Margaret M (Quick) Davis (1809 - 1875)

Born 21 Feb 1809 in Madison County, Kentucky, United States

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Died 18 Aug 1875 at age 66 in Jasper County, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Margaret "Peggy" Quick, daughter of Jacob Quick Jr. and Phebe Capps

MIDDLE NAME:

Middle initial: M, per census records

Possible middle name: Mores?, per Quick Family Records

BIRTH DATE:

Birth: about 1810, based on the following:

1) born 1810 KY, per census in 1850, age 40

2) born 1808 KY, per census in 1860, age 52

3) born 1810 KY, per census in 1870, age 60

4) born 13 Jan 1810, per Quick Family Records (see section, further down)

5) born 21 Feb 1809, per gravestone

Note: the headstone is a shared headstone, that appears to have been placed many years after Margaret's death in 1875. Assume it was placed sometime after 1911, based on the death-date of her son-in-law.

BIRTH PLACE:

Birth Place: assume Madison Co., Kentucky, based on the following:

1) born Kentucky, per census in 1850, 1860, 1870

2) Margaret's parents married 1798, in Madison Co. KY

3) several siblings of Margaret's father, also married in Madison Co. KY

4) A biographical sketch written in 1876, says family moved to Missouri in 1811

DEATH:

Death Date: 18 Aug 1875, per gravestone

Death Place: assume Jasper Co, Missouri

Last known location: census in 1870 Jasper Co. MO

2) burial is Jasper Co. MO in 1875

EVIDENCE OF PARENTS:

Peggy is listed as child of Jacob & Phoebe, in a book written in 1876.

Peggy Davis (widowed) is living in household of mother Phebe in 1850.

MARRIAGE

Husband: Mr. Davis (first name unknown)

Potential husbands: Arthur Davis, or Isaac Davis

Some genealogies show that Margaret married Arthur Davis.

I cannot find any evidence to support this husband, or any records to support the existence of a person named Arthur Davis in the general area where Martha was living.

Margaret's 1850 census, implies (based on children's ages) her husband died after 1837.

Searching for a DAVIS family in 1840, in the Montgomery/Osage area of Missouri, with a wife born about 1810, with 3 daughters & 1 son (all born in 1830's).

Search results find only one family that fits this criteria: Isaac Davis.

Notice that Isaac Davis is on same census page as Margaret's father in 1830.

However, notice that the census of Margaret's father in 1830, indicates the presence of a daughter Margaret's age. This might suggest that Isaac Davis was NOT husband of Margaret.

Or... It might suggest, that Isaac Davis had a previous marriage.

Some genealogies show that Isaac Davis married Elgiva Van Bibber.

This is based on the 1840 WILL of Elgiva's father, Isaac VanBibber, showing daughter Elgiva DAVIS.

The children of Elgiva Davis (ref 1850 census of "Elaida" Davis), also fit on Isaac's 1840 census.

Notice that Isaac Davis is on same census page as Elgiva's father in 1830.

Isaac Davis is probably the husband of either Margaret Quick or Elgiva VanBibber.

Cannot locate marriage record of Isaac Davis.

Cannot locate any death records where father's name Isaac Davis.

Note: Missouri death records are not indexed by father's name, so thorough research is difficult.

Sources

BURIAL:

Find A Grave: Memorial #10514931 (headstone pictured)

Margaret Davis

Birth: Feb. 21, 1809

Death: Aug. 18, 1875

Burial: Sherwood Cemetery, Jasper County, Missouri, USA

Created by: Big John

Record added: Feb 22, 2005

Note:

Shares headstone with daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter

BOOK REFERENCE:

Title: A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri

Author: Wm S. Bryan and Robert Rose

Published: Bryan, Brand & Co., St. Louis, 1876

Google e-book: https://books.google.com/books?id=JeEXAAAAYAAJ&q

Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/ahistorypioneer00bryagoog

Ancestry online database: History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri

Excerpt from page 287:

"Jacob, Jr., married Phoebe Copps, of Kentucky, and settled in Montgomery county, on Whippoorwill creek, in 1811. They had eight children - William, Jacob, Sampson, Polly, Patsey, Sally, Peggy, and Elizabeth."

