Adolphas
Marcenus
(Dolph)
Davis
Born in Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Phineas Davis
and Ruth (Root) Davis
Brother of
George Washington Davis [half], Percival Davis [half], Elizabeth (Davis) Wishon, Experience Jane (Davis) Aldrich, Mary E. (Davis) Himebaugh, Lydia (Davis) Graves, Phineas Josiah Davis, Phebe Maria (Davis) Park and Charles B. Davis
Husband of
Jerusha Bessie (Millikin) Davis
— married
15 May 1873 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Charles Orman Davis, Alonzo Phineas Davis, Josiah Everett Davis and Mary Adelia Ruth (Davis) Jennings
Died
at age 72
in Grant City, Worth, Missouri, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Jul 2015
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Biography
Dolph Davis was born on October 8, 1846 in Erie County, Pennsylvania to Phineas Davis and Ruth Root.[1][2]
MARRIAGE #1: Dolph married Jerusha Bessie Millikin on May 15, 1873. Jerusha died in 1907.
MARRIAGE #2: On January 11, 1911, Dolph married Mary Hoopes in Worth County, Missouri.[3]
Dolph died on February 14, 1919 in Grant City, Missouri due to complications from influenza.[1][2]
He is buried in the Honey Grove Cemetery in Worth County, Missouri.[4]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Missouri Death Certificates; https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1919/1919_00008764.PDF
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dolph Davis's obituary, Worth County Tribune, Grant City, Missouri, 26 Feb 1919, Wed • Page 1; https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112453690/obituary-of-dolph-davis/
- ↑ "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WPS3-N5ZM : 25 February 2022), D M Davis, 3 Jan 1911; citing Marriage, Worth, Missouri, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City; FHL microfilm 007515668.
- ↑ Find a Grave; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75528776/adolphas-marcenus-davis
- Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925; https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/252746?token=df8664e67a5ac2826edf9b5ff6c33de8926edca0aa1948f6a2f519e93c53800
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4H8-ZQC : 22 December 2020), Adolphus Davis in household of Phineas Davis, Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6NV-DSB : 14 January 2022), Dolphus M. Davis, Fletchall Township, Worth, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dolph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Dolph:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dolph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Dolph:
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~6.25%
Allice (Burns) Reynolds
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~1.95%
~6.25%
W. Peterson :
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Randi Oleson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A806607 [compare]
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~0.78%
E. Peterson :
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