Person:Gilbert Davis (4)

resided in Warner, NH

According to letterswritten by Ivy Davis Little to Willie Earle Davis, Gilbert Davis was a Harness maker. Family records in possession of his son, Charles Gilbert Davis were lost when his second wife died. Warner, Merrimack Co, New Hampshire 1860 census records (film #0803676-lines 22-25) Gilbert Davis (harness maker) was living in Warner, Merrimack Co, with wife Harriet E. and children Charles G. & Minnie H. According to HISTORY OF WARNER, NH by Walter Harriman, a Gilbert Davis was sheriff in 1863-1868. (Research has not determined if this was our family line Gilbert Davis).

Note: Previous family records have Gilbert Davis named as Charles Gilbert Davis I. This is not correct according to census records & the headstone inscription in Pine Grove Cem. Warner, NH.

Cemetery photos show headstone: Gilbert Davis, Harriet E. Harriman & Minnie H. Davis in Pine Grove Cem. Warner, NH.

Historical Society of Warner, NH has card on file for Gilbert Davis, son of Samuel Davis and Betsey Harriman. It lists his death as: DAVIS, Gilbert died: January 18, 1887 Warner, NH, age 65 yrs 8 mos 5 days. Records are also on Warner Vital Records film roll #9 at the Pillsbury Free Library.

Bradford Historical Society has Davis family records that list Gilbert as child of Samuel & Betsy (Harriman) Davis.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Sherry Gould and Kathy Beals. Vol. II of Bradford Town History, Early Families of Bradford, New Hampshire. (Bradford Historical Society).