace once last time.
Walter is buried next to his first wife Mary Elizabeth Tuck Davis, in the Vineland Cemetery in Clarkston, Washington. Also buried at Vineland Cemetery are his sons Clarence and Albert, and his daughter Agnes Izilla Davis Collins and her husband Oscar Collins.
The Saga and Legend of Walter Davis
... by Charles Maberry Davis, his great-grandson ...
Walter was the first child of the family born in California after his mother and father had come west for the 1849 Goldrush in Colusa County and other areas of California. He grew up helping on the family ranch leaning about farming and raising livestock. In the fall of 1878 he married Mary Elizabeth Tuck in Colusa County California. He was 22 years old and Mary Elizabeth was 21. [The couple were married on September 22, 1878 in the Marvin Chapel at Afton, Colusa County California by Reverend ELIJAH McDANIEL. Reverend McDaniel was also the best friend of Walter's father Maberry Davis.]
In the spring of the next year (1879) he set out for the Palouse Country of Washington Territory to find good suitable land for a homestead for his wife and family to be. He had consulted with his father I am sure and he felt the best place for him to strike out on his own was this area. Much of the best farm land in California and Oregon had already been homesteaded over the previous 30 years but was still widely available in Whitman County, Washington Territory. He left his young wife and set out alone on horseback to make the journey north. He spent a good deal of the summer looking at land in Whitman County before making an application for a homestead near St. John, WA. He returned to California arriving back in California at his father’s ranch in late summer. Preparations began in earnest to get all the gear, tools, livestock, new clothes, planting seeds, preserved food etc. ready to be loaded onto a new wagon he and his extended family would built over the winter. A couple months into this preparation endeavor he probably learned that his young new wife was going to have a baby. Their first born, Clarence Henry Davis, came into the world on Mar 30, 1880 in Colusa County, CA. I am sure that probably delayed departure a little somewhat to make sure that wife and baby were strong and well enough to make the long rough journey north to Washington. Finally they departed and met up with other settlers at a trailhead point of departure and joined up as a “wagon train”.
Walter was chosen/elected wagon master as he had already been over the trail they were about to take and had experience with some of the Indians whose land they would be traversing. This responsibility was given to him even though he was purported to be the youngest man among those on the wagon train. The wagons moved a little slower than expected. This fact, and the delayed start made their arrival in the Palouse later than desired. They arrived in September and signs of an early winter were already about. There was no time to build a house. Walter and Mary Elizabeth settled near a freshwater spring on their new homestead about 3 miles from the town of St. John, WA. Walter busted some sod out to stack as a room/entry way to get into a cave Walter dug into a Palouse North hillside. The sod entryway room served as a kitchen and fire area and the dugout cave behind it served as a fire protected, sheltered from the wind, place for the three of them to sleep over the long cold winter.
In 1881 Walter “proved up” on his homestead. He also bought some adjoining land for himself and his father Mayberry. Tax receipt records for 1883 show taxes paid on three sections of land (1,920 acres) by Walter Davis for Mayberry Davis. Walter’s father Mayberry died in 1888. The Mayberry’s land in Whitman Co. passed by court decree on the strength of the Will of Mayberry Davis to his wife Izilla in 1891. Subsequently the land was either sold or gifted to Walter by Izilla and land in California went to the other six brothers and sisters of Walter who had remained in California.
Walter and Mary Tuck, his wife, continued to farm and accumulated substantial farm land and grazing land in Whitman , Spokane , Asotin, Adams, and Garfield counties in Washington, and Latah and Nez Perce counties in Idaho. At the pinnacle of his land accumulation Walter owned over 30,000 acres. His wife Mary, died in 1914. His two youngest daughters were married in 1915 in a double wedding ceremony at his home in Asotin County (Clarkston, WA). In 1916 he married again to his nurse LaReina Dow at a civil ceremony in Spokane, WA.
