Elizabeth Clementine (Barnes) Davis (1874 - 1956)

Born 4 Feb 1874 in Claiborne, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James A Davis — married 1895 in Lee, Virginia, United States

Died 12 May 1956 at age 82 in Lee, Virginia, United States

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Biography

The daughter of James Barnes and Elizabeth (Creager) Barnes, Lizzie was born in Claiborne County , Tennessee{citation needed}} in 1876, residing with her family in Civil District 11.^[1] Her father passed away in 1894 and her mother returned, with her children, to her home in Lee County, Virginia.

Elizabeth Barnes marriedJames Davis, the son of Rush Franklin Davis and Martha Hobbs, marrying in Virginia 1895.^{[citation needed]} and having six known children together. They made their home in Rose Hill, Virginia, where her husband worked as a day laborer.^[2][3] By 1920, Lizzie and her family had left Virginia for Kentucky, residing in Middlesboro, where her husband worked as a section hand on the railroad.^[4] By 1930, they lived in Claiborne County, Tennessee's Civil District 6, where her husband had taken up farming.^[5] By 1940, Lizzie and Jim had returned to Virginia, residing in Rose Hill, farming.^[6]

Elizabeth Davis passed away at the age of 82 and is buried at Wheeler-Boles Cemetery in Ewing, Virginia.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDQR-VSM : 20 February 2021), Elizabeth C Barnes in household of James Barnes, District 11, Claiborne, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 109, sheet 216C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,248.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMNR-YLH : 11 March 2022), Lizzie Davis in entry for James Davis, 1900.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPPQ-M93 : accessed 17 November 2022), Lizzie 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.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH2F-J9G : 1 February 2021), Lizzie Davis in entry for Jim Davis, 1920.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPWH-QGD : Thu Oct 05 07:05:24 UTC 2023), Entry for James Davis and Lizzie Davis, 1930.
6. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls. Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Ancestry Record 2442 #17725603 with attached Image
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85316829/elizabeth-clementine-davis: accessed 04 January 2024), memorial page for Elizabeth Clementine “Lizzie” Barnes Davis (4 Feb 1874–12 May 1956). Wheeler-Boles Cemetery, Ewing, Lee County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Phillip Cheek (contributor 47469608). Find A Grave: Memorial #85316829