The Short and Sweet Obituary of Hawk Davis

The Enterprise
(Albemarle, North Carolina)1 November 1906 • Page 3

My Great-Great Grandfather, Horton Hampton Davis

Details:

Born: October 6, 1846 in Stanly County, North Carolina.

Father: Henry Davis (1806-1842) and Martha Palmer Davis (1815-1879)

Married on September 10, 1889 to Francis Julina Aldridge, daughter of Henry Garner Aldridge and Priscilla Murray Aldridge.

Father and Stepfather to the following children:

 1) Mollie Eliza Aldridge/Davis born February 6, 1877 died June 14, 1945 

     married first: John Frank Boone Sr. (widowed)

     married second: Samuel Parsons "Sampie" Morton (divorced) 

2)  Jesse Filmore Aldridge born March 9, 1879 died Sept. 18, 1946

      married first Daisy Simpson

      married second Mary Jane Hudson (Huneycutt) a widow

3) George W "Gus" Davis born 6 Nov 1881 died 20 March 1924
     married first: Eliza June Farmer
     married second: Lilla S. Austin

4) Titus Henry Davis born 19 March 1887 died December 30, 1956
     married Bessie V. Lowder

5) Rebecca Jane "Becky"  Davis born 6 Oct 1888 died 10 October 1987
    married Robert Edward Thompson

6) Martha Priscilla "Mattie" Davis born 1 Feb 1890 died 29 April 1955
    married Joe Allen Holt

7) William Hampton Davis born 12 April 1891 died 31 July 1973
     married Penny Wayne Turner

8) Carrie Julina  Davis born 4 March 1893 died 21 March 1984
    married William Roberson Jenkins

9) Thomas Parrish Davis born 16 Sept 1895 died 30 Sept 1961
    married Lizzie Nealie Howard

10) Ritchie Clark Davis born 28 March 1897 died 23 Aug 1900

11)  Cora Victoria Davis born 23 Jul 1898 died 16 Jan 1962
        married Charles Beatty Mann.