Bunyan R. Davis

TO BUN DAVIS' PLACE

Regan Valley, Mt Vernon, Monroe CO, TN

Family Group of

Bunyan Robert "Bun" Davis b 30 Oct 1876 [per dc] Cherokee CO, NC d 9 June 1936 [per dc; 1937 per tombstone] Mt Vernon, Monroe CO, TN buried Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery Monroe CO, TN
Bunyan Davis' WW I draft card
Bunyan Davis' death certificate
Bunyan Davis' obituary
"Uncle Bun's Idea of Fun in the Knobs" by Sandra Ratledge
son of Rev. George Washington "Wash" Davis* & Mary Ann McDonald* of Beaverdam Township, Cherokee CO, NC

m 15 Jan 1895 Cherokee CO, NC by G. W. C. Lovingood, J.P. at Doc Allen's home TO

Martha Allen b 18 May 1874 Cherokee CO, NC d 3 Feb 1950 Athens, McMinn CO, TN buried Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN
Martha (Allen) Davis' death certificate
dau of Benjamin "Doc" Allen & Harriet A. Davis of Cherokee CO, NC

issue: (uncertain birth order; one dau m. a Swafford)
1(M) Sherman Eldridge L. "E. L." Davis b 1896 [2 Sep 1898 per draft] NC d 3 Jan 1957 Athens, McMinn CO, TN buried Meadowfork Baptist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
Sherman Eldridge L. "E. L." Davis' WW I draft card
Sherman Eldridge L. "E. L." Davis' death certificate
photo of E. L. & Lela Davis's tombstone
m 21 Sep 1919 Monroe CO, TN TO
Lela "Leler" Ann Crowder b 1902 TN d 1964 buried Meadowfork Baptist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN

2(M) Fredrick "Fred" Davis b 7 Nov 1898 NC d 1 Dec 1971 buried Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN
m 15 Aug 1920 Monroe CO, TN TO
Susie Crowder b 7 Oct 1899 Monroe CO, TN d 30 Dec 1972 buried Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN

3(M) Stanley Davis b 5 Oct 1900 NC d 3 Oct 1980 Akron, Summit CO, OH buried Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Akron, Summit CO, OH
m 1926 TO
Bonnie _____ b 17 Aug 1906 IL d 12 May 1984 Summit CO, OH buried Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Akron, Summit CO, OH

4(F) Grace Syvilla Davis b (unknown yr) d infancy before 1910 census

5(M) Pearlie J. "Jack" Davis b 9 Feb 1904 Cherokee CO, NC d 9 Apr 1942 Mt Vernon, Monroe CO, TN buried Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN
Pearlie J. "Jack" Davis' death certificate
m 25 Aug 1928 Monroe CO, TN TO
Ersie Crowder b 12 May 1912 Tellico Plains, Monroe CO, TN d 16 Sep 1968 buried Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN (m TO Noah Raper after Jack Davis' death)

6(F) Dollie Davis b ca 1905 NC d

7(M) Arthur Lee Davis b 23 Apr 1907 NC d 14 Feb 1976 buried Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN
m 9 June 1928 Monroe CO, TN TO
Gussie M. Crowder b 24 Nov 1907 TN d 2 Mar 2002 Niota, McMinn CO, TN buried Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN

8(M) George Washington "Warshie" Davis b 7 Dec 1909 Cherokee CO, NC d 31 Oct 1989 buried Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN
m 8 Feb 1931 Monroe CO, TN TO
Lydia "Liddie" M. Crowder b 2 Feb 1915 TN d 7 Nov 1997 buried Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN

9(F) Edith Davis b 15 Mar 1912 NC d 16 Sep 1984 buried Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN
m TO
Johnnie B. Crowder b 22 Mar 1908 TN d 6 Oct 1977 buried Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN

10(F) Myrtle Davis b ca 1915 - 1916 NC d

* great-great-grandparents of Sandra Ratledge

My mother and Liddie (Crowder) Davis helped with Uncle Bun's descendants. Thanks to Mary Lee Farmer, another researcher on this line!

This site is dedicated to the memory of my mother Beulah Cline Nipper, a beautiful product of the Knobs.

"THOU SHALT NOT STEAL." DEUTERONOMY 5 : 19

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Sandra Ratledge

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