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Doris E Zieammerman was the daughter of Alvah N Davis of Floyd County, TX.

Source; her son Tom Smith.



Her middle initial is E for Elaine explained on this page.

Doris E Zieammerman is my mother. She was born 3 December 1926, as Daris Allene Davis the daugher of Alvah Newton Davis and Miriam Lavonia (Jennings)Davis in the country near the Community of Hamby in Shackleford County, Texas just a few miles North East of Abilene, Texas. When whe was about a year old her family moved to their new farm near Sterley, Texas just North of Lockney in Floyd County, Texas in the panhandle. Her grandpa Charlie had gone up there previously and they dug a water well and built a house and otherwise made provision for survival of the families and provide a beginning to their new farm. Mom's dad Alvah and his two brothers Cye (Cyrus) and Mason Davis went in with their dad who had made all this a possibility via inheritance from his mom's ancestor Mr. Augustine in Illinois. Mom's grandpa Charlie was Charles Edward Davis the son of John Barton Davis and Christina Liming who settled in Navarro County, Texas having moved with his parents from Cass County, Illinois over the winter of 1878 to spring of 1879. Her dad Alvah had been born in the country a few miles South East of the Community of Pursley, Texas, near Purdon, TX, in Navarro County, Texas in 1894 and his dad Charles Edward had moved his family from Navarro County and I think they did move around quite a bit in the next few years. They lived in Throckmorton and later Baylor Counties about 1920. Charles Edward received inheritance of some land in Illinois from an inheritance of his deceased mom's Ancestor Mr. Augustine in Illinois probably just before 1926 the year mom was born.

Mom had been talking about her dad after he had passed away one day and told me she had her name changed when she was young because she didn't like her birth name. She said that she had a real hard time convincing Alvah her dad to grant permission as he was "dead set against it" in her words. She finally managed to get him to relent and thus changed her name to Doris Elaine Davis. She said she was still young then and it meant a lot to her. Mom as part of the families of that Davis farm and children of God and Jesus got into her Aunt Mae's diary as their life unfolded. Mom helped get me started on the Davis family history and was interested in it also. She told me about going with her dad Alvah N Davis, my grandfather, to Navarro County before grandad died in 1980 and he showed mom the places he grew up in to mom. Mom had told me about Alvah's dad, her "grampa Charlie" as she called him. She reallty thought the world of her grampa Charllie when she was a kid and it was a great loss her and Alvah and Miriam her parents when he died from a car accident 27 October 1937. Her Aunt Maye Davis had a series of entries in her diary that recorded events of Charles Edward Davis' death in 1937. It was a sad time for the Davis families.

"Oct 27, 1937
Dad started over home & had a car wreck over at the corner of our field. Melvin Griffith came & told us about it about an hr. or more after it happened. 3 boys in a model A Ford were going north & Dad was going east in his Dodge. The Ford struck the Dodge just on the front door. Really did wreck the Ford. Wrecked the Dodge a lot. The ambulance came & took him to Lockney to the clinic. Melvin Griffith came & told us. We had been up with Mom from 12 to 5 & Cye slept til 9 & he had just got up. Before he left, Dad went out and moved the bundles in front of the binder. As he started to leave, he put his arms around my shoulder & said 'Honey, I'll be back in about an hour." It is such a shock to us all. Sister Copeland & Kate stayed with mom while we went to see Dad."

"Oct 28, 1937
Dad still unconscious. He was hurt pretty bad. However was not bruised very much. His head was hurt. Cye went to see his dad this AM then he stayed with Mom then he went to town to wash. Maxcend came back to town. We hung out our clothes and got things pretty well rounded up. Dad had a sinking spell about 9:30. Edward and Clarence came out to tell us about it. Mom went all to pieces. Mr Cowart came over to stay with us while we went down to the clinic. Mrs Copeland, Dee and Arla came out for awhile. Dad rallied & Cye came back around 1 o'clock. Mrs Copeland laid down with mom. We wired the folks."

"Oct 29, 1937
Dad lasted through the night. Uncle Ruff, Aunt Clara, Aunt Pressia, Uncle Grover, Amie Lee, Edith & Oleta came about 8 AM. Aunt Lottie & Louis, Uncle Ira, Wilmer & wife & baby got here about 2 or 3 o'clock. So glad they got here before the end. Lessie came about dark to see Dad. Poor thing, doesn't look like himself at all. Still hasn't regained consciousness yet. I'm afraid the end is near. We had to get back home to see about Mom so we came back about 10 o'clock."

I think names refered to were: Uncle Ruff (*Rufus Roberts), Uncle Grover (*Grover Roberts), Aunt Pressia (*Aunt Preshia Margaret Roberts) Aunt Lottie and Louis (Lottie Ellen Davis - his sister and Louis Tanzen her husband), Clarence (Clarence Davis - mom's brother), Edward (Edward Davis - his grandson through Mason Davis) (*Brothers and Sister of Sarah Annie (Roberts)Davis his wife), Uncle Ira (Uncle Ira Davis, Charles Edward Davis brother from Navarro Co, TX) The grace of Jesus Christ our lord saves. Thank you cousin Clifford L Davis for the remaining identities as follows. "Tom, Uncle Ruff and Aunt Clara are Ruff & Clara Roberts, my Grandmother's brother and wife; Aunt Pressia is Pressia Harris, Grandmother's sister; Uncle Grover is Grover Roberts, Grandmother's brother; Amie Lee, Edith, and Oleta are Aunt Pressia's daughters; Aunt Lottie and Uncle Louis are Lottie and Louis Tantzen, Granddad's sister; Uncle Ira is Ira Davis, Granddad's half brother, Wilmer & family is Wilmer Tantzen, son of Lewis & Lottie. Aunt Lottie is from Christina Liming Davis and Uncle Ira is from Jane Kimbrell Davis. Lessie is a daughter of Lewis & Lottie. Her husband was Lloyd Leath, but I don't know if she was married at that time. I think she was. Vera (Very) and Veatra listed on the 31st are Aunt Pressia's twin girls."

"Oct 30, 1937
Dad passed away about 5 o'clock this morning. We sure hate to give him up. It sure doesn't seem right to have to give him up after losing both my Dad and Mom since we were married. We laid Dad to rest about 3 o'clock this PM in the Lockney Cemetery. Everyone was so nice to us. Mom is doing a lot better than we expected that she could, but we all have to be brave. I do not know what we could do without our dear Maxcene."
Their grave at Lockney Cem.

"Oct 30, 1938
Went to church at PC (Prarie Chapel). Miriam & Alvah came home with us. Floyd Daniel brought his airplane over to Uncle John's. We went over a few minutes. Doris rode in plane. Maggie's heifer brought a bull calf."

"Dec 24, 1939
Went to Church at PC (Prarie Chappel). Truitt Hickey preached. Clarence & Doris obeyed the gospel & wanted to be baptised at 3 PM at Lockney. Duarward and Jack accepted and was baptised at the water. Bill and Warren came home with us for dinner & went to the baptizing. All the Davis' & Floyd & Mary Daniel came to our house for the Christmas Tree. Then we let Clarence & Ed, Kenton, Margarite & Doris have our car. They came back about 11:30 & stayed the rest of the night.
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