The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-11

Huntsville Ion his fathers plantation in 1928: removed in early youth sto DeSoto county, now Tate county. Miss married Elizabeth Harris. who sur wives him.He died about 1890 leaving ten chi1dren. He was considered a re- markably handsome man and was ev- en more remarkable for his powers in |conxersation. Like his sister, Mrs. Thompson. he was noted for his lavish hospitality.
 (6) Anne Lavinia Eason. daughter of (5) Anne Lavinia Rootes sEason. born on ner fathers plantation near Hunts- vile in 1880; married Powhatan Rob inson of Petersburg, Va. Capt. c. s. A. Engineer Corps, descended through his mother Anne Murray, from the Mur- ray, the Duge of Blair-Athol, and through his maternal grandmother. Rebecca Boiling, from Pocahontas. wife of John Rolfe, of the Jamestown. Va. scolony. His father and mother are buried in Old Blandford cnurch- yard, near Petersburg. Va. Anne Rob- inson died in Huntsville, Ala. in 1871. Left no issue; calculated for her great beauty which was of most finished and distinguished type, and for her lovely character.
 (6.) Martha Susan Eason, daughter of (5) Lavinia Rootes Eason, born in 1882 on her fathers plantation; went with her half brother Thomas Eason to De- Soto county, Miss, Tn her childhoods educated at Holly Springs. Miss; mar rier in 1850 in Marshall county. Miss, Dr. William Lackland from Fincastle. Va, who died few years after their marriage. Mrs. Lackrand died in 1903, having survived her husband. her two children, and all of her brothers and sisters.
 (5.) Sarah Rootes, daughter of Sarah Davis Rootes (4 married MT. Drake, brother of Col. James w. Drake who married Honora Rootes.
 (5) Edmund Wilcox Rootes, son of (D Sarah Davis Rootes, was educated in Richmond. Va, by his uncle. Ed- mund Wilcox Rootes, brother of Dr. Philip Jennings Rootes. From this uncle he received a handsome watch and chain, with seal bearing the Rootes' Arms and Motto: "Cavendo Tutas." Married; wife still living in Pontotoc. Miss.
 (5.) Horace Rootes. son of (D Sarah Davis Rootes. married and moved to Arkansas; further history unknown.
 (5.) John. (5) Philip, (5) Elizabeth. (5) Thomas. children of Sarah Rootes Davis. died in their youth.
 (49 James Ragland Davis. son of (3) Stephen Davis, married his cousin, Eleanora Tinsley, daughter of Peter Tinsley and his wife Frances Bowe. sister of Elizabeth Bowe, whose moth CT was Mary Ragland. Mrs. James Ragland Davis had a brother, Peter Tinsley. who lived in Limestone coun- ty, Alabama
 Issue of (4) James Ragland Davis; (5) Frances. married Wm. Austin, Clerk of the Circuit Court in Athens. Ala (5) James Shelton Davis, M. D., married Miss Tanner in Athens, Ala. (5) Sally Ann, married Pastor Holman of- Methodist church, Athens, Ala. (5) Mary, married MT. Paine, nephew of Bishop Paine of the Methodist church. ! (4.) Rebecca Davis. daughter of Stephen Davis (3)-no record.
 (4) John Davis. Son of (3) stephen Davis. married Mary Ragland, daugh- ter of Beverly Ragland and his wife Rebecca Bowe and granddaughter of John Ragland and his wife Anne Dudley. This couple had twelve chill dren but of these we only know of three; (5) Henry Clay Davis, unmar- ried, lives at Horn Lake DeSoto coun- ty, Miss; (5) Edward Boiling Davis. married Miss Sallie Loring. and has four children; (5) Mary Anne Davis, married Calvinf Harris; Is now a widow and lives with her brother Henry Clay at Horn Lake, Miss.
 (4) Nathaniel Bowe Davis, son of Stephen Davis (3) was only three years old when his parents went to Fayette county, Kentucky, near Lex ington, in 17S7. so that he was born in Virginia in 17S4; married in Hanover county, Va, Martha Davis Bowe. daughter of Susanna Davis and Nath- aniel Bowe. Nathaniel Bowe was a brother of Elizabeth Bowe, wife of Stephen Davis, and Susannah Davis, was daughter of (3) John Dabney Davis, so that Nathaniel Bowe Davis and Martha Davis Bowe were doubly related. After his marriage Nathaniel Bowe Davis returned to Kentucky. where he lived until 1917, when he went to Alabama, seventeen miles northwest of Huntsville. in Limestone county. In 1s41 he removed to DeSoto county, Miss, where he died.
 Issue of Nathaniel Bowe Davis CD; (5) Hugh Davis, born in Fayette coun- ty Ky. Nov. 22, 1S11; died in Marion, Ala, June 6, 1862; married Sarah N. Jones, March 19, 1889.
 (5.) John Bowe Davis. born in Madi- son county, Ala, in 1S1S; died in Eu- Jaw, Ala, 1S46; editor of "The Eutaw Whig" from 1S40; died unmarried; a man of talent and popularity.
 (5.) Sophia Ann Davis, born in Madi- son county, Ala, in 1920; died in Madi- son county in 1885.
 (5.) Felix Davis, born in Madison county in 1923, died in DeSoto coun- ty Miss.
 (5.) Martha Davis. born in Madison county. Ala. in 1925; died in Shelby, county, Tenn.
 (5) James Rufus Davis, born in