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     Maria died. Maria was born on 14 February 1800.

     Robert died. Robert was born on 12 April 1804.¹

     He married Gladys Adaline Tabb. Sherrill was born. Sherrill died on 16 March 1986.

     He married Lula Mable Tabb at Mt. Pleasant, Titus County, Texas. George was born at Mt. Pleasant, Titus County, Texas, on 20 January 1893. George died on 11 January 1958 at Mt. Pleasant, Titus County, Texas, at age 64. He was buried after 11 January 1958 at Masonic Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Titus County, Texas.

     He married Blanche Tabb at Hardin County, Texas. James was born in 1901. James died in 1964.

     (---?---) died in 1900 at Titus County, Texas. (---?---) was born at Titus County, Texas, in 1900.

     (---?---) died in 1897 at Titus County, Texas. (---?---) was born at Titus County, Texas, in 1897.

     She married (---?---) Miller. Mary was born at Titus County, Texas, on 7 November 1896.¹ Mary died in November 1984.¹

     He married Mary Esther Tabb. (---?---) died. (---?---) was born.

     She married John Pat Temples at Titus County, Texas. Mary was born at Texas on 27 July 1903.¹ Mary died on 3 June 1985 at Mount Pleasant, Titus County, Texas, at age 81.¹ She was buried after 3 June 1985 at Masonic Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Titus County, Texas.¹

     He married Mary Elizabeth Tabb at Titus County, Texas. John was born in 1902. John died in 1977.

     Mary was born at Coffeeville, Yalobusha County, Mississippi, on 26 December 1858.¹ She married Zachary Woodard Latson at Mt. Pleasant, Titus County, Texas, on 12 February 1874.¹ Mary died on 18 January 1878 at Mt. Pleasant, Titus County, Texas, at age 19.¹ Her body was interred on 19 January 1878 at Titus County, Texas, at Union Hill Cemetery.

     Zachary died. Zachary was born. He married Mary E. (Molly) Davis at Mt. Pleasant, Titus County, Texas, on 12 February 1874.¹

     Sarah was born at Mt. Pleasant, Titus County, Texas, on 7 April 1862.¹ She married James Terrel Mitchell at Mt. Pleasant, Titus County, Texas, on 10 July 1878.¹ Sarah died on 25 March 1945 at Mt. Pleasant, Titus County, Texas, at age 82.¹ Her body was interred on 26 March 1945 at Titus County, Texas, at East New Hope Cemetery.

     James died. James was born. He married Sarah M. (Sallie) Davis at Mt. Pleasant, Titus County, Texas, on 10 July 1878.¹

     Olive was born at Mt. Pleasant, Titus County, Texas, on 31 March 1868.¹ Olive died on 22 September 1870 at age 2.¹

     Leone died. Leone was born at Mt. Pleasant, Titus County, Texas, on 9 January 1871.¹

     James died. He married Aileen Burns.¹ James was born at Mt. Pleasant, Titus County, Texas, on 1 September 1875.¹

     She married James Alexander Davis.¹ Aileen died. Aileen was born.

     He was a farmer and never married. He was a WWI Veteran.

Source: Dana Davis Gilbert (ddgilbert@htcomp.net) via an e-mail message on 1 June 1999. Arthur was born at Titus County, Texas, on 29 July 1894. Arthur died on 21 September 1943 at Titus County, Texas, at age 49. His body was interred on 22 September 1943 at Titus County, Texas, at Old Union Cemetery.

     Clementine, or Tina as she was called by friends........the family called her "Sista", very Southern for Sister, as Arthur was call "Bubba", Southern for Brother and Marion was called "Little Brother". Joe was simply, Joe. Anyway, Tina went to Old Union School along with the rest of the children. It was a one room school with a smaller attached room for the principal. As most children left their schooling early to work in the fields, the classes were quite small; usually about 10 children. Girls made up the bigger part of the classes. Most of them dropped out before the age of 15 to marry or to help with the expanding family of their parents.

Apparently Tina would have none of that. She was thirsty for knowledge. Everything held a fascination for her; science, literature, arts, music. Anything and everything needed to be learned. She stayed in school and at the age of 14, in 1906, she was the only one in her graduating class. Not knowing what to do with a student who stayed in school that length of time, the principal put a desk in the corner of his office and taught her himself. She went to Commerce to take further studies at the age of 15. The teachers college was all that was available to a woman at that time, and she was able to graduate in 2 1/2 years with her teaching certificate.

Tina had read about the need for teachers in the West. She talked her good friend into traveling to Denver where they could teach the children of the fading gold rush. They weren't there very long before her friend was homesick and returned to Texas. Tina stayed on and taught for a while, then moved on to California. This was to become a way of life over the next five years or so. She would teach long enough to earn money to travel to the next point of interest. From California she went to Hawaii. Then on around the Southern part of the globe ending up in Puerto Rico. Even though Tina taught the children. she taught the families, too. And in return, she learned about them. She always stayed long enough to learn all she could about their culture, their habits and their lives. In Ponce, she began to realize she had been away from home for a long time and got homesick. As was her usual mode of transportation, she hopped a freighter and went to America, landing in New York.

