Bertha Florence Wright Davis
Birth 7 Aug 1882 in Warren Co., Tennessee
Death 1 Mar. 1915 in Lorain, Lorain, Ohio
Bertha Florence Wright Davis was born on August 7, 1882, in McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee to Flora Ann Herndon, age 28, and William Thomas Wright, age 33. Bertha Florence married Rucker E Davis on 25 June 1898 in Erie County, Ohio. They had six children in 14 years. Bertha Florence died from complications of child birth on March 1, 1915, in Lorain, Ohio, at the age of 32, and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery in Lorain County, Ohio in Potter's Field, Grave # #37--without a headstone(Findagrave volunteer told me about her grave). By the manner of her burial, the family was very impoverished at that time which caused the family to break apart, three of the daughters, Flora, Ada Myrtle and Nettie were put in an institution for the feeble-minded in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio (info came from 1920 census). Son William W. "Willie" age 13 was placed in a boys home, Glenwood Manual Training School for Boys located in Bloom Township, Cook County, Illinois. Do not know where daughter Helen Hazel Davis was placed; cannot find her in the 1920 census. The baby boy was adopted by Rucker E. Davis' sister Maggie Emerson Davis Darrow and her husband Merton Lee Darrow. They named the baby, Orla Lee Darrow; he died 21 April 1969 in Sandusky, Erie, Ohio. Do not know how long the children had to stay in the institutions but by 1930 census most of them were in Chicago, Illinois.
Info from her death certificate
Her husband Rucker E Davis signed her death certificate
signing as Rucker Davis. They were living at 401 W 21st Street in Black Run Township, Lorain County, Ohio. Bertha died at St. Joseph's Hospital having been brought in 4 hours earlier. Rucker gave her mother's maiden name as Herrington but it was Herrin.
Her husband Rucker Edward Davis by 1918 had moved to La Salle County, Illinois as his brother Claude lived in Chicago. He died there in 1928 and was buried in same cemetery as his brother. His children, Nettie and Willie and his wife Lucy are also buried there.
her father
William Thomas Wright
Birth 18 October 1848 in Illinois
Death 12 March 1919 in Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio
Find A Grave Memorial# 43165294
her mother
Flora Ann Herndon Wright
Birth Nov 1853 in Warren, Tennessee
Death 11 Feb 1934 in Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio
Find A Grave Memorial# 43165321
her husband
Rucker Edward Davis
Birth: Jun. 8, 1869 Waverly, Lafayette County, Missouri
Death: Dec. 19, 1928 Streator, LaSalle County, Illinois
Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery and Crematorium***
Skokie, Cook County, Illinois
Find A Grave Memorial# 177955567
children
1 Flora Davis 1901 – unknown
2 Ada Myrtle Davis Banister 1902 – 1989 died in California
3 Nettie Davis 1904 – 1924 ***
4 William W. "Willie" Davis 1907–1958 ***
5 Hazel Helen Davis Higgins 1910–1991 died in California
6 Baby Davis 1915 – Orla Darrow adopted by Aunt Maggie Davis Darrow and name changed
***Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery and Crematorium Chicago
her siblings
1 Thomas Herndon Wright 1879 – 1962
2 Lillian Charlotte "Lillie" Wright Burley
1885 – 1934
3 William Oram "Willie" Wright 1885 – 1967
4 Eva Josephine Wright 1887 – 1951
6 Clara Elizabeth Wright 1892 – 1967
Bertha died dued to complications of childbirth
Birth 7 Aug 1882 in Warren Co., Tennessee
Death 1 Mar. 1915 in Lorain, Lorain, Ohio
Bertha Florence Wright Davis was born on August 7, 1882, in McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee to Flora Ann Herndon, age 28, and William Thomas Wright, age 33. Bertha Florence married Rucker E Davis on 25 June 1898 in Erie County, Ohio. They had six children in 14 years. Bertha Florence died from complications of child birth on March 1, 1915, in Lorain, Ohio, at the age of 32, and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery in Lorain County, Ohio in Potter's Field, Grave # #37--without a headstone(Findagrave volunteer told me about her grave). By the manner of her burial, the family was very impoverished at that time which caused the family to break apart, three of the daughters, Flora, Ada Myrtle and Nettie were put in an institution for the feeble-minded in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio (info came from 1920 census). Son William W. "Willie" age 13 was placed in a boys home, Glenwood Manual Training School for Boys located in Bloom Township, Cook County, Illinois. Do not know where daughter Helen Hazel Davis was placed; cannot find her in the 1920 census. The baby boy was adopted by Rucker E. Davis' sister Maggie Emerson Davis Darrow and her husband Merton Lee Darrow. They named the baby, Orla Lee Darrow; he died 21 April 1969 in Sandusky, Erie, Ohio. Do not know how long the children had to stay in the institutions but by 1930 census most of them were in Chicago, Illinois.
