Lester (16) married Dorothy Scovel on July 20, 1926.[7]
Lester died on November 5, 1991 in Des Moines, Iowa, aged 82. He was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa.[8][9]
Research Notes
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Sources
↑ "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XVN7-KX1 : 1 April 2020), Lester Davis, 11 May 1909; citing Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,616,981.
↑ "Iowa, Birth Records, 1921-1942," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP86-JGCF : 13 June 2023), Lester Davis in entry for Richard Cecil Davis, 7 May 1927; citing Birth, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines.
↑ "Iowa, Birth Records, 1921-1942," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP86-QS4S : 13 June 2023), Lester Davis in entry for Maynard Franklin Davis, 8 Jun 1929; citing Birth, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines.
↑ "Iowa, Birth Records, 1921-1942," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP86-95PB : 13 June 2023), Lester Davis in entry for Bernard Lester Davis, 3 Dec 1930; citing Birth, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines.
↑ "Iowa, Birth Records, 1921-1942," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8X-3NG8 : 13 June 2023), Lester Davis in entry for John Norman Davis, 16 Jul 1936; citing Birth, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGM2-LJC : accessed 8 July 2023), Lester Davis in household of Frank Davis, Perry, Marion, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 54, sheet 3A, family 57, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 412; FHL microfilm 1,374,425.
↑ "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJJN-X7T : 27 September 2017), Lester Davis and Dorothy Scovel, 20 Jul 1926, Indianola, Warren, Iowa, United States; citing reference p. 71, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,863,614.
↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V9GN-CWR : 11 January 2021), Lester Davis, 05 Nov 1991; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93750452/lester-davis: accessed 08 July 2023), memorial page for Lester Davis (31 Oct 1908–Feb 1991), Find a Grave Memorial ID 93750452, citing Laurel Hill Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by Randy Davis. (contributor 48465822).
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMVL-9VJ : accessed 8 July 2023), Lester Davis, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 88, sheet 4A, line 1, family 20, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 677; FHL microfilm 2,340,412.
"United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:KMBN-7YM : Mon Jun 12 18:12:35 UTC 2023), Entry for Lester Davis and Dorothy Davis, 1940.
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