Submitted by Russell D. James
| Husband | William Edmond Davis | |
| Birth | Mar. 1864 | Haywood County, Tennessee |
| Occupation | farmer | |
| Census | 1880 | Madison County, North Carolina |
| Marriage | Between 1880 and 1885 | |
| Move | Before 1885 | Cocke County, Tennessee |
| Death | Mar. 25, 1918 | Cocke County, Tennessee |
| Burial | Mar. 28, 1918 | Hickey Community Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee |
| Other Wife | Emeline James | |
| Parents | Isaiah Davis (Samuel4, Uriah3 , Uriah2, Uriah1) and Mary Elizabeth Stines (Elias3, Elias2, Johann Frederick 1) | |
| Wife | Sarah Lavanda Moore | |
| Birth | Jul. 1864 | Madison County, North Carolina |
| Death | Between Mar. 21, 1894 and Apr. 5, 1899 | This death date possibility is computed by dying after the birth of her youngest child and before her husband remarried. |
| Burial | Hickey Community Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee She has no headstone, but in an interview with her granddaughter, Georgia Jenkins, one year before Georgia died, she told me that Lavanda was buried next to William. |
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| Parents | William Josiah Moore (Thomas1) and Emily Lucinda Davis (Samuel4, Uriah 3, Uriah2, Uriah1) | |
| Children |
| 1 | Olgia "Ollie" Davis | |
| Gender | Female | |
| Birth | Mar. 6, 1885 | Cocke County, Tennessee |
| Husband | George Ashley James | |
| Marriage | Jul. 20, 1899 | Cocke County, Tennessee |
| Death | Apr. 20, 1951 | Haywood County, North Carolina |
| Burial | Apr. 21, 1951 | Woody Cemetery, Madison County, North Carolina |
| 2 | Joseph I. Davis | |
| Gender | Male | |
| Birth | Mar. 1888 | North Carolina |
| Wife | Pearl G. Arrowood | |
| Marriage | 1911 | Tennessee |
| 3 | Lela Davis | |
| Gender | Female | |
| Birth | Feb. 1890 | Cocke County, Tennessee |
| Death | After 1910 | Cocke County, Tennessee |
| 4 | Margaret "Meg" Davis | |
| Gender | Female | |
| Birth | Jun. 20, 1892 | Cocke County, Tennessee |
| Husband | Henry Johnson | |
| Marriage | Oct. 25, 1909 | Cocke County, Tennessee |
| Death | Dec. 1928 | Cocke County, Tennessee |
| Burial | Dec. 1928 | MacMillan Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee |
| 5 | Harriet "Hattie" Davis | |
| Gender | Female | |
| Birth | Mar. 21, 1894 | Cocke County, Tennessee |
| Death | May 24, 1967 | Sevier County, Tennessee |
| 6 | Garrett Davis | |
| Gender | Male | |
| Death | Before 1898 | Tennessee |
Notes on William Edmond Davis
There may have been a sixth child, a son named Garrett, but I can find no record of him. He would have been born after the 1880 census and died before the 1900 census.(RDJ 09-24-2010).
He and Sarah Lavanda Moore were 1st cousins.
Notes on Lela Davis
Need to do a thorough search of Cocke and neighboring counties to see if I can determine if she married between 1910 and 1920. She was in the 1910 Census (I think) but not the 1920 with her father. If she died, then she did so after 1900 and there is a chance there would be a death record snce they began in Cocke County in 1902. (RDJ 09-24-2010).
Thorough search of Cocke and surrounding counties for a "Lela" or "Lila" of any surname in 1920 showed no one. Also checked Knox, Sevier, Greene. If she lived to 1920 and was married, which is probable, without a marriage record it is impossible to tell where she was at this time. (RDJ 09-28-2010).
Notes on Harriet "Hattie" Davis
I believe she was the second wife of Sheridan Valentine, as he had older children almost the same age as her who lived with the family in the 1920 Census.
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