Mrs. Simpson Davis
Mrs. Davis was born in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, on April 16th, 1840, and died at her home in Lanes Creek township, nine miles southeast of Monroe, on Sunday afternoon, December 14, 1919, of pneumonia. In early young womanhood she married Mr. Simpson Davis of this county, and to this union were born five children, all of whom survive except Samuel, who died in young manhood. They are Thos. B., W. J., Miss Rebecca E., Miss Lizzie Dees and two stepchildren, Mr. Henderson Davis and Mrs. Sarah Funderburk. Her descendants are numerous, as there are many grand-children and some great-grand-children in the family. Mrs. Davis was a very industrious woman, providing well for her household. Some years ago she had the misfortune to be thrown from a buggy and have her ankle dislocated which made her a cripple for life, yet she never ceased her efforts to work. She was a good neighbor, a devoted mother, and a grand-mother beloved. She was a faithful member of Liberty Hill church, where she joined as a girl many years ago, the ice being broken to administer the ordinance of baptism to her. She died at the home of her daughter, Miss Rebecca Davis, whose tender care she has known for years, anticipating her every want, sympathizing with her in suffering, bearing patiently with her amid the infirmities of age, and joining with her in the blessed hope as like sisters they walked together and talked together until the mother slipped away to wait at the gate for her loved ones. Surely there is no affection more unselfish, more tender, more Christlike than that of a devoted daughter for her mother. Children are God’s heritage and the glory of children is their parents. Funeral services were conducted in Smyrna Methodist church, near her home, by Rev. M. D. L. Preslar, assisted by Rev. Joe Bivens and Rev. R. J. McIlwaine and she was laid to rest in the cemetery near the church by the side of her husband who died thirty years ago. – A Friend.
Simpson Davis was first married to Elva Threatt about 1845. To this union was born four children. Elva Threatt Davis died about 1863. Simpson then married Rechamira Beaver in 1868 or maybe earlier. To this union were born five children of which a son died young.
Simpson Davis, a grandson of Thomas Davis and Nancy Rivers, died 28 August 1889. His 2nd wife Rechamira Beaver Davis died 14 December 1919. They are buried in Smyrna United Methodist Church Cemetery, Monroe, Union County, North Carolina.
Rechamira Beaver is the 2nd wife of my 1st Cousin 4 times removed, Simpson Davis.
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[1] "Mrs. Simpson Davis," Obituary, The Monroe Journal, December 30, 1919, page/Image 7; on-line images Chronciling America (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : viewed 2 January 2018), Historic America Newspapers.