CENSUS / TIMELINE:

1830 Census: Upper Loutre, Montgomery, Missouri [son of Jacob SR]

Name: Jacob Quish

2 - Males - 20 thru 29: ....... [William, Jacob, Sampson]

1 - Males - 50 thru 59: ....... [JACOB]

1 - Females - 15 thru 19: ... [Elizabeth]

1 - Females - 20 thru 29: ... [Margaret]

1 - Females - 50 thru 59: ... [PHEBE]

Total Free White Persons: 6

Note: living next to Jacob's daughter: Sarah Logan w/husband Henry

Note: The census of Margaret's father in 1830, implies that Margaret was still living with her parents in 1830, which makes the 1830 & 1840 census of Isaac Davis questionable.

1830 Census: Upper Loutre, Montgomery, Missouri *** not verified ***

Name: Isaac Davis

1 - Males - Under 5: ........... [?]

1 - Males - 30 thru 39: ....... [ISAAC]

1 - Females - 20 thru 29: ... [MARGARET]

Total Free White Persons: 3

Total Slaves: 1

Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 4

Notes:

On same census page as Jacob Quick (Margaret's father)

1840 Census: Danville, Montgomery, Missouri, p.1/12 *** not verified ***

Name: Isaac Davis

1 - Males - Under 5: ........... [Jesse]

1 - Males - 10 thru 14: ....... [?]

1 - Males - 40 thru 49: ....... [ISAAC]

2 - Females - Under 5: ....... [Sarah and Mary]

1 - Females - 5 thru 9: ....... [Artesmisia]

1 - Females - 30 thru 39: ... [MARGARET]

Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1

Total Free White Persons: 7

Note:

Same census page as Jacob Quick (Margaret's father)

184x: death of husband ?Isaac

1850 Census: District 66, Osage, Missouri, #646 "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZN-VJS : 4 April 2020), Peggy M Davis in household of Sampson Quick, Benton, Osage, Missouri, United States; citing family 646, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Sampson Quick ..... 42 ... KY

Phebe Quick .......... 75 ... NC ... [mother, widowed]

Peggy M Davis ....... 40 ... KY ... [sister, widowed] <--------

Artemisia Davis ..... 17 ... MO

Sarah Davis ............ 16 ... MO

Mary Davis ............. 14 ... MO

Jesse B Davis ......... 12 ... MO

Lydia M J Quick ..... 15 ... MO

1850 census notes:

Living close to family#643: Moses Phillips, with sons William & Matthew

Note: William & Matthew appear to be the future husband of Sarah & Artesmisia

1860 Census: Medora, Benton, Osage, Missouri, #1259

R B Philipps .................. 29 ... MO ... farmer, real estate $400, personal $350

Artemesia Philipps ...... 28 ... MO

Wm R Philipps ............... 5 ... MO

Louise A Philipps ........... 4 ... MO

Margaret M Philipps ... 52 ... KY ... [DAVIS, mother-in-law, widowed] <--------

1860 census notes:

Living next to family#1258: nephew: William B Quick 29 KY (son of Jacob)

Living next to family#1257: brother: Jacob Quick 54 KY, w/wife Sally

1870 Census: Carthage, Centre Creek, Jasper, Missouri, #106 Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

William Philips ......... 40 ... MO ... farmhand ... personal $800

Artemesia Philips .... 38 ... MO

William R Philips ...... 14 ... MO ... attends school

Louisa Philips .......... 13 ... MO ... attends school

Cornelia L Philips ...... 7 ... MO ... attends school

Mary E Philips ........... 5 ... MO

John A Philips ............ 2 ... MO

Margaret Davis ....... 60 ... KY ... [mother-in-law, widowed]

1875: death of Margaret Quick-Davis

QUICK FAMILY RECORDS:

Source:

The Arkansas Family Historian

Published by Arkansas Genealogical Society, Inc.

