5. | DAVISON Elsie Lois was born on 09 Nov 1835 in Grafton, Renssealaer Co., NY (daughter of DAVISON John Milton and PARKS Sally); died on 06 Jan 1927 in Minonk, Woodford Co., IL. Notes:
(The following was copied in part from the newspaper clipping that appeared at the time of her death. I thought it would be of interest to the rest of the Davison family. E.A.D. Simpson)
There is a Family History book in possession of the family which traces “THE DAVISONS” back as far as 1580, in SCOTLAND. (I would like to have a copy of that part.) Later they went to ENGLAND, and in 1639, Nicholas Davison, was sent from London to Charleston, Mass., as agent for Matthew Cradock, a merchant of London, England, who was appointed as the first governor of Mass., but who never came across the water.
Davison ancestors have participated in all of the Wars of this Country and in many directions branched out with honor to the family name. John P. Davison, (the one who later spelled his name Davidson), who was the youngest child and son of Asa Davison, was in the Mexican War, donated the ground west of Minonk, Ill., which comprises the Davison Cemetery.
Mrs. Elsie Lois Davison-McChesney, spent her childhood days in an atmosphere that now seems of another world. In those days, hay was cut with a scythe, and grain was cut with a cradle, and harvest time meant a gathering of neighbors to do the work and to enjoy the wonderful feasts that the good women folk would prepare. They spun their own yarn and wove their own cloth, and in the McChesney home now are articles of cloth that were made by Mrs. McChesney’s mother and aunt. (Sally Parks-Davison, and Fanny Parks.) Then and now seem centuries apart, yet here was a woman, with keen intellect intact to the last, who witnessed this almost unbelievable transition to the day of Radio, Air-transportation and similar marvelous developments.
She was survived by four children, Horace McChesney, of Lone Rock, Iowa; Edward McChesney of Minonk, Ill.; Mrs. Mary Elsie (W.R.O. Cothran), of Mason City, Iowa; and Mrs. Sara Lois (H.W.) Raynor, of What Cheer, Iowa. Her brother, Prosper Harvey Davison preceeded her in death several years ago. her husband, Jacob McChesney died August 28, 1917. They were the parents of six children.
Died:
Interment: Jan 1927 Davison (Yankeetown) Cemetery, Clayton , Woodford Co., IL
Children:
- MCCHESNEY Louisa Emeline was born on 30 Dec 1855 in Clayton, Adams Co., IL.
- 2. MCCHESNEY Cassius Milton was born on 16 Oct 1858 in Minonk, Woodford Co., IL; died on 13 Jan 1921 in Packwood, Jefferson Co., IA.
- MCCHESNEY Horace jacob was born on 21 Sep 1861 in Illinois; died on 08 Aug 1946 in Minonk, Woodford Co., IL.
- MCCHESNEY Edward Dayton was born on 20 Aug 1864 in Minonk, Woodford Co., IL; died on 03 Feb 1945 in Minonk, Woodford Co., IL.
- MCCHESNEY Mary Elsie was born on 19 Jan 1874 in Clayton, Adams Co., IL.
- MCCHESNEY Sara Lois was born on 15 Feb 1877 in Clayton, Adams Co., IL.
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