Family Group Sheet
NameWilliam Henry Taylor Davis
Birthabt 1870, Kentucky
Marriage23 Jun 1894, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseMary Lou Gearhart
Birthabt 1876, Rowan Co., Kentucky
FatherAllen H. Gearheart (~1843-1919)
MotherNancy Ann Hardin (~1858-1945)
Children
SpouseNoah Warren , 3C3R
2 FOlga Davis
Birthabt 1903, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseBeulah C. Elam , 3C1R
Birth19 Aug 1912, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Birth21 Nov 1915, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Notes for William Henry Taylor & Mary Lou (Family)
Rowan Co., Ky, marriage register A, p. 86, records the marriage of William H. T. Davis and Mary L. Gearhart on 23 June 1894.
Census
1900 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Morehead precinct, enumerated 12 June, lists on p. 10B as family #203:
Davis, Taylor, 30, b. March 1870, day laborer; Lou, wife, 24, b. Jan 1876, married 6 years, mothe of 2 children, 2 living; Etta, dau, 5, b. Apr 1895; Mamie, dau, 3, b. May 1897; Fisher, John, 22, b. Apr 1875, boarder; Markwell, John, 22, b. May 1878, boarder; Click, Henry, 27, b. Apr 1873, boarder; Oliver, Charles, 30, b. Jan 1870, boarder. All born Ky Ky Ky. (All the boarders are listed as day laborers.)
I cannot find this family in the 1910 census.
1920 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Farmers precinct, enumerated 31 Jan, lists on p. 15B as family #188/189:
Davis, Taylor, 48, b. Kansas Ky Ky, laborer at stone mill; Lou, wife, 48, b. Ky Ky Ky; Olda, dau, 17; Arnold, son, 12; Golda, dau, 7; Wanna, dau, 4. All children born Ky Kansas Ky.
Three households below is a family headed by Charles Davis age 38, also listed as born Kansas Ky Ky.
1930 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Morehead precinct, enumerated 15 April, lists on p. 4A as family #82:
Davis, Taylor, 60, age at first marriage 20, b. Ky Ky Ky, laborer at quarries; Mary, wife, 51, age at first marriage 15, b. Ky Va Ky; Arnold, son, 22, odd jobs; Goldie, dau, 17; Juneata, dau, 14. Both children born Ky Ky Ky.
Davis, Taylor, 30, b. March 1870, day laborer; Lou, wife, 24, b. Jan 1876, married 6 years, mothe of 2 children, 2 living; Etta, dau, 5, b. Apr 1895; Mamie, dau, 3, b. May 1897; Fisher, John, 22, b. Apr 1875, boarder; Markwell, John, 22, b. May 1878, boarder; Click, Henry, 27, b. Apr 1873, boarder; Oliver, Charles, 30, b. Jan 1870, boarder. All born Ky Ky Ky. (All the boarders are listed as day laborers.)
I cannot find this family in the 1910 census.
1920 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Farmers precinct, enumerated 31 Jan, lists on p. 15B as family #188/189:
Davis, Taylor, 48, b. Kansas Ky Ky, laborer at stone mill; Lou, wife, 48, b. Ky Ky Ky; Olda, dau, 17; Arnold, son, 12; Golda, dau, 7; Wanna, dau, 4. All children born Ky Kansas Ky.
Three households below is a family headed by Charles Davis age 38, also listed as born Kansas Ky Ky.
1930 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Morehead precinct, enumerated 15 April, lists on p. 4A as family #82:
Davis, Taylor, 60, age at first marriage 20, b. Ky Ky Ky, laborer at quarries; Mary, wife, 51, age at first marriage 15, b. Ky Va Ky; Arnold, son, 22, odd jobs; Goldie, dau, 17; Juneata, dau, 14. Both children born Ky Ky Ky.
