Mary Davis (abt. 1856)

Born about 1856 in Indiana, United States

Ancestors

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Biography

Mary Davis, daughter of Absalom Davis and Priscilla Williams, was born about 1856 to 1857 in Indiana.^[1] She was enumerated with her parents and siblings, living in Henry Township, Fulton County, Indiana, during the 1860 and 1870 censuses.^[1][2]

Mary had three known marriages, but information about them is incomplete. Her father's 1895 will names her as "Mary Slotter."^[3] She then apparently married --?-- Schuler, with whom she was later widowed.^[4] She married a third time to Frederick J. Moll, son of Joseph C. Moll and Catherina Plassman, on 28 October 1909 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.^[4] [It is possible Slotter and Schuler are variants of the same person. This needs more research to clarify.]

Mary "Schuler-Moll" and Frederick Moll were living at 2211 South Union Avenue in Los Angeles during the 1910 census. There were six boarders from five different states living in their home.^[5]

Mary was living in California at the time of her brother Elmore's death in 1914.^[6]

Research Notes

Need to find information about her Slotter and Schuler marriages. Also need to search census records in Indiana and Los Angeles for 1880, 1900, 1920, 1930, 1940. Death in California?

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} 1860 U.S. Census, Fulton County, IN, population schedule (digital image), accessed 5 Oct 2012; Henry Township, pages 240-241, dw.#1654, fam.#1658, line 36, household of Absalom Davis; Mary Davis, age 4, born IN.
2. ↑ 1870 U.S. Census, Fulton County, IN, population schedule (digital image), accessed 6 Oct 2012; Henry Township, page 11, stamped page 16, dw.#73, fam.#73, line 13, household of Absalome Davis.
3. ↑ Jean C. Tombaugh and Wendell C. Tombaugh, Fulton County Indiana Wills (Briefed), 1836-1974, 2 volumes (Rochester, Indiana: Tombaugh House, 1983), may be viewed online at http://www.fulco.lib.in.us/genealogy/fulton-county-wills-briefed/; WR "C" 535-538, will dated 03 Jun 1895, probated 14 Feb 1899, Absalom Davis. He gave real estate to his daughter, Mary Slotter (the abstract doesn't say size or location of parcels).
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "California Marriages, 1850-1945", database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : 24 March 2020); FHL microfilm no. 1,033,218; Frederick J. Moll and Mary A. Schuler, 28 Oct 1909, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. See also another image in the same dataset, citing FHL microfilm 2,074,031. This was his second marriage and her third.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV2Y-82Z : accessed 14 December 2020), Mary A Schuler-Moll, Los Angeles Assembly District 71, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 201, sheet 5B, family 128, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 82; FHL microfilm 1,374,095;

   Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

   Mary A Schuler-Moll Wife Female 49 Indiana

   Frederick J Moll Husband Male 64 Germany

   John E Larson Roomer Male 22 Wisconsin

   Hortense Larson Roomer Female 21 California

   Julia D Murray Roomer Female 73 New York

   Annie Dorr Roomer Female 61 New York

   Marie E Culver Roomer Female 64 Illinois

   Harry R Couchman Roomer Male 26 Kansas

6. ↑ Jean C. Tombaugh and Wendell C. Tombaugh, Fulton County Indiana Obituaries, The Rochester Sentinel, Volume 1914 (700 Pontiac Street, Rochester, Indiana 46975-1538: Tombaugh House, 1998); pub. 27 Mar 1914, Elmore Davis: Surviving him were 3 brothers, Columbus of this city (Rochester), John and Schuyler of Akron; 3 sisters, Margaret E. Morgan of Akron, Mrs. Cecilia White of Canton, Ohio, and Mary Mull, who lives in California.