Person:Roland Davis (1)

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Roland William Davis
b.14 Apr 1872 Mississippi
d.17 Nov 1933 Orange County, Texas
  1. John Mack DavisAbt 1870 - Aft 1933
  2. Roland William Davis1872 - 1933
  3. Henry Lawrence DavisAbt 1877 - Aft 1880
  4. Fannie DavisAbt 1878 - Aft 1933
  5. Florence DavisAbt 1879 - Bef 1933
  6. Robert Lee Davis1882 - Bef 1933
  7. Walter Smith Davis1884 - 1940
  8. James Thomas Davis1886 - 1935
  9. Jefferson Monroe Davis1889 - 1969
  10. George Edward Davis1891 - 1974
  11. Artie Burella Davis1892 - 1978
  12. Morris Alton Davis,, Sr.1896 - 1970
  13. Lillian May Davis1898 - Aft 1933
  1. Jean Lee Vandon Davis1898 - 1946
  2. Irene Louise Davis1901 - 1973
  3. Dalton Louis Davis1903 - 1965
  4. Lindon Joseph Davis1904 - 1961
  5. Lloyd "Smiley" Davis1905 - 2004
  6. Guy William Davis1907 - 1956
  7. Marjorie Marie DavisAbt 1909 - Aft 1938
  8. Edwine Lincoln Davis1915 - 1992
  9. Maxine Edith Davis1916 - 1996
  10. Geraldine Mary Davis1920 - 1995
Facts and Events
Name Roland William Davis
Gender Male
Birth? 14 Apr 1872 Mississippi
Marriage to Elizabeth Marie "Eleas" Guidry
Marriage License? 31 Dec 1897 Crowley, Acadia Parish, Louisiana
Death? 17 Nov 1933 Orange County, Texas
Burial? 18 Nov 1933 Dorman Cemetery, Orange, Orange County, Texas

Died of stroke.

Was the sheriff in Church Point, LA.

Mike Davis has a copy of the marriage license.

Obituaries show interment at both Evergreen Cemetery and Dorman Cemetery. Eleas' obituary lists her as being interred at Dorman Cemetery.

Information is from Norma Dickey.

Listed in the 1880 Calhoun County, Mississippi Census as Rolen Davis, age 8, born MS. With father, siblings, grandmother, and aunt.

Other Davis marriages in Acadia Parish during the same time period: Andrew J. Davis m. Josephine Meyer 1/21/1898; Joe Davis m. Ella Hurst 9/12/1898; John Davis m. Roa Bonome 12/14/1903; Levi M. Davis m. Emma E. Hair; Milton Davis m. Laura Stewart 11/21/1901; Wesley Davis m. Eva Tibot 12/22/1897; Edna Davis m. Arthur G. Cotten 5/9/1901; Florence Davis, m. Johnathan W. Murphy 12/20/1897; Martha Davis m. James S. Bittick 9/27/1893.