Family Group Sheet
NameRobert I. Davis
Birth8 Feb 1829, North Carolina or Tennessee
Death22 Mar 1876, Johnson Co., Missouri
BurialShiloh Cemetery, Post Oak twp, Johnson Co., Missouri
Marriage7 Mar 1858, Gasconade Co., Missouri
SpouseMary Adeline Hilderbrand
Birth8 Nov 1837, St. Louis, St. Louis Co., Missouri
Death5 Jun 1910, Chilhowee, Johnson Co., Missouri
BurialShiloh Cemetery, Post Oak twp, Johnson Co., Missouri
Children
Birth14 Nov 1868, Johnson Co., Missouri
Death25 Jun 1922, Warrensburg, Johnson Co., Missouri
SpouseGertrude “Gertie” Leah Downing , 1C3R
Notes for Robert I. Davis
His (Union) Civil War draft registration, taken July-Sept 1863, records Robert Davis, age 30, residence Johnson Co., Mo, farmer, white, married, born in North Carolina.
His birthplace is also given as North Carolina on the 1870 census, but as Tennessee on his son John’s death certificate and on the father’s birthplace field in John’s 1920 census reading. The most likely explanation is that he was born in North Carolina, but spent his childhood in Tennessee, so that his son John thought he was born there.
His gravestone has a masonic emblem at the top and is inscribed Robert I. Davis, died Mar 22, 1876, aged 47 yrs. 1 m. 14 ds.
His birthplace is also given as North Carolina on the 1870 census, but as Tennessee on his son John’s death certificate and on the father’s birthplace field in John’s 1920 census reading. The most likely explanation is that he was born in North Carolina, but spent his childhood in Tennessee, so that his son John thought he was born there.
His gravestone has a masonic emblem at the top and is inscribed Robert I. Davis, died Mar 22, 1876, aged 47 yrs. 1 m. 14 ds.
Notes for Mary Adeline Hilderbrand
Her death certificate records Mary A. Davis, born 8 Nov 1837 near St. Louis, Mo, died 5 June 1910 in Post Oak township, Johnson Co., Missouri, widow, father David Hildebrand, mother’s maiden name Mary Parker, both born near St. Louis, Mo, cause of death chronic tuberculosis, informant J. J. Davis, Chilhowee, Mo, burial in Shiloh, Mo.
Census
In the 1900 and 1910 censuses, Mary is listed in Johnson Co., Mo, with her daughter Emma and Emma’s husband Hiram A. Stout.
Notes for Robert I. & Mary Adeline (Family)
Gasconade Co., Missouri marriage register records on p. 48 (volume unknown) the marriage of Robert I. Davis of Johnson Co. and Mary A. Hilderbran of Gasconade Co. on 7 Mar 1858 in Gasconade Co. by Elder L. M. Mahaney.
(The scanned image of the register on Ancestry.com does not show the volume number. Robert’s middle initial has been transcribed as J., but it looks identical to the word “I” in phrases such as “I did join in the holy bonds of matrimony”, and diffferent from the J in the recorder’s signature, Jas Arrott. (They look very similar, but the I’s have a smaller hook at the bottom that goes more upward, while the hook on the J’s is flatter and farther to the left.)
(The scanned image of the register on Ancestry.com does not show the volume number. Robert’s middle initial has been transcribed as J., but it looks identical to the word “I” in phrases such as “I did join in the holy bonds of matrimony”, and diffferent from the J in the recorder’s signature, Jas Arrott. (They look very similar, but the I’s have a smaller hook at the bottom that goes more upward, while the hook on the J’s is flatter and farther to the left.)
Census
1860 census of Johnson Co., Missouri, Post Oak township, enumerated 21 Aug, lists on p. 229 as family #1479/1586:
Robt J., Davis, 31, farmer, b. N.C.; Mary A., 23, b. Mo.
Also in the same dwelling but with her own family #1587 is Hettie Nichols, 57, b. Tenn.
1870 census of Johnson Co., Missouri, Post Oak township, Warrensburg P.O., enumerated 27 Aug, lists on p. 65 as family #461/451:
Davis, Robert, 42, farmer, b. N.C., Mary, 31, b. Mo; Robert, 10; Joseph, 6; William, 4; Emma, 6/12. All children born in Mo. Also living in the household is Hetty Nicholas, age 65 (white), born in Tennessee.
1880 census of Johnson Co., Missouri, Post Oak township, enumerated 8 June, lists on p. 8 as family #63/65:
Davis, Mary A., 42, widowed; Joseph H., son, 17, farmer; William L., son, 14; John J., son, 12; Emma D., dau, 10. All listed as born Mo M Mo, although it should be Mo N.C. Mo for the children. Nichols, Hetty, 76, boarder, widowed, b. Tenn Tenn Tenn.
The preceding household is headed by George Helterbrand, age 44, b. Mo Mo Mo, probably Mary’s brother.
Robt J., Davis, 31, farmer, b. N.C.; Mary A., 23, b. Mo.
Also in the same dwelling but with her own family #1587 is Hettie Nichols, 57, b. Tenn.
1870 census of Johnson Co., Missouri, Post Oak township, Warrensburg P.O., enumerated 27 Aug, lists on p. 65 as family #461/451:
Davis, Robert, 42, farmer, b. N.C., Mary, 31, b. Mo; Robert, 10; Joseph, 6; William, 4; Emma, 6/12. All children born in Mo. Also living in the household is Hetty Nicholas, age 65 (white), born in Tennessee.
1880 census of Johnson Co., Missouri, Post Oak township, enumerated 8 June, lists on p. 8 as family #63/65:
Davis, Mary A., 42, widowed; Joseph H., son, 17, farmer; William L., son, 14; John J., son, 12; Emma D., dau, 10. All listed as born Mo M Mo, although it should be Mo N.C. Mo for the children. Nichols, Hetty, 76, boarder, widowed, b. Tenn Tenn Tenn.
The preceding household is headed by George Helterbrand, age 44, b. Mo Mo Mo, probably Mary’s brother.
