Nancy Ellen (Asbell) Davis (1855 - 1925)

Born 30 May 1855 in Kentucky

Ancestors

Wife of Isaac Charles Davis — married 31 Oct 1868 in Jackson County, Kentucky

Descendants

Died 16 Feb 1925 at age 69 in Berea, Madison County, Kentucky

Biography

Nannie was the daughter of Overton and Elizabeth (Becknell) Azbill, and the sister of Mary, Joseph, William, Charles, Juann, Chilela, Laura, and Albert. Her father was a medical doctor. Nancy married Isaac Davis in 1868 in McKee, Jackson County, Kentucky, They had seven children (Charles Green 1870, Lewis A. 1874, Willie 1881, Minnie 1883, Egbert 1888, Winnie 1895, Ruth 1898).

Charles and Nancy purchased his father's homeplace in Cave Springs, South Fork area of Jackson County, after the estate was settled. They lived and farmed there until 1887, when they began having trouble with some neighbors. They sold the house to Isaac's sister and her husband, Mary Ellen (Davis) and William Abney, and moved to Berea.

Sources

• Nancy Davis on Find A Grave
• "Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FWKT-CZX : accessed 20 Oct 2014), Nancy Asbill, 30 May 1855; citing , ESTILL, KENTUCKY, reference ; FHL microfilm 216822.
• "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9HZ-R8G : accessed 20 Oct 2014), Nannie E Davis in household of Isaac C Davis, Magisterial District 6, Glades (east part) Berea town, Madison, Kentucky, United States; citing sheet 2A, family 34, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1240541.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M26D-HZP : accessed 27 January 2016), Nancy E Davis, Berea, Madison, Kentucky, United States.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHGR-N4R : accessed 27 January 2016), Nancy Davis in household of Egbert Davis, Burnam, Madison, Kentucky, United States.