John Lewis Davis

Also J. L. Davis · John L. Davis · Louis Davis

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Life

  1. 1841
    Born
    9 Jan 1841

    The day is from FamilySearch; aged 40 in January 1881.

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    Sources· 2 found
  2. 1881
    Married Mariah Emma Bruner
    6 Feb 1881, Benton County, Arkansas

    Licensed 26 Jan 1881, as "Mariah M. Clifford," aged 27; by W. C. Dewitt, minister.

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    Sources· 1 found
  3. 1914
    Died
    21 Nov 1914

    From FamilySearch only. The date matters for when Emma could have married Dunlap.

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    Sources· 1 found
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Family

Parents
Not known
Spouse 1
Elizabeth Rock

Per a FamilySearch contributor's account; a widow with two children, Sigel Charles and Pluma, whom Davis adopted. She died before 1881.

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Pedigree

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Notes

Emma Bruner’s second husband, married in Benton County, Arkansas, in February 1881; 13 years older than she. Living at Siloam Springs, where their daughter Elizabeth Jane was born in 1883. Her Social Security record names him John L. Davis; her death certificate, Louis Davis. The marriage seems to have ended, perhaps in divorce, before Emma became Mrs. Dunlap.

J. A. Davis, 22, licensed to marry Laura B. Morton on the same day and page as J. L. Davis in January 1881, was very likely a son by an earlier marriage [?].

Open questions

  • When and where did he die? Did he and Emma divorce?
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