Info from her death certificate
Her husband Rucker E Davis signed her death certificate
signing as Rucker Davis. They were living at 401 W 21st Street in Black Run Township, Lorain County, Ohio. Bertha died at St. Joseph's Hospital having been brought in 4 hours earlier. Rucker gave her mother's maiden name as Herrington but it was Herrin.
Her husband Rucker Edward Davis by 1918 had moved to La Salle County, Illinois as his brother Claude lived in Chicago. He died there in 1928 and was buried in same cemetery as his brother. His children, Nettie and Willie and his wife Lucy are also buried there.
her father
William Thomas Wright
Birth 18 October 1848 in Illinois
Death 12 March 1919 in Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio
Find A Grave Memorial# 43165294
her mother
Flora Ann Herndon Wright
Birth Nov 1853 in Warren, Tennessee
Death 11 Feb 1934 in Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio
Find A Grave Memorial# 43165321
her husband
Rucker Edward Davis
Birth: Jun. 8, 1869 Waverly, Lafayette County, Missouri
Death: Dec. 19, 1928 Streator, LaSalle County, Illinois
Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery and Crematorium***
Skokie, Cook County, Illinois
Find A Grave Memorial# 177955567
children
1 Flora Davis 1901 – unknown
2 Ada Myrtle Davis Banister 1902 – 1989 died in California
3 Nettie Davis 1904 – 1924 ***
4 William W. "Willie" Davis 1907–1958 ***
5 Hazel Helen Davis Higgins 1910–1991 died in California
6 Baby Davis 1915 – Orla Darrow adopted by Aunt Maggie Davis Darrow and name changed
***Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery and Crematorium Chicago
her siblings
1 Thomas Herndon Wright 1879 – 1962
2 Lillian Charlotte "Lillie" Wright Burley
1885 – 1934
3 William Oram "Willie" Wright 1885 – 1967
4 Eva Josephine Wright 1887 – 1951
6 Clara Elizabeth Wright 1892 – 1967
Bertha died dued to complications of childbirth
Bertha Florence Wright Davis
Birth 7 Aug 1882 in Warren Co., Tennessee
Death 1 Mar. 1915 in Lorain, Lorain, Ohio
Bertha Florence Wright Davis was born on August 7, 1882, in McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee to Flora Ann Herndon, age 28, and William Thomas Wright, age 33. Bertha Florence married Rucker E Davis on 25 June 1898 in Erie County, Ohio. They had six children in 14 years. Bertha Florence died from complications of child birth on March 1, 1915, in Lorain, Ohio, at the age of 32, and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery in Lorain County, Ohio in Potter's Field, Grave # #37--without a headstone(Findagrave volunteer told me about her grave). By the manner of her burial, the family was very impoverished at that time which caused the family to break apart, three of the daughters, Flora, Ada Myrtle and Nettie were put in an institution for the feeble-minded in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio (info came from 1920 census). Son William W. "Willie" age 13 was placed in a boys home, Glenwood Manual Training School for Boys located in Bloom Township, Cook County, Illinois. Do not know where daughter Helen Hazel Davis was placed; cannot find her in the 1920 census. The baby boy was adopted by Rucker E. Davis' sister Maggie Emerson Davis Darrow and her husband Merton Lee Darrow. They named the baby, Orla Lee Darrow; he died 21 April 1969 in Sandusky, Erie, Ohio. Do not know how long the children had to stay in the institutions but by 1930 census most of them were in Chicago, Illinois.
Info from her death certificate
Her husband Rucker E Davis signed her death certificate
signing as Rucker Davis. They were living at 401 W 21st Street in Black Run Township, Lorain County, Ohio. Bertha died at St. Joseph's Hospital having been brought in 4 hours earlier. Rucker gave her mother's maiden name as Herrington but it was Herrin.
