1. | DAVISON Myrtle Mae was born on 16 Apr 1887 in Minonk, Woodford Co., IL (daughter of DAVISON Cyrus Elmer and VANCE Ida Evalena); died on 26 Feb 1962 in Hampton, Franklin Co., IA. Myrtle married ROCKWOOD Merle Clinton on 29 Jun 1910 in Saint James, Watanwan Co., MN. Merle was born on 06 Apr 1879 in Garden City, Blue Earth Co., MN; died on 26 Nov 1937 in Renwick, Humboldt, Co., IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Children:
Myrtle married GREEN Unknown on 02 Aug 1944. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
2. | DAVISON Cyrus Elmer was born on 10 Mar 1865 in Minonk, Woodford Co., IL (son of DAVISON Daniel Harrison and BLY Louisa Ann); died on 22 Jun 1953 in Houston, Harris Co., Texas. Notes: They were married in the home of her mother, Eleanor (Ellen) Jones-Vance. Her father having died March 18, 1878. They resided in a house on his father’s farm, just outside of Minonk, IL, where six of their children were born, then moved to near Burt, Kossuth County, Iowa, where two more children were born, and then to St. James, Watonwan County, Minnesota where their youngest child was born. In 1913 they moved to a farm five miles south of El Campo, Wharton County, Texas, and lived there until in 1924 when they moved to a farm 23 miles north of Houston, Texas. They lived there about nine months, and moved to a house on what is now called “Old Main Street”, out at the end of South Main Street, Houston, Texas. They lived there until about 1929 when they moved to 406 Goldenrod, Houston, Texas. Their daughter, Mildred, then had a house built on Dorchester, Houston, Texas, in which she and her mother lived until Mildred married in 1941, and Ida Evalena Vance-Davison went to live with another daughter, Elsie Arvilla Davison-Simpson with whom she lived until she died June 19, 1953. She had fallen 13 months before and suffered a broken right hip. She died of heart failure. She was born January 15, 1863. Aged 90 years, 5 months and 4 days at the time of her death. Cyrus Elmer Davison died three days later, June 22, 1953 of a stroke, at the home of another daughter, Ethel Marie Davison-Roberts. He was 88 years, 3 months and 12 days of age. they are buried in Rest Haven Cemetery, north of Houston, Texas. Cyrus married VANCE Ida Evalena on 03 Apr 1887. Ida was born on 15 Jan 1863; died on 29 Jun 1953. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | VANCE Ida Evalena was born on 15 Jan 1863; died on 29 Jun 1953. Notes: Died:
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4. | DAVISON Daniel Harrison was born on 25 May 1826 in Grafton, Renssealaer Co., NY (son of DAVISON Daniel P.M. and MAXON Matilda); died on 17 Sep 1914 in Minonk, Woodford Co., IL. Notes: He always took great interest in studies and became probably one of the best Mathematicians in the Country. Advanced as far as possible at the old Cobb's school house and at Grafton Centre, then attended New York Normal School at Albany, NY. commenced teaching when eighteen and followed it for a great many years. When he married, he bought out the heirs to the old homestead and resided there a number of years. He then sold out to Simeon Corbin and came west. Bought land west of Minonk, IL of the Illinois Central Railroad Co., and made a nice home. Followed farming, surveying and teaching. He has been County Surveyor nearly forty years. March 25, 1902, he and his wife celebrated their fiftieth anniversary of their marriage. Takes great delight in figuring out difficult problems and does surveying in other parts of the State. (Almond Alexander Davison, brother of Daniel Harrison Davison) Daniel married BLY Louisa Ann on 25 Mar 1852 in Sand Lake, Rensselaer Co., NY. Louisa was born on 26 Mar 1829 in Sand Lake, Rensselaer Co., NY; died on 18 Feb 1909. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
5. | BLY Louisa Ann was born on 26 Mar 1829 in Sand Lake, Rensselaer Co., NY; died on 18 Feb 1909.
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8. | DAVISON Daniel P.M. was born on 25 May 1804 in Grafton, Renssealaer Co., NY (son of DAVISON Ezra and SMITH Diedamia); died on 08 Jan 1844 in Grafton, Renssealaer Co., NY. Notes: After his father died, he bought out the heirs to the homestead where his father and grandfather had lived and died. He was a carpenter by trade, also a farmer. In 1837, he tore down the old house and built a new house on the same foundation where his father’s house had stood. That house was burned in 1848, while occupied by his widow, Malinda Maxon-Davison, and again rebuilt on the same spot. It stands there yet. Also the same old barn that grandfather Ezra Davison built. Daniel married MAXON Matilda on 14 Dec 1823. Matilda was born on 25 Mar 1806 in Woodford Co., IL; died on 30 Aug 1871 in Woodford Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
9. | MAXON Matilda was born on 25 Mar 1806 in Woodford Co., IL; died on 30 Aug 1871 in Woodford Co., IL. Notes: Died:
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