Volume 19, No. 1, March 1981

http://www.agsgenealogy.org/

From: Mrs. Grover Harnar, P. O. Box 144 Ball Ave., Parma, Idaho 83660 -- "This was found in my husband's Aunt Mary (Noe) MOSER'S trunk on very bad paper, along with many old tax recipts etc. dated back to 1832".

Jacob Quick was born 26 Nov. 1777

Fheba? Theba? Quick was born 19 Jan. 1775 (Theba on Tax recipts)

Polyan Quick born 3 June 1799

Galy? Quick born 31 Aug. 1800

Martha Quick born 2 Feb. 1802

G. William Quick born 16 Oct. 1803

Jacob Quick born 4 Jan. 1806 (also on-tax recipts)

Samson? Sampson Quick born 13 Nov. 1807 (on 1848 tax recipts)

Peggy Mores? Quick born 13 Jan 1810 <--------

Betty Baxter Quick born 27 Jan 1812

Betty Baxter Quick is the mother of Lydia (Marier)? or "Mariah Jane" or James? Lydia was Burton Strickland's wife. Lydia born 24 Aug. 1833, died 5 Oct. 1895. (I do not know if Jane? or James? is Lydia M's last name or not). That is what is written. Samson or Sampson Quick came to McDonald Co., MO. from Osage, MO. (Benton Township? with Burton Strickland. Sampson died 6 Feb. 1892, he is buried in Union Cemetery near Stella, MO close to Burton Strickland and Lydia Strickland.

Our cousin Mary Noe Moser says she has papers where Burton bought a stone for Sampson's grave, it cost $13.50. She did not think Sampson was ever married. I copied as Mary wrote.

CHILDREN:

ARTESMISIA:

1851 marriage: Astunntia Davis, C Phillip, 18 Sep 1851, Osage, Missouri,

....... shown as daughter of Peggy Davis of Osage County MO

1860 Census: Osage, Missouri, Artemesia Philipps 28 MO, R B Philipps 29 MO

........ household includes mother Margaret

1870 Census: Jasper, Missouri, Artemesia Philips 38 MO, William Philips 40 MO

........ household includes mother Margaret

1873 burial: Artemeza Davis Phillips(1834-1873) - Find A Grave Memorial# 10514925

........ shares headstone with husband, daughter, and mother

1880 census: Jasper, Missouri , William D. Phillips 49 MO (widowed)

1900 census: Jasper, Missouri, William B Phillips 69 MO,TN,TN (widowed)

1910 census: Jasper, Missouri, William B Phillips 78 MO,TN,TN (widowed)

1911 husband: W. B. Phillips (1830-1911) - Find A Grave Memorial# 10514914

........ death record: parents Moses Phillips & Anna Age [?Agee]

........ informant is Mrs Cornelia L Brookfield [daughter]

SARAH:

Note: it appears that Sarah and sister Artesmisia, married Phillips brothers.

1851 marriage: Sarah Emeline Davis, Matthew W. Phillips, 28 Aug 1851, Osage Co. MO

........ shown as daughter of Peggy Davis of Osage County MO

........ is Sarah's husband related to sister Artesmesia's husband ?

1860 ???

1870 census: Jasper, Missouri, Sarah Philips 36 MO, Mathew Philips 38 MO

........ living next to sister Artesmesia Philips, with mother Margaret

Cannot locate any family member after 1870

MARY:

1855 marriage: Mary Jane Davis, Albert Meredith, 16 Aug 1855, Osage, Missouri

........ record says "at the house of W. Bethel Phillips"

........ Note: William Bethel Phillips is brother-in-law, the husband of Mary's sister Artemesia

1860 ???

1870 ???

1880 census: Osage, Missouri, M. J. Meridith 44 MO (widowed)

........ assume correct census, since husband's 1850 census says born DE

1900 ???

JESSE:

1850 census: Jesse B Davis 12 MO, (with mother)

Cannot locate after 1850 census