Prior to his death in 1917, Walter gifted all of his sons the land that they were farming for him approximately 960 acres each. He placed the balance of his land and most of his money into a new company he formed and incorporated in Washington State called the Davis Land and Investment Company. A share was given to each child and he held one share himself. The Davis Land and Investment Company was primarily run by son James Marion Davis until his death in an automobile accident in 1930 on Buck Canyon grade near Colfax, WA. The company had become leveraged with bank loans during the 1920’s and when the depression hit much of the land had to be sold to meet bank loan obligations. The company was finally dissolved in 1942 with 7 of the 10 surviving stockholders (Clarance, James, and Edward having already died). Maberry Davis, the oldest surviving brother, was in charge of this process after the death of Edward in 1938 who had begun the process in 1937. Maberry and his sister Charlotte took deeded land in the settlement with cash going to the other shareholders.
Family history told by Charles Maberry Davis, great-grandson of Walter Davis and Mary Elizabeth Tuck.
Walter Davis was the fourth of seven children born to:
MABERRY DAVIS AND IZILLA KIDWELL. He was the first of the children to be born in Colusa County, California. His older three siblings were born in Clark County, Illinois.
Walter married Mary Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Tuck on 22 September 1878 at Marvin Chapel in Afton, Glenn County, California.
To WALTER DAVIS and MARY ELIZABETH TUCK, ten known children were born:
1. Clarence Henry Davis (1880 - 1927)
2. Edward Emerson Davis (1881 - 1938)
3. James Marion Davis (1883 - 1930)
4. Agnes Izilla Davis Collins (1885 - 1979)
5. Maberry Davis (1886 - 1967)
6. Harold Walter Davis (1888 - 1952)
7. Charlotte Ann Davis North (1891 - 1983)
8. Irene Davis Brown (1894 - 1985)
9. Madison Davis (1896 - 1944)
10.Albert Davis (1899 - 1954)
His wife Mary Elizabeth Tuck Davis died in 1914. In 1915, Walter married his nurse, Miss LaReina Dow. In 1917, Walter and his 2nd wife LaReina and daughters Charlotte and Agnes, traveled with him by train to visit his siblings in Colusa County, California. Walter became ill and got off the train in Portland, Oregon. He died of heart failure on October 17, 1917. He never made it back to see his siblings at his birthplace once last time.
Walter is buried next to his first wife Mary Elizabeth Tuck Davis, in the Vineland Cemetery in Clarkston, Washington. Also buried at Vineland Cemetery are his sons Clarence and Albert, and his daughter Agnes Izilla Davis Collins and her husband Oscar Collins.
The Saga and Legend of Walter Davis
... by Charles Maberry Davis, his great-grandson ...
Walter was the first child of the family born in California after his mother and father had come west for the 1849 Goldrush in Colusa County and other areas of California. He grew up helping on the family ranch leaning about farming and raising livestock. In the fall of 1878 he married Mary Elizabeth Tuck in Colusa County California. He was 22 years old and Mary Elizabeth was 21. [The couple were married on September 22, 1878 in the Marvin Chapel at Afton, Colusa County California by Reverend ELIJAH McDANIEL. Reverend McDaniel was also the best friend of Walter's father Maberry Davis.]
In the spring of the next year (1879) he set out for the Palouse Country of Washington Territory to find good suitable land for a homestead for his wife and family to be. He had consulted with his father I am sure and he felt the best place for him to strike out on his own was this area. Much of the best farm land in California and Oregon had already been homesteaded over the previous 30 years but was still widely available in Whitman County, Washington Territory. He left his young wife and set out alone on horseback to make the journey north. He spent a good deal of the summer looking at land in Whitman County before making an application for a homestead near St. John, WA. He returned to California arriving back in California at his father’s ranch in late summer. Preparations began in earnest to get all the gear, tools, livestock, new clothes, planting seeds, preserved food etc. ready to be loaded onto a new wagon he and his extended family would built over the winter. A couple months into this preparation endeavor he probably learned that his young new wife was going to have a baby. Their first born, Clarence Henry Davis, came into the world on Mar 30, 1880 in Colusa County, CA. I am sure that probably delayed departure a little somewhat to make sure that wife and baby were strong and well enough to make the long rough journey north to Washington. Finally they departed and met up with other settlers at a trailhead point of departure and joined up as a “wagon train”.
