D. Davis

D. Davis (1882-1905): Dora Davis was born in Texas in 1882 to Frank and Patsy Davis. On January 3rd, 1900, Dora married Ben Brown and the couple lived with her parents until finding their own home. By 1910, the Brown family was living in Chickasha County, Oklahoma and had no children. By 1920, their nephew Val Vaughner was living with them. Ben and Val were working at the railroads, while Dora was working as a washer. By 1940, the Brown family was still living in Oklahoma, with their niece, Zephyr Doyle. Ben was working as a laborer. Dora later died of unknown causes at an unknown time, presumably in Grady, Oklahoma. 

Davis Marriage Certificate

1900 marriage certificate showing the marriage of Ben and Dora Davis

Ann Allen | Isaac Allen | Matilda Allen | Thomas Allen | Martha Billingslea | John Burton | Louisa Burton | Dora Davis | Wash Davis | Charles Ellis | Mrs. Charles Ellis | Gus Finch | Josaphine Finch | Mary Turner Fourteen | Eliza Jane White Green | Hezekiah Griffin | Lindsay Haflin | Melvinie Hays | Charity Shears Holloway Helm | Henry Holloway | Georgia Ann Holstein | Abraham Lyles | Mary Varner Lyles | Marvin Newsom | Charles Oliver | Peggy Oliver | Mary B. Finch Peace | James Robinson | Harriet Davis Shears | Henry Shears | Lucy Shears | Risom Shears | Henry Smith | Lissie Smith | Little Smith | Agle Lee Truitt | George Truitt | Lou Smith Truitt | Ceborn Vaughner | Lewis Vaughner | L.D. "Lover" Vaughner | Jennie Lyles Walker | Infant Ware | Infant Ware II | Mattie Finch Washington | John D. White | Washington Whitlow | Amanda "Mandy" Truitt Williams | Angeline Williamson

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Citation: Ancestry.com. Texas, Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965 [database on-line]1900 Census of the United States, Denton County, Year: 1910; Census Place: Chickasaw, Grady, Oklahoma; Roll: T624_1252; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0101; FHL microfilm: 1375265, Year: 1920; Census Place: Chickasha Ward 1, Grady, Oklahoma; Roll: T625_1461; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 164, Year: 1930; Census Place: Chickasha, Grady, Oklahoma; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0040; FHL microfilm: 2341638, Year: 1940; Census Place: Chickasha, Grady, Oklahoma; Roll: m-t0627-03295; Page: 61A; Enumeration District: 26-16, Ancestry.com. Texas, Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.