Letter from Mrs. J. L. McLaren dated May 7, 1969 to local historian Mervin Schaaf said: "I am the sister of Zena Briggs of Hancock and Frank of Avoca. My grandfather was Thomas F. Davis, and he married the niece of John Krutzinger who ran the mill. My mother went to the Newtown school, and my grandfather Davis is buried in the old cemetery. His stone is gone."
In an article in the local newspaper, it also said: "Her grandfather, Dexter Briggs, came here from Vermont and farmed and ran a green house across the road from the Elsie Hinz farm. Her other grandfather was Thomas Davis and he came to Newtown in 1853 from Halifax, Nova Scotia. His wife Sarah Vigus was brought here by an aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. John Krutzsinger, when 6 months old in a covered wagon."
The 1860 Pottawattamie County, Iowa Census for Knox Township has a Thomas F. Davis, age 35, farmer born in Nova Scotia; Sarah, age 21, housewife born in Indiana; Rebecca, age 2, born in Iowa; Marcus(?) V., age 6/12, born in Iowa; and Rebecca Goetzinger, age 52, house work born in Virginia.
(More information about Thomas F. Davis can be found on pages 32 and 33 of "A Community History, Avoca, Iowa, Celebrating 125 Years 1869-1994." It indicates that Thomas died in 1871 and is buried in Newtown Cemetery in an unmarked grave. It also says that Thomas's wife Sarah Vigus Davis died February 10, 1892 and is buried in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.)
(Another source for the 1871 death date is an entry on an Abstract on Thomas Street in Avoca, Iowa. Entry No. 11. Book 535, Page 551. Rebecca Kretsinger to The Public. AFFIDAVIT Sworn 12 May 1882. Filed 9 August 1912. "On oath say:- That I was well acquainted with Thomas F. Davis in his lifetime and that his full name was Thomas Freeman Davis; that he purchased the SW¼ SE¼ of Section 9, Township 77, Range 39, of Henry A. Brown, and that on the 14th day of February, 1856, he was unmarried; and that in the month of December, 1856, he married my niece, (now Mrs. Sarah A. Main) and that he died in the year 1871." Affiant signs by mark, 2 witnesses. Sworn 12 May 1882, before Fremont Benjamin, Notary Public, (seal) Pottawattamie County, Iowa, and acknowledgement recites:-"And I hereby certify that said Rebecca Kretsinger is the identical person she represents herself to be and that she is a respectible person and that her affidavit is entitled to full credit and belief."
In an article in the local newspaper, it also said: "Her grandfather, Dexter Briggs, came here from Vermont and farmed and ran a green house across the road from the Elsie Hinz farm. Her other grandfather was Thomas Davis and he came to Newtown in 1853 from Halifax, Nova Scotia. His wife Sarah Vigus was brought here by an aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. John Krutzsinger, when 6 months old in a covered wagon."
The 1860 Pottawattamie County, Iowa Census for Knox Township has a Thomas F. Davis, age 35, farmer born in Nova Scotia; Sarah, age 21, housewife born in Indiana; Rebecca, age 2, born in Iowa; Marcus(?) V., age 6/12, born in Iowa; and Rebecca Goetzinger, age 52, house work born in Virginia.
(More information about Thomas F. Davis can be found on pages 32 and 33 of "A Community History, Avoca, Iowa, Celebrating 125 Years 1869-1994." It indicates that Thomas died in 1871 and is buried in Newtown Cemetery in an unmarked grave. It also says that Thomas's wife Sarah Vigus Davis died February 10, 1892 and is buried in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.)
(Another source for the 1871 death date is an entry on an Abstract on Thomas Street in Avoca, Iowa. Entry No. 11. Book 535, Page 551. Rebecca Kretsinger to The Public. AFFIDAVIT Sworn 12 May 1882. Filed 9 August 1912. "On oath say:- That I was well acquainted with Thomas F. Davis in his lifetime and that his full name was Thomas Freeman Davis; that he purchased the SW¼ SE¼ of Section 9, Township 77, Range 39, of Henry A. Brown, and that on the 14th day of February, 1856, he was unmarried; and that in the month of December, 1856, he married my niece, (now Mrs. Sarah A. Main) and that he died in the year 1871." Affiant signs by mark, 2 witnesses. Sworn 12 May 1882, before Fremont Benjamin, Notary Public, (seal) Pottawattamie County, Iowa, and acknowledgement recites:-"And I hereby certify that said Rebecca Kretsinger is the identical person she represents herself to be and that she is a respectible person and that her affidavit is entitled to full credit and belief."