Walter was chosen/elected wagon master as he had already been over the trail they were about to take and had experience with some of the Indians whose land they would be traversing. This responsibility was given to him even though he was purported to be the youngest man among those on the wagon train. The wagons moved a little slower than expected. This fact, and the delayed start made their arrival in the Palouse later than desired. They arrived in September and signs of an early winter were already about. There was no time to build a house. Walter and Mary Elizabeth settled near a freshwater spring on their new homestead about 3 miles from the town of St. John, WA. Walter busted some sod out to stack as a room/entry way to get into a cave Walter dug into a Palouse North hillside. The sod entryway room served as a kitchen and fire area and the dugout cave behind it served as a fire protected, sheltered from the wind, place for the three of them to sleep over the long cold winter.
In 1881 Walter “proved up” on his homestead. He also bought some adjoining land for himself and his father Mayberry. Tax receipt records for 1883 show taxes paid on three sections of land (1,920 acres) by Walter Davis for Mayberry Davis. Walter’s father Mayberry died in 1888. The Mayberry’s land in Whitman Co. passed by court decree on the strength of the Will of Mayberry Davis to his wife Izilla in 1891. Subsequently the land was either sold or gifted to Walter by Izilla and land in California went to the other six brothers and sisters of Walter who had remained in California.
Walter and Mary Tuck, his wife, continued to farm and accumulated substantial farm land and grazing land in Whitman , Spokane , Asotin, Adams, and Garfield counties in Washington, and Latah and Nez Perce counties in Idaho. At the pinnacle of his land accumulation Walter owned over 30,000 acres. His wife Mary, died in 1914. His two youngest daughters were married in 1915 in a double wedding ceremony at his home in Asotin County (Clarkston, WA). In 1916 he married again to his nurse LaReina Dow at a civil ceremony in Spokane, WA.
Prior to his death in 1917, Walter gifted all of his sons the land that they were farming for him approximately 960 acres each. He placed the balance of his land and most of his money into a new company he formed and incorporated in Washington State called the Davis Land and Investment Company. A share was given to each child and he held one share himself. The Davis Land and Investment Company was primarily run by son James Marion Davis until his death in an automobile accident in 1930 on Buck Canyon grade near Colfax, WA. The company had become leveraged with bank loans during the 1920’s and when the depression hit much of the land had to be sold to meet bank loan obligations. The company was finally dissolved in 1942 with 7 of the 10 surviving stockholders (Clarance, James, and Edward having already died). Maberry Davis, the oldest surviving brother, was in charge of this process after the death of Edward in 1938 who had begun the process in 1937. Maberry and his sister Charlotte took deeded land in the settlement with cash going to the other shareholders.
Family history told by Charles Maberry Davis, great-grandson of Walter Davis and Mary Elizabeth Tuck.
MABERRY DAVIS AND IZILLA KIDWELL. He was the first of the children to be born in Colusa County, California. His older three siblings were born in Clark County, Illinois.
Walter married Mary Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Tuck on 22 September 1878 at Marvin Chapel in Afton, Glenn County, California.
To WALTER DAVIS and MARY ELIZABETH TUCK, ten known children were born:
1. Clarence Henry Davis (1880 - 1927)
2. Edward Emerson Davis (1881 - 1938)
3. James Marion Davis (1883 - 1930)
4. Agnes Izilla Davis Collins (1885 - 1979)
5. Maberry Davis (1886 - 1967)
6. Harold Walter Davis (1888 - 1952)
7. Charlotte Ann Davis North (1891 - 1983)
8. Irene Davis Brown (1894 - 1985)
9. Madison Davis (1896 - 1944)
10.Albert Davis (1899 - 1954)
His wife Mary Elizabeth Tuck Davis died in 1914. In 1915, Walter married his nurse, Miss LaReina Dow. In 1917, Walter and his 2nd wife LaReina and daughters Charlotte and Agnes, traveled with him by train to visit his siblings in Colusa County, California. Walter became ill and got off the train in Portland, Oregon. He died of heart failure on October 17, 1917. He never made it back to see his siblings at his birthplace once last time.
Walter is buried next to his first wife Mary Elizabeth Tuck Davis, in the Vineland Cemetery in Clarkston, Washington. Also buried at Vineland Cemetery are his sons Clarence and Albert, and his daughter Agnes Izilla Davis Collins and her husband Oscar Collins.
The Saga and Legend of Walter Davis
... by Charles Maberry Davis, his great-grandson ...
