Sarah Adeline Davis (1833 - 1920)

Born 29 Jun 1833 in Grayson County, Virginia, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Jeremiah Davis — married about 1850 (to about 1910) in Carroll County, Virginia

Died 3 May 1920 at age 86 in Carroll County, Virginia, USA

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Biography

Sarah/Sally Adeline Davis was born in 1832 in Grayson County, Virginia. She was the daughter of Thomas Davis and Sarah Lundy.

Her siblings included...    (w/FamilySearch ID when available)
Note: List may not be complete or in correct birth order.

1. Rachel Davis (1820–1906 • KLYC-LCM)
2. Mary Ann Davis (1822–Deceased • KLYC-L8N)
3. Ruth Davis(1825–Deceased • KLYC-L63)
4. Richard Morris Davis (1828–1900 • KF5X-1Q1)
5. Edith Davis (1829–1860 • K48N-8CQ)
6. Rhoda (Davis) Surratt (1832–Deceased • LRKH-Q34)
7. William Riley Davis (1832–Deceased • MF5D-WMR)
8. Sarah Adeline "Sally" Davis (1832–1920 • K8R1-739)
9. Elizabeth Margaret Davis (1835–1892 • KLYC-LVX)
10. Margaret Davis (1836–1885 • KCTZ-997)
11. William R Davis (1837–1891 • GZ31-8MF)
12. Nancy Davis (1839–Deceased • KLYC-LK7)
13. Teany Davis (1839–Deceased • KHC8-RCX)
14. Christina Matilda (Davis) Combs (1844–1910 • KK1Y-2Z4)

Sarah Davis and Jeremiah Davis married on 3 April 1856 in Surry County, North Carolina. ^[1] An interesting note: Their fathers, Thomas and Nathan Davis were brothers making them 1st cousins. ^[2]

Their children include...  (w/FamilySearchID when available)

1. Fred Anderson Davis (1857–1857 • MYSD-MLW)
2. Margaret A Davis (1859–Deceased • L2T6-XW1)
3. Alexander Simeon Davis (1862–1949 • MYSD-SZF)
4. Sidney Jeremiah Davis (1862–1897 • L2T6-XXB)
5. Millie Ann Davis (1867–Deceased • L2T6-XK2)
6. Della Emeline Davis (1867–1958 • L2T6-XGK)
7. Fidelia Davis (1868–Deceased • 9SMP-L88)
8. Matilda Caroline Davis (1871–1879 • 9SM5-462)

Residence

• By the time the 1850 census was taken, Carroll County had been formed from part of Grayson County. ^[3]
• In 1910 seventy seven year old Sally, a widow, is living in the home of 48 year old Margaret J Davis, single, who is head of household, and Margaret's mother. Margaret is a farm operator who owns her own property and is an employer. There is also her sister, Molly A Davis, ^[4]

Sarah Adeline, a widow, passed away on May 4, 1920 from "carcinoma of the stomach" in the Pipers Gap section of Carroll County, Virginia. .^{[5] [6]}

The day after her death she was buried at Coleman Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery of Carroll County, Virginia. The undertaker is listed as "Friends Acting". ^[7]

Research Notes

Original Details:

Sarah Adline Davis in the Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014

Order certified copy of record

Name: Sarah Adline Davis

Gender: Female

Race: White

Age at Death: 88

Birth Date: 2 Jul 1821

Death Date: 4 May 1920

Death Place: Carroll, Virginia, USA

Registration Date: 8 May 1920

Father: Thomas Davis

Mother: Sarah Lundy

Spouse: Jeremiah Davis ^[8]

Death Details:

Sarah Adline Davis

Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014

DETAILRELATEDSOURCE

Name Sarah Adline Davis

Gender Female

Race White

Age at Death 88

Birth Date 2 Jul 1821

Death Date 4 May 1920

Death Place Carroll, Virginia, USA

Registration Date 8 May 1920

Father Thomas Davis

Mother Sarah Lundy

Spouse Jeremiah Davis

Sources

1. ↑ Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. (P.O. Box 740, Orem, Utah 84059) from county marriage records on microfilm located at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, in published books cataloged by the Library of Congress, or county records in possession of the individual county clerks or courthouses. North Carolina State Archives. North Carolina County Marriage Indexes. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina. North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics. North Carolina Marriage Index, 1962-2004. North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics, Raleigh, North Carolina.
2. ↑ See: FamilySearch petigree chart.
3. ↑ Citing this Record "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M88T-5WJ : 12 April 2016), Sally A Davis in household of Thomas Davis, Carroll county, part of, Carroll, Virginia, United States; citing family 623, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ Citing this Record"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPPF-QQW : accessed 4 January 2019), Sally A Davis in household of Margaret J Davis, Pipers Gap, Carroll, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 11, sheet 20A, family 328, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1624; FHL microfilm 1,375,637.
5. ↑ Death: "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
   FamilySearch Record: QVR7-DDVV (accessed 28 June 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-L9GL-5949 Image number 00411
   Sarah Adline Davis death 4 May 1920 (born 2 Jul 1821), daughter of Thomas Davis & Sarah Lundy, wife of Jeremiah Davis, in Carroll, Virginia, United States.
6. ↑ Death: "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
   FamilySearch Record: QVR7-DDVV (accessed 28 June 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-L9GL-5949 Image number 00411
   Sarah Adline Davis death 4 May 1920 (born 2 Jul 1821), daughter of Thomas Davis & Sarah Lundy, wife of Jeremiah Davis, in Carroll, Virginia, United States.
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65995858/sarah-adeline-davis: accessed 28 June 2023), memorial page for Sarah Adeline Davis Davis (29 Jun 1833–3 May 1920), Find A Grave: Memorial #65995858, citing Coleman Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Pipers Gap, Carroll County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Fred Cox (contributor 51328283).
8. ↑ Sarah Adline Davis in the Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014, Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Virginia, Deaths, 1912–2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.