At the home of her son, Harrison E. Davis, North Loup, Nebraska, October 5, 1908, Zilpha Ann Williams Davis.
She was born September 7, 1820, at Verona, New York. Her father, Robert Williams, was in the fifth generation of direct descendants of Roger Williams. Her mother was Zilpha Davis. Her husband was George W. Davis. Thus it will be seen that Aunt Zilpha, as she was known at North Loup, had very many relatives as well as a host of friends scattered over the face of the whole East. To the few who are left of her generation, she will be remembered as Zilpha Williams; to others as the wife of George W. Davis. Another generation will recognize her best as the mother of Harrison E. Davis; and to yet another she could best be described as the grandmother of Rev. H. Eugene Davis. Her husband died twenty-seven years ago. For more than nineteen years she had been totally blind. Her only child was Harrison Davis, whose home was her home, and who with his unselfish wife gave mother every care that love could suggest through the long dark evening of her earthly life.
Mrs. Davis became a Christian early in life and was a member of the Seventh-day Baptist churches at Verona and Watson, New York; Carlston, Minnesota; and North Loup, Nebraska. A good woman has gone. Her funeral was held at the Seventh-day Baptist church, conducted by the pastor assisted by Rev. Oscar Babcock. G. B. S.
