Thomas Crumley DAVIS

Thomas
August 15, 1839 - February 22, 1924

*Obituary
Benton County Record
Friday, February 29, 1924

Thomas C. Davis, aged 84, passed away on Friday, February 22nd, 1924 at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Wilmot Clark, in Bentonville. He had been an invalid for a number of years.

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the M.E. Church, Rev. E.M. Dugger of Springdale officiating. The services were largely attended and the floral offerings beautiful. Interment was made in the City Cemetery.

Mr. Davis was born in Deersville, Ohio in 1839 where his early life was spent. Later he moved to McLean county, Ill. where in 1860 he was united in marriage with Mary Eleanor Hauer. To this union six children were born.

In 1913 Mr. Davis and family moved to Arkansas and bought a farm west of Bentonville and followed his vocation of farming until ill health compelled him to give up farm life and since then he and Mrs. Davis have made their home with their children.

Besides his wife, Mrs. Mary E. Davis he is survived by three daughters - Mrs. Wilmot Clark and Mrs. John Neuenschwander of Bentonville and Mrs. Etta Winters of Saunemin, Ills.

When a young man he joined the M.E. Church but after coming to Arkansas transferred his membership to the Centerton M.E. Church. Mr. Davis was a man who loved his home, a faithful husband and loving father and a God-fearing citizen.

Mary
October 3, 1842 - August 23, 1928

*Obituary
Benton County Record & Democrat & Sun
Thursday, August 30, 1928

DAVIS, Mary Eleanor HANER - Mrs. Mary E. Davis passed away Thursday, Aug. 23rd at 11:45 a.m. after an illness of about six weeks, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J.A. Neuenschwander, north of Bella Vista, at the age of nearly 86 years. Complications and old age caused her passing. She had made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Wilmot Clark thru the winter until in May when she went to the Neuenschwander home for the summer. Mrs. Mary Davis, whose maiden name was Mary Eleanor Haner, was born in McClain county, Illinois Oct. 3, 1842. She grew up to womanhood there in her native community and was married to Thomas Crumley Davis Sept. 25, 1860. They lived there until 1909 when they came to Arkansas to make their home. After a brief stay with a daughter in Fort Smith they went to the state of Washington in the fall of 1910. Mr. and Mrs. Davis returned to Arkansas in 1913 and settled on a farm six miles west of Bentonville. They continued to live on the farm until failing health on the part of Mr. Davis caused them to move to Bentonville. They continued to live with their daughters here and in Fort Smith until Mr. Davis passed away Feb. 23, 1924. Since that time Mrs. Davis had made her home with her daughters. Mrs. Davis was raised in the faith of the United Brethren and united with that church in Fairbury, Ill. early in life. She joined the Methodist church with her husband after their marriage. She removed her membership to the Methodist Community church at Centerton when settling there and was a member of that church at the time of her death. Funeral services were held on last Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at the home of Mrs. Clark, the Rev. A.W. Henderson, pastor of the Presbyterian church, officiating. Burial followed immediately after the services in the City cemetery. There were six children in her family, three of whom - a son and two daughters - have gone before her with their father. Mrs. J.A. Neuenschwander, who lives north of Bella Vista; Mrs. Etta Winters of Sauenemin, Ill. and Mrs. Wilmot Clark of Bentonville, her daughters, survive as well as many other relatives to mourn her loss.

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