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Elizabeth <I>Phillips</I> Davis

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Elizabeth Phillips Davis

Birth
Tennessee, USA
Death
3 Jan 1887 (aged 75)
Fulton, Fulton County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Fulton, Fulton County, Kentucky, USA GPS-Latitude: 36.5142284, Longitude: -88.8807292
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She married Morgan Davis ca 1830 in KY and they had eight documented children.

Surname probably Phillips, per Marriage License of daughter Amanda Elizabeth Davis Slayden, age 54, her 2nd Marriage in Winnebago Co, IA to John Spillett, age 60, born England. License Return dated 28 Dec 1905. .
Death certificate of son Lafayette M. Davis,died 1936 KY gives mother as Monarch, however the Phillips reference from KY Births and Christenings 1839-1960, FamilySearch.org: gives Morgan Davis, child, born 04 May 1855, birthplace Harms Fork, Fulton Co, KY, Fathers name Morgan DAVIS, mother's name Elizabeth PRILLIPS (prob transcription error of PHILLIPS).
The child Morgan Davis is Morgan Lafayette Davis, known as Lafayette Davis.
Census records for reference:
Parenthesis are mine!

1860, KY Fulton Co, pg 19, family 116/116:
Morgan Davis, age 55, male, farmer, born KY
Elizabeth, age 48, female, born TN
Susan A, age 22, born Fulton Co, KY
Emily J. age 16, born Fulton Co, KY
Wm E. age 19, born F. Co KY
Amanda E, age 9, born Fulton Co, KY
Morgan L (Lafayette), age 5, born KY.

CENSUS: 1870 KY,Fulton Co, Dist 5, Page 274B, cont'd on pg 275:
Morgan Davis, age 65, Farmer, worth $9240, $1000, born KY
Elizabeth age 60, Keeps House, born Penna, (should be TN).
Susan A, age 27, born KY
Wm C. (William Cass) age 22, works on farm, born KY
Elizabeth age 20, KY
Morgan L, age 15, works on Farm born KY.

CENSUS: 1880 KY, Fulton Co, 5th Mag. Dist, pg 25, Family 231.
DAVIS, Morgan, white, male, age 75, Farming, born KY, father born Penn (PA), mother born KY;
Eliz, white, female, age 68, wife, House Keeping, born TN, father born Penn, mother KY.;
L. M. white, male, age 24, son, born TN, father Penn, Mother KY;
M. E. white, female, age 22, daughter, born KY, father Penn (error ?), mother KY.

Originally buried in Linder Cem on R. W. Davis farm with husband Morgan Davis. They were removed and reinterred to Greenlea Cemetery in Fulton, KY when the Purchase Parkway was constructed near the farm. "This is from conversations with daughter of William Cass Davis"
She married Morgan Davis ca 1830 in KY and they had eight documented children.

Surname probably Phillips, per Marriage License of daughter Amanda Elizabeth Davis Slayden, age 54, her 2nd Marriage in Winnebago Co, IA to John Spillett, age 60, born England. License Return dated 28 Dec 1905. .
Death certificate of son Lafayette M. Davis,died 1936 KY gives mother as Monarch, however the Phillips reference from KY Births and Christenings 1839-1960, FamilySearch.org: gives Morgan Davis, child, born 04 May 1855, birthplace Harms Fork, Fulton Co, KY, Fathers name Morgan DAVIS, mother's name Elizabeth PRILLIPS (prob transcription error of PHILLIPS).
The child Morgan Davis is Morgan Lafayette Davis, known as Lafayette Davis.
Census records for reference:
Parenthesis are mine!

1860, KY Fulton Co, pg 19, family 116/116:
Morgan Davis, age 55, male, farmer, born KY
Elizabeth, age 48, female, born TN
Susan A, age 22, born Fulton Co, KY
Emily J. age 16, born Fulton Co, KY
Wm E. age 19, born F. Co KY
Amanda E, age 9, born Fulton Co, KY
Morgan L (Lafayette), age 5, born KY.

CENSUS: 1870 KY,Fulton Co, Dist 5, Page 274B, cont'd on pg 275:
Morgan Davis, age 65, Farmer, worth $9240, $1000, born KY
Elizabeth age 60, Keeps House, born Penna, (should be TN).
Susan A, age 27, born KY
Wm C. (William Cass) age 22, works on farm, born KY
Elizabeth age 20, KY
Morgan L, age 15, works on Farm born KY.

CENSUS: 1880 KY, Fulton Co, 5th Mag. Dist, pg 25, Family 231.
DAVIS, Morgan, white, male, age 75, Farming, born KY, father born Penn (PA), mother born KY;
Eliz, white, female, age 68, wife, House Keeping, born TN, father born Penn, mother KY.;
L. M. white, male, age 24, son, born TN, father Penn, Mother KY;
M. E. white, female, age 22, daughter, born KY, father Penn (error ?), mother KY.

Originally buried in Linder Cem on R. W. Davis farm with husband Morgan Davis. They were removed and reinterred to Greenlea Cemetery in Fulton, KY when the Purchase Parkway was constructed near the farm. "This is from conversations with daughter of William Cass Davis"


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