Henry Lee Davis (1899 - 1984)

Born 9 Dec 1899 in Rose Hill, Lee, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Died 20 Jan 1984 at age 84 in Leesburg, Loudoun, Virginia, United States

Biography

The son of James Davis and Elizabeth (Barnes) Davis, Henry Davis was born in Rose Hill, Virginia in 1899.^{[citation needed]} He lived there with his family.^[1][2] His family left Virginia and moved to Middlesborough, Kentucky. Henry Davis registered for the draft there, registering on September 12, 1918, at the age of 18.^[3] He stated that he was employed by the Louisville & Nashville Railway Company, and was described as a man of medium height and build with brown hair and light brown eyes. He did not enlist. In 1920, he lived with his family in Middlesborough, working as a section hand on the railroad.^[4] Henry Davis married Iona Lee Brooks (1904-1943), the daughter of Franklin Brooks and Josephine Sulfridge, having four children together:

1. Gladys Irene Davis (1923-2010)
2. Arthur Lee Davis (1925-1997)
3. Dorothy Lee Davis (1935-1986)
4. Glenn Davis (1938-2010)

His wife died in childbirth in 1943 and Henry Davis married a second time, marrying "Mary," a woman more than 30 years younger. In 1950, they lived and farmed in Rose Hill, Virginia.^[5] Henry Davis passed away in Leesburg, Virginia, at Loudon Memorial Hospital, at the age of 83^[6] and is buried at Elydale Cemetery in Ewing, Virginia.^{[citation needed]}

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMNR-YLZ : 11 March 2022), Henry Davis in entry for James Davis, 1900.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPPQ-M97 : accessed 17 November 2022), Henry Davis in household of James Davis, Rose Hill, Lee, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 34, sheet 7A, family 124, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1633; FHL microfilm 1,375,646.
3. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K35N-HQW : 25 December 2021), Henry Lee Davis, 1917-1918.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH2F-J9P : 1 February 2021), Henry Davis in entry for Jim Davis, 1920.
5. ↑ Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. 1913-1/1/1972. Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 - 1950. Washington, DC: National Archives at Washington, DC. United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Rose Hill, Lee, Virginia; Roll: 3009; Sheet Number: 20; Enumeration District: 53-30: Rose Hill Magisterial District - That part outside the unincorporated place of Rose Hill Bounded by Louisville and Nashville Railroad, Unnamed stream, 1/4 mile offset line south of and parallel to U. S. Hwy. 58; Martins Creek, County Rd. 682; County Rd. 683, County Rd. 744 (See aerial photo FG-184-127 for boundaries of Rose Hill). Ancestry.com. 1950 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022. Ancestry Record 62308 #113911096 with attached Image
6. ↑ Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Deaths, 1912-2014; Certificate No. 84-001890. Ancestry.com. Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912-2014 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Ancestry Record 9278 #1237202 with attached Image