It’s Family Time~David Richard Davis and Mary Cornelia McNair Family

David Richard Davis was born 4 August 1825, a son of William Davis and Julia Thurman. About 1858, at age 33, he married Mary Cornelia McNair, the daughter of Alexander McNair and Catherine McMillan. Mary Cornelia was their first born daughter arriving in February 1835.

David Richard Davis and Mary Cornelia McNair had a large family of 10 siblings; 7 daughters and 3 sons.  Several of their children died young; their children are:

        i.    Margaret J. Davis was born in 1859 and died before 1870 at the age of 11.
         ii.    Eugenia Cordelia Davis, born Sep 1862; married Henry Perkins Davis, 25 Dec 1879;  died 21 Jun 1898.
         iii.    Julia C. Davis was born in  about 1865.
         iv.    Mary Elizabeth Davis, born 1867; married William A. Sellers, 1889; died in  1937.
         v.    John C. Davis was born in 1869; died before 1900.
         vi.    Flora V. "Mitt" Davis was born on 4 Sep 1870; died 8 September 1939.
         vii.    William McNair "Mack" Davis, born 18 Mar 1872; married Mary E. Meehan, 14 Aug 1912;  died 21 Jul 1916.
         viii.    Ida Isabelle Davis, born 8 Apr 1874; married Lewis Maxie Jones, 1902; died 5 Oct 1935, Lake Wales, Polk, Florida,
          ix.  Alfred Thomas Davis was born in 1877; in 1930 census living in Charleston, SC; no further information found.

David Richard passed away in January 1892 followed by his loving wife, Mary, in December 1900. They are buried in the Sowell Cemetery, Chesterfield County, South Carolina. 

David Richard Davis is my 1st Cousin 4 times removed.















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1. James C. Pigg, Chesterfield County Cemetery Survey; Chesterfield County Genealogical Services, 1995, PAGE 1177. Tombstone of D. Richard DAVIS; 4 August 1825–8 January 1892, Sowell Cemetery, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
2. 1860 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page: 119; Line 26, Dwelling 358, Family 357, Household of D. R. DAVIS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 10 July 2012); citing  National Archives Microfilm M653_1217.
3. 1870 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page 292B, Line 08, Dwelling 099, Family 099, Household of  D. R. [David Richard] DAVIS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 10 July 2012); citing  National Archives Microfilm M593_1491.
4. 1880 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 005, Page 324A; Line 15, Dwelling 235, Family 235, Household of D. R. DAVIS; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 10 July 2012); citing National Archive  Microfilm T9, Roll 1225.
5. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed  10 July 2012); Memorial page for David Richard Davis; (4 August 1825–8 January 1892); Find a Grave memorial # 42732687, Citing Sowell Cemetery; Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA.
6. Harry Alexander Davis, The Davis Family (Davies and David) in Wales and America: genealogy of Morgan David of Pennsylvania (Washington, D.C.: H. A. Davis, 1927), page 225.
7. James C. Pigg, Chesterfield County Cemetery Survey, Chesterfield County Genealogical Services, 1995. Tombstone of Mary M. DAVIS.
8. 1900 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 20, Page: 80A/8A, Line 01, Dwelling 134, Family 134, Household of Mary C. DAVIS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 18 July 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm T623_1523.
9. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Mary Cornelia McNair Davis (February 1835–1900), Memorial # 42732720.
10. Chesterfield County, South Carolina, 9: 37 & 38, Mary McNair & Others to Calvin B. McNair (Power of Attorney); 4 February 1887, Register of Deeds, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
11. James C. Pigg, Chesterfield County Cemetery Survey, Chesterfield County Genealogical Services, 1995. Tombstone of Flora V. DAVIS.
12. James C. Pigg, Chesterfield County Cemetery Survey, Chesterfield County Genealogical Services, 1995. Tombstone of Flora V. DAVIS.
13. Miss MITT DAVIS, The Chesterfield Advertiser, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, 21 September 1939.
35. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Flora V. Davis (4 September 1870–8 September 1939), Memorial # 43104131.