William Richard Daves
b. 19 July 1894, d. 24 October 1943
- Father: Thomas Beauregard Daves b. 17 January 1861, d. 12 February 1923
- Mother: Sarah A. Pegues b. October 1860, d. April 1925
- William Richard Daves was born on 19 July 1894 in Mobile County, Alabama, according to death certificate, and there is some other conflicting evidence, but all indicates that he was born about 1894, except that unaccountably on his military grave marker his birth appears as 4 September 1897. More research required.
- Thomas Beauregard Daves and Sarah A. Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Mobile, Alabama, at 302 South Jefferson Street. Other members of the household included William Richard Daves, Sadie Ree Daves, Thomas Beauregard Daves Jr and James Fletcher Daves.
- Thomas Beauregard Daves and Sarah A. Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Mobile, Alabama, at 1 Chamberlain Street. Other members of the household included William Richard Daves, Thomas Beauregard Daves Jr, James Fletcher Daves, John Witherspoon Daves, Evelyn Ashley Roberts and Sadie Ree Daves.
- William Richard Daves registered for the draft on 5 June 1917 in Mobile County, Alabama, while single and living at 1 Chamberlain Avenue in Mobile, employed there by W. M. Powell in the operation of a peanut factory, and having served for two years as a private (infantry) in the Alabama National Guard.
- He married Lillian Adelene Stockman on 18 November 1919 in Mobile, Alabama. by license issued the 17th, with the pastor of St. Joseph's Church officiating. Bondsman was William's brother James..
- William Richard Daves and Lillian Adelene Stockman appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Mobile, Alabama, at 38 Montana Avenue.
- He was owner of an automobile supply establishment, according to the 1920 census.
- They divorced sometime before the 1930 census. Lillian resumed her maiden name, and was employed as a putlic school teacher.
- William Richard Daves died on 24 October 1943 at age 49 in Cottage Hill, Mobile County, Alabama.
- He was interred at Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama.
- Last Edited: 3 Sep 2013