James Franklin Davis Family Bible

Contributed by Mrs. John F. Byrd, Chapter Chairman, Tammel's Trace Chapter, NSDAR.

This Bible in possession of Mrs. L. D. Wilbanks (Ruth Nichols) great, great, Granddaughter, of Atlanta, Texas, 75551.

The New Testiment of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, translated out of the Original Greek and with former translations diligently compared and revised.

Philidelphia, Jesper Harding, 1854.

Marriage:
James Franklin Davis and Martha Ann Grainger was m. Oct. 2, 1851.
James Franklin Davis and Dicy J. Dempsey was m. July 16, 1871.
Dicy J. Smith, wife of James F. Davis, was born May 13, 1841.
James F. Davis and Sarah Elizabeth Ragsdale was m. July 24, 1888.
James Franklin Davis died April 5, 1894, aged 61 years, 3 months, 17 days.

Births:
James F. Davis, b. Dec. 18, 1832.
Martha Ann Davis b. Jan. 11, 1835.
William Franklin Davis b. July 4, 1853.
Mary Permilia Davis b. Jan. 25, 1856.
Frances Rebecca Davis b. April 29, 1858.
John Pressley Davis b. Jan. 9, 1861.
Malissa Davis b. Nov. 24, 1865.
Marietta Davis b. March 10, 1872, d. Oct. 4, 1959.
Jesse Hoard Davis b. March 11, 1881, d. Sept. 28, 1960.
Sarah E. Davis b. Nov 15, 1848, wife of Jas. F. Davis.

Deaths:
Mary Permilia Davis d. Oct. 26, 1865, aged 9 years, 9 months, 1 day.
Malissa Davis d. Nov. 25, 1865.
Martha Ann Davis d. Sept. 30, 1870 at 11 p.m., aged 35 years, 8 months, 19 days.
Dicy Jane Davis, wife of Jas. F. Davis, departed this life, Jan. 10, 1887, at 11:50 p.m., aged 45 years, 7 months, and 27 days.
James Franklin, husband of S. E. Davis, departed this life April 5, 1894,
aged 61 years, 3 months, and 18 days.