Letter from Mrs. J. L. McLaren dated May 7, 1969 to local historian Mervin Schaaf said: "I am the sister of Zena Briggs of Hancock and Frank of Avoca. My grandfather was Thomas F. Davis, and he married the niece of John Krutzinger who ran the mill. My mother went to the Newtown school, and my grandfather Davis is buried in the old cemetery. His stone is gone."
In an article in the local newspaper, it also said: "Her grandfather, Dexter Briggs, came here from Vermont and farmed and ran a green house across the road from the Elsie Hinz farm. Her other grandfather was Thomas Davis and he came to Newtown in 1853 from Halifax, Nova Scotia. His wife Sarah Vigus was brought here by an aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. John Krutzsinger, when 6 months old in a covered wagon."
The 1860 Pottawattamie County, Iowa Census for Knox Township has a Thomas F. Davis, age 35, farmer born in Nova Scotia; Sarah, age 21, housewife born in Indiana; Rebecca, age 2, born in Iowa; Marcus(?) V., age 6/12, born in Iowa; and Rebecca Goetzinger, age 52, house work born in Virginia.
(More information about Thomas F. Davis can be found on pages 32 and 33 of "A Community History, Avoca, Iowa, Celebrating 125 Years 1869-1994." It indicates that Thomas died in 1871 and is buried in Newtown Cemetery in an unmarked grave. It also says that Thomas's wife Sarah Vigus Davis died February 10, 1892 and is buried in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.)
(Another source for the 1871 death date is an entry on an Abstract on Thomas Street in Avoca, Iowa. Entry No. 11. Book 535, Page 551. Rebecca Kretsinger to The Public. AFFIDAVIT Sworn 12 May 1882. Filed 9 August 1912. "On oath say:- That I was well acquainted with Thomas F. Davis in his lifetime and that his full name was Thomas Freeman Davis; that he purchased the SW¼ SE¼ of Section 9, Township 77, Range 39, of Henry A. Brown, and that on the 14th day of February, 1856, he was unmarried; and that in the month of December, 1856, he married my niece, (now Mrs. Sarah A. Main) and that he died in the year 1871." Affiant signs by mark, 2 witnesses. Sworn 12 May 1882, before Fremont Benjamin, Notary Public, (seal) Pottawattamie County, Iowa, and acknowledgement recites:-"And I hereby certify that said Rebecca Kretsinger is the identical person she represents herself to be and that she is a respectible person and that her affidavit is entitled to full credit and belief."
In an article in the local newspaper, it also said: "Her grandfather, Dexter Briggs, came here from Vermont and farmed and ran a green house across the road from the Elsie Hinz farm. Her other grandfather was Thomas Davis and he came to Newtown in 1853 from Halifax, Nova Scotia. His wife Sarah Vigus was brought here by an aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. John Krutzsinger, when 6 months old in a covered wagon."
The 1860 Pottawattamie County, Iowa Census for Knox Township has a Thomas F. Davis, age 35, farmer born in Nova Scotia; Sarah, age 21, housewife born in Indiana; Rebecca, age 2, born in Iowa; Marcus(?) V., age 6/12, born in Iowa; and Rebecca Goetzinger, age 52, house work born in Virginia.
(More information about Thomas F. Davis can be found on pages 32 and 33 of "A Community History, Avoca, Iowa, Celebrating 125 Years 1869-1994." It indicates that Thomas died in 1871 and is buried in Newtown Cemetery in an unmarked grave. It also says that Thomas's wife Sarah Vigus Davis died February 10, 1892 and is buried in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.)
(Another source for the 1871 death date is an entry on an Abstract on Thomas Street in Avoca, Iowa. Entry No. 11. Book 535, Page 551. Rebecca Kretsinger to The Public. AFFIDAVIT Sworn 12 May 1882. Filed 9 August 1912. "On oath say:- That I was well acquainted with Thomas F. Davis in his lifetime and that his full name was Thomas Freeman Davis; that he purchased the SW¼ SE¼ of Section 9, Township 77, Range 39, of Henry A. Brown, and that on the 14th day of February, 1856, he was unmarried; and that in the month of December, 1856, he married my niece, (now Mrs. Sarah A. Main) and that he died in the year 1871." Affiant signs by mark, 2 witnesses. Sworn 12 May 1882, before Fremont Benjamin, Notary Public, (seal) Pottawattamie County, Iowa, and acknowledgement recites:-"And I hereby certify that said Rebecca Kretsinger is the identical person she represents herself to be and that she is a respectible person and that her affidavit is entitled to full credit and belief."
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