Holbert Davis (1900 - 1942)

Born 25 Dec 1900 in Tennessee, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Jimmie Lee (Ashworth) Davis — married 10 Aug 1924 in Davidson County, Tennessee, USA

Died 30 Jul 1942 at age 41 in Tennessee, USA

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Biography

Holbert was born in 1900 (Death record says Dec 25). He started working as a laborer, but later on his occupation is listed in the census and on his death certificate as laundry worker with his family. He was married twice, the first time at age 16 (1930 census) or 18. In 1940, he and his wife (Jimmie Lee) and their children lived with her sister at 936 Jefferson St, Nashville TN. They still lived there in 1942. Holbert Davis died suddenly of a heart attack in his sister’s home on July 30 1942 and was buried in Bryant Town (Bryanttown) Cemetery. His wife Jimmie Lee survived him.

Sources

See also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #140569695 accessed on 01 Apr 2021
  • Note: name is Herbert Davis. There is no gravestone picture.
• 1910 US census Nashville Ward 14, Davidson, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 51, sheet 4B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,508.
• 1920 US census Nashville Ward 14, Davidson, Tennessee, United States; citing sheet 10A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,734.
• 1930 US census Davidson Co TN, District ED 43 Sheet number 10A Household Id 176 NARA digital publication T626, roll 2241.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch [1] : accessed 4 May 2016, Hobart Davis in household of Mary Turner, Ward 2, Nashville, Civil District 1, Davidson, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 99-20, sheet 1B, family 12, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 3971.
• "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1955," database with images, FamilySearch [2] : accessed 3 May 2016), Hobart Davis, 30 Jul 1942; citing Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, cn 14069, State Library and Archives, Nashville; FHL microfilm 1,876,912.