Isaac Davis

b. 24 July 1825, d. 3 February 1899
  • Isaac Davis was born on 24 July 1825 in Batavia, Genesee County, New York.
  • William Davis and Emeline Williams appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1840 in Batavia, Genesee County, New York. Other (counted but unnamed) members of the household apparently included Isaac Davis, Sarah Louise Davis, Eliakim Williams Davis, William A. Davis, Emeline Davis and Lucy Davis. Also in the household were three additional females: one age 60-69, one age 20-29, and one age 10-14.
  • He married Mary Ann Scanlan in December 1862 in St. Louis, Missouri.
  • Isaac Davis and Mary Ann Scanlan appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Carondelet, St. Louis County, Missouri. Other members of the household included William Howard Davis and Emeline Williams.
  • He was a machinist, according to the 1870 census.
  • Isaac Davis and Mary Ann Scanlan appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Benton Township, Crawford County, Missouri. Other members of the household included William Howard Davis. Also in the household were children Mary E. (age 10), Isaac (7), Thomas S. (5) and Robert S. (3).
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1880 census.
  • Isaac Davis died on 3 February 1899 at age 73 in St. Louis, Missouri, at 5375 Odell Street.
  • His wife Mary Ann Scanlan became a widow at his death.
  • He was interred at New Picker (later Gatewood Gardens) Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri.
  • Research Note: A source of information for the Williams &c families is Families of Dickerman Ancestry: Descendants of Thomas Dickerman, an Early Settler of Dorchester, Massachusetts (1897). Note, though, that comparison to available documentation reveals a number of errors.
  • Last Edited: 19 Sep 2015

Family: Mary Ann Scanlan b. circa 1834