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John Davis

Birth	:	18 May 1858 Milford Center, Union County, Ohio, USA
Death	:	2 Jan 1946 Holton, Jackson County, Kansas, USA
Burial	:	Mount Olivet Cemetery, Jackson, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.0363998, -82.6314011
Plot	:	Sec 5 west
Description	:	JANUARY 2, 1946 WEDNESDAY JOHN, SON OF ALEX AND RACHAEL DAVIS WAS BORN IN MILFORD CENTER, OHIO, MAY 18, 1858,ONE OF NINE CHILDREN AND THE OLDEST OF THE BOYS. FOLLOWING AN ILLNESS COVERING SOME MONTHS, HE PASSED AWAY WEDNESDAY NIGHT, JANUARY 2,REACHING THE ADVANCED AGE OF 87 YEARS, 7 MONTHS, AND 14 DAYS. HIS FATHER SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE CIVIL WAR, LEAVING THE MOTHER TO PROVIDE FOR THE NINE CHILDREN. JOHN, AS HE OFTEN MADE MENTION OF IT, LEARNED WHAT REAL POVERTY AND WANT WAS. THIS PRIVATION NECESSARILY LIMITED HIS SCHOOLING TO BUT A FEW MONTHS. ALREADY AT THE AGE 11... Read More	JANUARY 2, 1946 WEDNESDAY JOHN, SON OF ALEX AND RACHAEL DAVIS WAS BORN IN MILFORD CENTER, OHIO, MAY 18, 1858,ONE OF NINE CHILDREN AND THE OLDEST OF THE BOYS. FOLLOWING AN ILLNESS COVERING SOME MONTHS, HE PASSED AWAY WEDNESDAY NIGHT, JANUARY 2,REACHING THE ADVANCED AGE OF 87 YEARS, 7 MONTHS, AND 14 DAYS. HIS FATHER SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE CIVIL WAR, LEAVING THE MOTHER TO PROVIDE FOR THE NINE CHILDREN. JOHN, AS HE OFTEN MADE MENTION OF IT, LEARNED WHAT REAL POVERTY AND WANT WAS. THIS PRIVATION NECESSARILY LIMITED HIS SCHOOLING TO BUT A FEW MONTHS. ALREADY AT THE AGE 11 YEARS, HE WAS WORKING AWAY FROM HOME BY THE MONTH. HE CAME TO KANSAS AT THE AGE OF 22 YEARS, LOCATING IN AND NEAR WETMORE. THREE YEARS LATER, HE CAME TO JACKSON COUNTY AND IN FEBRUARY 1887, MOVED ON A FARM NORTH OF HOLTON, TO WHICH HE BROUGHT HIS BRIDE, JENNIE HAAG, JUST ONE YEAR LATER AND ON WHICH FARM THEY HAVE LIVED CONTINUOUSLY ACROSS THESE 58 YEARS. THIS MARRIAGE WAS BLESSED BY THE COMING OF TWO CHILDREN, A DAUGHTER ANNA WHO PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 23 AND A SON, FRANK. JOHN WAS A UNIQUE CHARACTER. HE POSESSED QUALITIES OF MIND AND HEART DESPITE HIS EARLY EDUCATIONAL LIMITATIONS THAT JUST NATURALLY MADE HIM A LEADER AMONG MEN. EVEN IN THE PHYSICAL REALM HE STOOD OUT AMONG MEN, MAINTAINING A REMARKABLE ROBUSTNESS AND VIGOR UP TO THE TIME OF HIS RECENT ILLNESS. THAT HE WAS AN ALERT AND PROGRESSIVE FARMER WAS EVIDENCED BY HAVING INTRODUCED THE PLANTING OF ALFALFA IN THIS AREA. HIS PUBLIC SPIRIT, AND VALUE AS A CONSTRUCTIVE CITIZEN, WAS EXPRESSED IN THE 30 YEARS HE GAVE TO SERVICE ON THE LIBERTY TOWNSHIP BOARD. HE WAS A MAN OF STRONG AND PRONOUNCED CONVICTIONS. YOU ALWAYS KNEW WHERE HE STOOD. HE WAS BOLD AND FEARLESS IN CHAMPIONING WHAT HE BELIEVED TO BE RIGHT. WE DO NOT WISH TO CONDONE EVERYTHING HE SAID AND DID. HE HAD HIS WEAKNESSES BUT THE WHOLE TREND OF HIS LIFE WAS UPWARD TO LIFT AND TO HELP. HIS OWN EARLY EXPERIENCES WITH POVERTY LED HIM TO BE DEEPLY SYMPATHETIC WITH THE LESS FORTUNATE. NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW THE KINDLY HELP THIS GOOD FAMILY BROUGHT TO THE NEEDY OF HOLTON. HOWEVER, THE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT OF THIS UNUSUAL CHARACTER WAS HIS RELATION TO THE MEN'S BIBLE CLASS AND IN THE REALM OF EVANGELISM. FOLLOWING HIS REMARKABLE CONVERSION HE DEVELOPED A PASSION FOR WINNING MEN. HE THREW HIMSELF WITH ENTHUSIASM AND ABANDON INTO THIS WORK COVERING A PERIOD OF YEARS, THE RESULT FO WHICH WOULD MAKE A SIZEABLE VOLUME, HIS DYNAMIC PERSONALITY UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE SPIRIT MADE A GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO THE BIBLE CLASS. HIS WORK AND SERVICE HAS AN IMPERISHABLE PLACE IN THE HOLTON EVANGELICAL CHURCH. ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT HE FELL ASLEEP,LEAVING HIS DEVOTED WIFE, HIS SON, FRANK AND WIFE, A GRANDDAUGHTER MRS. MIRIAM HARROP AND THE TWO GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, GEO. BERTRAND, AND BARBARA ANN, WHO BROUGHT SUCH GREAT JOY TO HIS LIFE. ALSO ONE SISTER AND THREE BROTHERS WHO RESIDE IN OHIO. A MULTITUDE OF FRIENDS ARE SHARING THEIR DEEPEST SYMPATHY WITH THE BEREAVED WIFE AND FAMILY. THE LAST BATTLE FOR A CHRISTIAN WARRIOR HAS BEEN FOUGHT. THERE WILL BE A REUNION OVER THERE, BUT UNTIL THEN, GOODBY. A FRIEND. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD IN THE EVANGELICAL CHURCH SATURDAY AFTERNOON, CONDUCTED BY HIS PASTOR, REV. T.J. MILLER, MUSIC WAS PROVIDED BY THE MALE QUARTET. BURIAL WAS IN THE HOLTON CEMETERY. THE PALL BEARERS WERE; JOE UPDEGRAFF,JAY VAN SWERINGEN,ED JOHNSON,GEORGE WALTON,ART SEGRIST AND EVERETT BOHANNON.

