Mary Davis

Mary was born about 1874 in ,Hawkins, Tennessee.¹   Mary's father was Thomas Davis and her mother was Nancy Rowland.  Her paternal grandparents were William Davis and Mary Larkin; her maternal grandparents were Nathan G. Rowland and Mary Parker. She had a brother and five sisters, named William Mack, Ellen, Margaret H., Nancy C., Fannie and Margaret Lou.  She was the second youngest of the seven children. She had five half-brothers and four half-sisters, and also a half-sibling of unknown gender, named John, Robert, James M., Edgar, Frank, Martha, Carrie, Elizabeth, Ida Josephine and Genian.