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Susan <I>Goff</I> Davis

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Susan Goff Davis

Birth
North Carolina, USA
Death
21 Jan 1892 (aged 91)
Harrison County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Harrison County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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Susan/Susannah is the daughter of William Goff & Sabra Mathis of Jackson Co MS. She married Samuel Davis Feb 1, 1821 Jackson County, Mississippi.

Children of Samuel and Susannah include;
1-Martha Ann, (1822-1898), married Francis Cunningham Jr
2-Mary (1823-1910), married William Powell Avera
3-James (1824-1863), married Nancy Pierce
4-Nancy S. (1825-1919), married Rev. Joseph Winan Hester
5-Elizabeth F. (1827-?), married Lewis Price Goff Jr
6-William P. (1829-1872), married Elizabeth ?
7-Stephen H. (1831-1848), died as a teenager
8-Sabra (1833-1905), married William J. Ramsey
9-Cassandra J. (1837-1914), married David McDonald
10-Christina S. (1839-1841), died as a child
11-Alice Ann (1842-1909), married John W. Carter
12-Samuel H. Davis (1844-1867)
13-Salina Davis (1833-?)
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Obituary
DAVIS, Died at Ramsay, Harrison County, Mississippi, January 21, 1892.
Mrs. Susan Davis, widow of Samuel Davis of Americus, Jackson County, Miss., aged ninety-one years and thirteen days. She was a native of North Carolina, from whence she removed with her parents (William and Sabra Goff) to Jackson County, Miss., in 1818, where she married and spent her life until her husband's death, when she removed to her daughter's at Ramsay, Miss., where she spent the remaining twenty-three years of her life; which were years of feebleness and suffering. But the Lord was her comfort and support through all her sufferings.
She was a good wife, a good neighbor, and the very best of mothers. Her children rise up and call her blessed. She had been a member of the Methodist Church and an earnest self sacrificing Christian for seventy years. She could always testify to an experimental religion. Her main object in life seemed to be to do good to the souls and bodies of others. There will be some who read this who will remember the words of comfort, encouragement and advice that she has spoken to them in by gone days.
I feel very sure she will have many bright stars in her crown.
From 1821 to 1868 she and her husband were some of the main stays and supporters of the Church and ministry in the community where they lived. The minister and his family always found a home with her.
For fifty years she kept a free tent at Old Salem Camp Ground in Jackson County, Miss. Eternity alone will reveal the good she has done.
She visited the fatherless and widows in their affliction and administered to their wants. In all the relations of life she was a true unselfish Christian. She loved her Bible. It was her daily companion and as long as she could see to read she never neglected it, and in her last years of suffering, she could lie on her bed and repeat passage after passage of Scripture.
The 103rd Psalm was one she often quoted from, her soul was always going out in prayer and thanksgiving. She loved singing. Many a time have we quieted her in her sufferings by singing the old songs she loved in her youth. On the last day we could often her her whisper,

"Blessed Jesus, Gentle Lamb,
in Thy gracious hands I am"

She was the mother of thirteen children. Seven daughters survive her. She tried to bring up her children for the Lord. She lived to see her great great grandchildren. She leaves one hundred and twenty living descendants; and if they all follow her precept and example, they will meet her where there is no suffering.

Signed; S.Ramsay

Reference:
The New Orleans Christian Advocate
February 25, 1892
page7
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DIED
At the residence of Mr. John B. Ramsay, Ramsay P.O...Harrison county, Miss.
Mrs. Susan Davis, widow of the late Judge Samuel Davis of Americus, Jackson county, Miss., aged 91 years 13 days.

Obit
The Democrat Star Pascagoula, MS
Feb 5, 1892
Susan/Susannah is the daughter of William Goff & Sabra Mathis of Jackson Co MS. She married Samuel Davis Feb 1, 1821 Jackson County, Mississippi.

Children of Samuel and Susannah include;
1-Martha Ann, (1822-1898), married Francis Cunningham Jr
2-Mary (1823-1910), married William Powell Avera
3-James (1824-1863), married Nancy Pierce
4-Nancy S. (1825-1919), married Rev. Joseph Winan Hester
5-Elizabeth F. (1827-?), married Lewis Price Goff Jr
6-William P. (1829-1872), married Elizabeth ?
7-Stephen H. (1831-1848), died as a teenager
8-Sabra (1833-1905), married William J. Ramsey
9-Cassandra J. (1837-1914), married David McDonald
10-Christina S. (1839-1841), died as a child
11-Alice Ann (1842-1909), married John W. Carter
12-Samuel H. Davis (1844-1867)
13-Salina Davis (1833-?)
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Obituary
DAVIS, Died at Ramsay, Harrison County, Mississippi, January 21, 1892.
Mrs. Susan Davis, widow of Samuel Davis of Americus, Jackson County, Miss., aged ninety-one years and thirteen days. She was a native of North Carolina, from whence she removed with her parents (William and Sabra Goff) to Jackson County, Miss., in 1818, where she married and spent her life until her husband's death, when she removed to her daughter's at Ramsay, Miss., where she spent the remaining twenty-three years of her life; which were years of feebleness and suffering. But the Lord was her comfort and support through all her sufferings.
She was a good wife, a good neighbor, and the very best of mothers. Her children rise up and call her blessed. She had been a member of the Methodist Church and an earnest self sacrificing Christian for seventy years. She could always testify to an experimental religion. Her main object in life seemed to be to do good to the souls and bodies of others. There will be some who read this who will remember the words of comfort, encouragement and advice that she has spoken to them in by gone days.
I feel very sure she will have many bright stars in her crown.
From 1821 to 1868 she and her husband were some of the main stays and supporters of the Church and ministry in the community where they lived. The minister and his family always found a home with her.
For fifty years she kept a free tent at Old Salem Camp Ground in Jackson County, Miss. Eternity alone will reveal the good she has done.
She visited the fatherless and widows in their affliction and administered to their wants. In all the relations of life she was a true unselfish Christian. She loved her Bible. It was her daily companion and as long as she could see to read she never neglected it, and in her last years of suffering, she could lie on her bed and repeat passage after passage of Scripture.
The 103rd Psalm was one she often quoted from, her soul was always going out in prayer and thanksgiving. She loved singing. Many a time have we quieted her in her sufferings by singing the old songs she loved in her youth. On the last day we could often her her whisper,

"Blessed Jesus, Gentle Lamb,
in Thy gracious hands I am"

She was the mother of thirteen children. Seven daughters survive her. She tried to bring up her children for the Lord. She lived to see her great great grandchildren. She leaves one hundred and twenty living descendants; and if they all follow her precept and example, they will meet her where there is no suffering.

Signed; S.Ramsay

Reference:
The New Orleans Christian Advocate
February 25, 1892
page7
---------------

DIED
At the residence of Mr. John B. Ramsay, Ramsay P.O...Harrison county, Miss.
Mrs. Susan Davis, widow of the late Judge Samuel Davis of Americus, Jackson county, Miss., aged 91 years 13 days.

Obit
The Democrat Star Pascagoula, MS
Feb 5, 1892

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