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Where is John Davis's memorial?
John Davis's memorial is located at: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Jackson, Jackson County, USA.
When did John Davis death?
John Davis death on 2 Jan 1946 in Holton, Jackson County, Kansas, USA
Where are the coordinates of the John Davis's memorial?
Latitude: 39.0363998
Longitude: -82.6314011

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Johanna “Jennie” Haag Davis

(1864 - 1946)

Siblings

Alma Davis Hess

(1855 - 1930)

Maria Davis Burnham

(1857 - 1948)

Children

Anna M Davis

(1888 - 1911)

Flowers:

Nearby Cemetories:

1. Mount Olivet Cemetery
Jackson, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0363998, -82.6314011

2. Bunn Cemetery
Jackson, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0461980, -82.6332190

3. James Cemetery
Jackson, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0533600, -82.6268200

4. Jackson County Infirmary Cemetery
Lick Township, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0265030, -82.6097020

5. Fairmount Cemetery
Jackson, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0587120, -82.6227400

6. Mount Zion Cemetery
Jackson, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0271988, -82.6592026

7. Old Bunn Cemetery
Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0098730, -82.6177040

8. Bentley Cemetery
Lick Township, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0361490, -82.5896680

9. Ryan Cemetery
Jackson, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0607986, -82.6033020

10. Hillside Chapel Church Cemetery
Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0674130, -82.6150030

11. Freedom Baptist Church Cemetery
Jackson, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0784100, -82.6357120

12. Stiffler Cemetery
Four Mile, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 38.9900420, -82.6309920

13. Hale Cemetery
Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0149994, -82.5768967

14. Pleasant Grove Cemetery
Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0513400, -82.6900300

15. Masters Cemetery
Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 38.9866982, -82.6324997

16. Rice Cemetery
Jackson, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0671997, -82.5766983

17. Campbell Cemetery
Lick Township, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0718994, -82.5808029

18. Exline Cemetery
Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0900002, -82.6322021

19. Buckeye Cemetery
Scioto Township, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0098400, -82.6940690

20. Glassburn Cemetery
Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0628014, -82.6999969

21. Jacobs Cemetery
Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 38.9785995, -82.6588974

22. Fourmile Cemetery
Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 38.9733009, -82.6335983

23. Big Rock Cemetery
Jonestown, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0942380, -82.6654440

24. Rock Run Cemetery
Oakland, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0875015, -82.6810989