Obituary Maria S. Davis   Jan. 19, 1906 Mrs. Davis, who departed this life Jan. 19, 1906, was the daughter of Judge Benjamin F. Lynn and Juliette F. Lynn. She was born Sept. 12, 1826 in Carroll. Tenn. Her father moved from Tenn. in the fall of 1834 crossing the Red River on Dec. 12. He settled on Pecan Bayou about twelve miles from the river in the fall of 1845, he moved on a place of J. W. P. McKenzie near McKenzie College. It was here that she was married to Rev. Andrew Davis a member of East Texas Conference Jan. 14, 1847. At the time of her marriage, Rev. Davis was serving Bonham Mission. In a few days after her marriage she left the comfortable home of her father and rode on horseback more than 100 miles to the frontier mission that paid $26.50 a year salary. Her home life and training were complete for this pioneer life for alto her father was in comfortable circumstances, the girls were taught to work. She and her mother spun and wove the grey jeans and made the suits of clothing for the preachers on Clarksville circuit. For forty years Sister Davis had been a constant sufferer. Her health gave way in 1864 and she had been an invalid most of the time since. Because of this she has been seldom seen in church or in any social function. For fifty nine years and five days she was faithful to him whose life had been blended with hers. She was the mother of eleven children but only three B. L. Davis, Mrs. T. G. Brooks of Corsicana and Mrs. A. Laswell of Waxahachie, survive her. Abstracted from History of Ellis County compiled by Mrs. A. L. Feltenberger and the Rebecca Boyce Chapter DAR.   Copyright © 1999-2016, Ellis County TXGenWeb. All Rights Reserved. This page was last modified: Monday, 10-Sep-2018 10:23:31 MDT