Dr.
Benjamin
Franklin
Davis
Born in Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas, United States
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary A. (Leach) Davis
— married
14 Oct 1905 in Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 79
in Denver, Colorado, United States
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Biography
Son of Samuel T. Davis 1844-1891 and Delia Jennison 1851-1903
Benjamin was a stock grower and veterinarian. At one time he was State Veterinarian for Wyoming. He also served as President and General Manager of Cheyenne Frontier Days.
He was aged 3 and living with his father Samuel T. Davis and mother Della in Fort Scott, Kansas, in 1880.[1]
He was aged 23 and living with his mother Della at Fort Scott, Kansas, in 1900.[2]He was a bookkeeper at a boarding barn.
He married Mary A. Leach.[3]
In 1917 Benjamin and Mary were living in Douglas, Converse, Wyoming. He was a land appraiser for the Federal Land Bank of Omaha. His birth date is given as 15 March 1878.[4]
Benjamen F Davis age 50 b KS; Mary A Davis age 47 b KS. [5]
Benjamin F Davis age 60 b KS; Mary A. Davis age 59 b KS. [6]
In 1942 Benjamin and Mary were living in Edgewater, Jefferson, Colorado. His World War II draft registration card gives his birth date as 15 Mar 1878 at Fort Scott, Kansas. He was a stock grower employed in Denver.[7]
Dr. Davis Dies Denver —(AP)— A funeral service will be held here Thursday for Dr. Benjamin F. Davis, retired secretary of the Colorado Stockgrowers and Feeders Association and former state veterinarian for Wyoming. Dr. Davis, 79, died Monday.[8]
There is a Freemason symbol on his grave marker.[9]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFPV-812 : 7 September 2017), Benjamin F Davis in household of Samuel T Davis, Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 25, sheet 192A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,373.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMTS-CFY : accessed 28 November 2020), Benjamin F Davis in household of Della Davis, Fort Scott city Ward 2, Bourbon, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 33, sheet 13B, family 308, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,471.
- ↑ "Kansas Marriages, 1840-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW2H-3X4 : 14 January 2020), Benjamin F. Davis, 1905.
- ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K68W-DHH : 6 March 2020), Benjamin Franklin Davis, 1917-1918.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X74C-QX3 : accessed 30 November 2018), Mary A Davis in household of Benjamen F Davis, Lakewood, Jefferson, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 26, sheet 1B, line 88, family 27, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 243; FHL microfilm 2,339,978.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR66-PMN : 13 March 2018), Mary A Davis in household of Benjamin F Davis, Election Precinct 39, Jefferson, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 30-58, sheet 7B, line 41, family 165, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 465.
- ↑ "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKC4-Q3SS : 8 May 2020), Benjaman Franklin Davis, 27 Apr 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ Helena (MT) Independent Record, Wed 25 Dec 1957 p 1 https://newspaperarchive.com/helena-independent-record-dec-25-1957-p-1/
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94939211/_
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