Walter was the first child of the family born in California after his mother and father had come west for the 1849 Goldrush in Colusa County and other areas of California. He grew up helping on the family ranch leaning about farming and raising livestock. In the fall of 1878 he married Mary Elizabeth Tuck in Colusa County California. He was 22 years old and Mary Elizabeth was 21. [The couple were married on September 22, 1878 in the Marvin Chapel at Afton, Colusa County California by Reverend ELIJAH McDANIEL. Reverend McDaniel was also the best friend of Walter's father Maberry Davis.]
In the spring of the next year (1879) he set out for the Palouse Country of Washington Territory to find good suitable land for a homestead for his wife and family to be. He had consulted with his father I am sure and he felt the best place for him to strike out on his own was this area. Much of the best farm land in California and Oregon had already been homesteaded over the previous 30 years but was still widely available in Whitman County, Washington Territory. He left his young wife and set out alone on horseback to make the journey north. He spent a good deal of the summer looking at land in Whitman County before making an application for a homestead near St. John, WA. He returned to California arriving back in California at his father’s ranch in late summer. Preparations began in earnest to get all the gear, tools, livestock, new clothes, planting seeds, preserved food etc. ready to be loaded onto a new wagon he and his extended family would built over the winter. A couple months into this preparation endeavor he probably learned that his young new wife was going to have a baby. Their first born, Clarence Henry Davis, came into the world on Mar 30, 1880 in Colusa County, CA. I am sure that probably delayed departure a little somewhat to make sure that wife and baby were strong and well enough to make the long rough journey north to Washington. Finally they departed and met up with other settlers at a trailhead point of departure and joined up as a “wagon train”.
Walter was chosen/elected wagon master as he had already been over the trail they were about to take and had experience with some of the Indians whose land they would be traversing. This responsibility was given to him even though he was purported to be the youngest man among those on the wagon train. The wagons moved a little slower than expected. This fact, and the delayed start made their arrival in the Palouse later than desired. They arrived in September and signs of an early winter were already about. There was no time to build a house. Walter and Mary Elizabeth settled near a freshwater spring on their new homestead about 3 miles from the town of St. John, WA. Walter busted some sod out to stack as a room/entry way to get into a cave Walter dug into a Palouse North hillside. The sod entryway room served as a kitchen and fire area and the dugout cave behind it served as a fire protected, sheltered from the wind, place for the three of them to sleep over the long cold winter.
In 1881 Walter “proved up” on his homestead. He also bought some adjoining land for himself and his father Mayberry. Tax receipt records for 1883 show taxes paid on three sections of land (1,920 acres) by Walter Davis for Mayberry Davis. Walter’s father Mayberry died in 1888. The Mayberry’s land in Whitman Co. passed by court decree on the strength of the Will of Mayberry Davis to his wife Izilla in 1891. Subsequently the land was either sold or gifted to Walter by Izilla and land in California went to the other six brothers and sisters of Walter who had remained in California.
Walter and Mary Tuck, his wife, continued to farm and accumulated substantial farm land and grazing land in Whitman , Spokane , Asotin, Adams, and Garfield counties in Washington, and Latah and Nez Perce counties in Idaho. At the pinnacle of his land accumulation Walter owned over 30,000 acres. His wife Mary, died in 1914. His two youngest daughters were married in 1915 in a double wedding ceremony at his home in Asotin County (Clarkston, WA). In 1916 he married again to his nurse LaReina Dow at a civil ceremony in Spokane, WA.
Prior to his death in 1917, Walter gifted all of his sons the land that they were farming for him approximately 960 acres each. He placed the balance of his land and most of his money into a new company he formed and incorporated in Washington State called the Davis Land and Investment Company. A share was given to each child and he held one share himself. The Davis Land and Investment Company was primarily run by son James Marion Davis until his death in an automobile accident in 1930 on Buck Canyon grade near Colfax, WA. The company had become leveraged with bank loans during the 1920’s and when the depression hit much of the land had to be sold to meet bank loan obligations. The company was finally dissolved in 1942 with 7 of the 10 surviving stockholders (Clarance, James, and Edward having already died). Maberry Davis, the oldest surviving brother, was in charge of this process after the death of Edward in 1938 who had begun the process in 1937. Maberry and his sister Charlotte took deeded land in the settlement with cash going to the other shareholders.
Family history told by Charles Maberry Davis, great-grandson of Walter Davis and Mary Elizabeth Tuck.
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