Person:Charlie Davis (3)

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Charlie Ervin Davis
b.21 Sep 1909 Texas, United States
d.8 Nov 1979 Hosston, Caddo, Louisiana, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 11 Oct 1906
  1. Charlie Ervin Davis1909 - 1979
Spouse and Children
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m. Abt 1925
  1. Amos P. Davis1928 - 1992
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m.
Spouse and Children
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m. 19 Oct 1970
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Charlie Ervin Davis
Alt Name[2] Ervin Davis
Gender Male
Alt Birth[4] 21 Sep 1906
Birth[2] 21 Sep 1909 Texas, United States
Residence[2] 1910 Smith, Texas, United States
Residence[1] 1920 Omen, Smith, Texas, United States
Marriage Abt 1925 Texas, USAto Minnie L Gill
Residence[3] 1930 Rusk, Texas, United StatesPrecinct 1
Marriage not married, but had a son together
to Linnie R Gill
Marriage 19 Oct 1970 Brazoria, Texas, United Statesto Bessie Lee Carter
Death[4] 8 Nov 1979 Hosston, Caddo, Louisiana, United States

Charlie was Buried on Veteran's Day, 1979 in Ida, Caddo, Louisiana. Mack Taylor assisted in the funeral service at the request of William J Davis (Uncle Bill). At this service Billy Gill, first cousin to William, Amos, and Otis, was publicly acknowledged as the son of Charlie Ervin Davis.

Billy's mom, Linnie Gill, had attended to her twin sister, Minnie, as she was bed ridden due to dropsy. This secret encounter had been kept quiet. Papa (as Charlie was familiarly known in the family) was dying in the hospital in Shreveport when he privately revealed this to Billy. Papa had promised Linnie to keep the secret.

Papa moved away from the area soon after his wife's death and left his 3 legitimate sons to be raised by Minnie's sister, Mary, and brother, Bo ( William Virgil). Billy was raised by Linnie and her loving husband as his own child. Billy and his cousins always suspected something as they grew up. All three men looked like brothers.

Billy and Bill (William J) attested that Papa's in his last days and after Linnie's death wanted Billy to know who his father was. This made for a surprise to the community and a heart felt union expressed between the brothers. You should have seen the faces at the funeral and heard the whispers as I did. This is my brief interpretation. Signed, Mack Taylor

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census. (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;)
    Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: Omen, Smith, Texas; Roll: T625_1845; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 86; Image: 681.

    Record for Ervin Davis

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: The Ge nerations Network, Inc., 2006).

    Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Pro vo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Indexed by ProQuest from microfilmed s chedules of the 1910 U.S. Federal Decennial Census. Data imaged from Na tional Archives and Records Administration. 1910 Federal Population Cen sus. T624, 1,784 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records A dministration. 2 J-Pct, Smith, Texas, ED 75, roll 1589, part 1, page 21 6A.

  3. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census. (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;)
    Database online. Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 1, Rusk, Texas; Roll: 2387; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 4; Image: 737.0.

    Record for Charlie E Davis

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index. (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;)
    Database online. Number: 457-10-4690; Issue State: Texas; Issue Date: Before 1951.

    Record for Charlie Davis

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