From here the story is a little confused. Why she stayed in New York City for the next 65 or so years is unknown. Traveling was curbed with World War I, so getting on to Texas may have been a problem. At any rate, she found a small room with another girl while looking for work. It was a small house and there were a couple of young men on the floor above Tina and her roommate. Tina tells of the dreams they all had. One young man wanted to go into the publishing business, the other wanted to make it big on Wall Street. Since both of the girls had found positions teaching, the boys each held out good propositions for them: One offered stock that would bring tremendous growth and make them both rich in no time at all.
The other had a wonderful idea marketing a magazine for all the world to buy. Tina felt sorry for them both, and did give $50 to invest in the stock, but turned down the other young mans' dream of publishing.
Tina didn't cash in her stock until a year before she died. It was worth little more than when she bough it many years before. The publisher? He founded Readers Digest.

Tina found employment at the Lexington School for the Deaf. She eventually went on staff there as the girls councilor and moved onto the premises. Because the school let out during the summer months, Tina could continue her love of travel. She spent time abroad, the Greek coast being her favorite, and time along the Eastern seaboard. She always went back to Texas to spend a month with her mother and Arthur who was a bachelor still at home. She collected many unusual pieces in her travels, thinking when she retired, she'd move back to Texas and set up housekeeping.

That didn't happen. In the middle 1940's, she had an opportunity to buy a condominium. She asked Marion, who was married by that time with an almost grown family, what he thought of the investment.
Having never heard of a condominium before, he could only answer that real estate was always a good investment. She bought her "condo", about 800 square feet, for $l,500.00 and lived there for the next 40 years. In 1985, she sold it for $l50.000.00. Good investment, indeed.

So she stayed on in New York City enjoying the plays, the ball games, the arts, the travel. She kept saying she'd come back to Texas to die......she just didn't know when to start back! As her peers began to leave or die, she finally went back to Texas, to Waco. She thought she should be checked out by a doctor.......after all, she was getting older. (She had never been hospitalized.) Dr. Shipp met her, checked her out, and told her she was in excellent health. What did she want to see him about? What was her complaint? Well doctor, she said, I just don't have the energy I used to have. Dr. Shipp took a long, lengthily look at her, then leaned over to her face and said, Miss Davis, you ARE 97 years old! Quite honestly, Tina didn't think that should have made one whit of a difference!

Tina's nieces, Dolores and Danna also lived in Waco at that time. Each week, they would have fourth and play bridge. Tina could rattle off the rules and keep them all in check and usually, quite easily, win every hand. She worked the New York Times crossword puzzle daily..........in ink! To keep her mind active, she played Scrabble against herself. She continued to read, to knit and to walk daily until about a month before she died. A series a little mini-strokes took her quickly that last month. Tina didn't like it a bit! She said she still had to go back to Ponce and finish her trip around the world. Had she lived another year, I'm sure she would have......

Source: Danna Davis Gilbert (ddgilbert@htcomp.net) via an e-mail message on 4 September 2000. Clementine was born at Titus County, Texas, on 14 November 1892.¹ Her body was interred in October 1991 at Titus County, Texas, at Old Union Cemetery.¹ Clementine died on 24 October 1991 at age 98.¹

     Joe was born at Titus County, Texas, on 21 July 1898.¹ His body was interred in 1964 at Wolfe City, Florida.¹ Joe died in October 1964 at Florida at age 66.¹

     He married Thelma McMichael. Marion was born at Titus County, Texas, on 24 October 1901. Marion died on 8 August 1967 at Titus County, Texas, at age 65. His body was interred on 10 August 1967 at Titus County, Texas, at Old Union Cemetery.

     G. was born at Titus County, Texas, on 3 August 1900.¹ G. died on 14 September 1901 at Titus County, Texas, at age 1.¹ His body was interred on 15 September 1901 at Titus County, Texas, at Union Hill Cemetery.

     James died. James was born in 1874.¹ He married Jessie Lee Tabb at Mt. Pleasant, Titus County, Texas, on 20 January 1898.²

     Eleanor died. Eleanor was born. She married Col. Thomas Scott.

     He married Eleanor Wiatt. Col. died. Col. was born.

     Col. was born. His body was interred in December 1865 at Independence, Gloucester County, Virginia, at Wiatt Cemetery. Col. died in December 1865.¹

     Maj. was born. Maj. died in 1861.¹

     William's occupation: Minister.. William was born at Independence, Gloucester County, Virginia, on 31 July 1826. He married Charlotte Laura Coleman on 29 September 1852. William died on 14 February 1918 at Gloucester County, Virginia, at age 91. His body was interred in February 1918 at Gloucester County, Virginia, at Newington Baptist Church.