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Davis, Samuel A.
LAST NAME: Davis FIRST NAME: Samuel MIDDLE NAME: A. NICKNAME: Sam
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
GENDER: M TITLE: 
BORN: 7 July 1851 DIED: 11 May 1943 BURIED:  ~ Smith Cemetery
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Kansas City, Jackson Co, Missouri
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
Name of father Ward A. Davis
Maiden name of mother Mary Clark
MARRIAGE - Sam'l A. Davis & Mary E. Cherry m 10 Oct 1880 at home of James Cherry by P. Holman, MG. Wit: James Cherry & I.E. Holman. Vol c, page 32
1900 OR CENSUS - Samuel Davis (b July 1848, MO) enumerated with wife of 19 years Mary E. (b Dec 1856, OR, mother of no children)
1920 OR CENSUS - Samuel A. Davis, age 68, b. Missouri, is enumerated with wife Mary E., age 64, b. Oregon. 
DEATH CERTIFICATE: 

OSBH DC (Marion County 1943) #454 - Samuel A. Davis, male, farmer, widowed; b. 7 July 1851 at Kansas City, Missouri, d. 11 May 1943 in Salem, Oregon (Oregon State Hospital - usual residence Dallas, Oregon), at the age of 91 yrs 10 mos 4 days, name of father Ward A. Davis (b. Kentucky), maiden name of mother Mary Clark (b. Scotland); informant OSH records

OBITUARY: 
Sam Daivs Dies in Salem.
Mrs. Al Cherry has received a message telling of the death of Sam A. Davis in Salem May 11. He was formerly of Dallas and had been a resident of Polk county for about 70 years. He would have reached the age of 93 had he lived until July 7. Mr. Davis was taken to Salem for care during the past winter. 
Itemizer Observer (Thursday) 20 May 1943, 1:4
INSCRIPTION: 
Davis
Samuel A.
1851 - 1943
[shares marker with Margaret and Alpheus Cherry; Mary Davis]
SOURCES: 
PCHS
OSBH DC (1943 Marion co) #454  
Polk Co., Oregon, Marriage Records, 1879-1889, page 6
1900 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Bridgeport, ED 174, FA#28)
1920 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Dallas, ED 383, page 294B)
IO 20 May 1943, 1:4
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ROW: 34-8  

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