Henry Davis (1804-Bef 1870)

Elizabeth Smith (1804-1870)

Samuel Penrod (Abt 1805-Bef 1870)

(Unknown) (Penrod) (-)

Milton Reese Davis (1829-1906)

Mary (Polly) Penrod (1833-1887)

Milton Edward Davis (1866-1904)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Sophia Levina Richey Rosa Belle Davis Walter Irving Davis Henry William Amos Davis Grant Stanley Davis Milton Edward Davis 3 4 5 6 7 Born: 10 Jul 1866, Bartle, Washington County, Indiana 8 Marriage: Sophia Levina Richey on 30 Mar 1890 in Scott County, Indiana 1 2 Died: 6 Sep 1904, Underwood, Clark County, Indiana at age 38 9 Buried: 7 Sep 1904, Bunker Hill Cemetery, Franklin Township, Washington, Indiana 10   General Notes: Obituary - Scottsburgh (Indiana) Chronicle Sept 8, 1904 Sudden Death Milton Davis Jr. died suddenly Monday at his home near Underwood of kidney trouble. Aged about 36 years. He leaves a wife and three children. His remains were interred Tuesday at Bunker Hill, Washington County. Milton married Sophia Levina Richey, daughter of William S. Richey and Cynthia Richey, on 30 Mar 1890 in Scott County, Indiana.1 2 (Sophia Levina Richey was born on 3 May 1873 in Scottsburg, Scott County, Indiana and died on 20 Dec 1912 in Scottsburg, Scott County, Indiana 8.)

1 Scott County Genealogical Society, 1820-1905 Marriage Index for Scott County, Indiana.(2000), pg 27.

2 Military Pension Papers, Milton Reese Davis Civil War Pension. Declaration for Original Pension of a Widow-Child or
Children under Sixteen years of age Surviving.

State of Indiana, County of Scott, ss:
On this 15th day of January, A.D. one thousand nine hundred and seven personally appeared before me, a _____________ within and for the county and State aforesaid Sofa Louise V. Davis aged 34 years, who being duly sworn according to law, makes the following declaration in order to obtain the pension provided by Acts of COngress granting pensions to widows; That she is the widow of Milton Davis who was under the name of MIlton Davis at _______, on the 9th day of August, A.D. 1862. in Company D 4th Cav 77 Regiment Ind Vol. in the war of the Rebellion, who was discharged June 29, 1865 and died from heart disease on the 27th day of October, A.D. 1906 and bore at the time of his death the rank of Private, in ___________; that she was married under the name of Sofe Louise V. Davis to said Milton Davis on the 29th day of October, A.D. 1904 by Alex F. Neville J.P. at Underwood, Ind there being no legal barrier to such marriage; that neither she nor her husband had been previously married That she was married to Ed Davis on 30th March 1890 and he died on the 6th day of September 6th 1904. That Milton Davis was married to Mary Penrod on June 6th 1854 and she died July 12, 1887.
that she has not in any manner been engaged in, or aided or abetted, the rebellion in the United States; that no prior application has been filed but Milton Davis was drawing a Pension Certificate No. 492507.
She hereby appoints, with full power of substitution and revocation,
George --eaire of Scottsburg Ind her attorney to prosecute the above claim; that her residence is ___________ and her post-office address is Underwood Indiana.
Sofa Louise V. Davis
(signature of claimant)
C------ Richey
Charles T. Deal.

3 Ron McComb, Ron McComb Gedcom (Ronald B. McComb
11311 Western Sunset Dr.
Dewey, Arizona 86327-5731).

4 Federal Census, 1880 Indiana.

5 Ibid, 1900 Illinois.

6 Henry William Amos Davis, Interviewed by Vernon Peterson.

7 Federal Census, 1870 Indiana.

8 Donna Gene Adams.

9 Military Pension Papers, Milton Reese Davis Civil War Pension Papers.

10 The Scott County Chronicle, Obituary - 8 Sep 1904.