Her husband Rucker Edward Davis by 1918 had moved to La Salle County, Illinois as his brother Claude lived in Chicago. He died there in 1928 and was buried in same cemetery as his brother. His children, Nettie and Willie and his wife Lucy are also buried there.
her father
William Thomas Wright
Birth 18 October 1848 in Illinois
Death 12 March 1919 in Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio
Find A Grave Memorial# 43165294
her mother
Flora Ann Herndon Wright
Birth Nov 1853 in Warren, Tennessee
Death 11 Feb 1934 in Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio
Find A Grave Memorial# 43165321
her husband
Rucker Edward Davis
Birth: Jun. 8, 1869 Waverly, Lafayette County, Missouri
Death: Dec. 19, 1928 Streator, LaSalle County, Illinois
Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery and Crematorium***
Skokie, Cook County, Illinois
Find A Grave Memorial# 177955567
children
1 Flora Davis 1901 – unknown
2 Ada Myrtle Davis Banister 1902 – 1989 died in California
3 Nettie Davis 1904 – 1924 ***
4 William W. "Willie" Davis 1907–1958 ***
5 Hazel Helen Davis Higgins 1910–1991 died in California
6 Baby Davis 1915 – Orla Darrow adopted by Aunt Maggie Davis Darrow and name changed
***Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery and Crematorium Chicago
her siblings
1 Thomas Herndon Wright 1879 – 1962
2 Lillian Charlotte "Lillie" Wright Burley
1885 – 1934
3 William Oram "Willie" Wright 1885 – 1967
4 Eva Josephine Wright 1887 – 1951
6 Clara Elizabeth Wright 1892 – 1967
Bertha died dued to complications of childbirth
Birth 7 Aug 1882 in Warren Co., Tennessee
Death 1 Mar. 1915 in Lorain, Lorain, Ohio
Bertha Florence Wright Davis was born on August 7, 1882, in McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee to Flora Ann Herndon, age 28, and William Thomas Wright, age 33. Bertha Florence married Rucker E Davis on 25 June 1898 in Erie County, Ohio. They had six children in 14 years. Bertha Florence died from complications of child birth on March 1, 1915, in Lorain, Ohio, at the age of 32, and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery in Lorain County, Ohio in Potter's Field, Grave # #37--without a headstone(Findagrave volunteer told me about her grave). By the manner of her burial, the family was very impoverished at that time which caused the family to break apart, three of the daughters, Flora, Ada Myrtle and Nettie were put in an institution for the feeble-minded in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio (info came from 1920 census). Son William W. "Willie" age 13 was placed in a boys home, Glenwood Manual Training School for Boys located in Bloom Township, Cook County, Illinois. Do not know where daughter Helen Hazel Davis was placed; cannot find her in the 1920 census. The baby boy was adopted by Rucker E. Davis' sister Maggie Emerson Davis Darrow and her husband Merton Lee Darrow. They named the baby, Orla Lee Darrow; he died 21 April 1969 in Sandusky, Erie, Ohio. Do not know how long the children had to stay in the institutions but by 1930 census most of them were in Chicago, Illinois.
Info from her death certificate
Her husband Rucker E Davis signed her death certificate
signing as Rucker Davis. They were living at 401 W 21st Street in Black Run Township, Lorain County, Ohio. Bertha died at St. Joseph's Hospital having been brought in 4 hours earlier. Rucker gave her mother's maiden name as Herrington but it was Herrin.
Her husband Rucker Edward Davis by 1918 had moved to La Salle County, Illinois as his brother Claude lived in Chicago. He died there in 1928 and was buried in same cemetery as his brother. His children, Nettie and Willie and his wife Lucy are also buried there.
her father
William Thomas Wright
Birth 18 October 1848 in Illinois
Death 12 March 1919 in Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio
Find A Grave Memorial# 43165294
her mother
Flora Ann Herndon Wright
Birth Nov 1853 in Warren, Tennessee
Death 11 Feb 1934 in Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio
Find A Grave Memorial# 43165321
her husband
Rucker Edward Davis
Birth: Jun. 8, 1869 Waverly, Lafayette County, Missouri
Death: Dec. 19, 1928 Streator, LaSalle County, Illinois
Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery and Crematorium***
Skokie, Cook County, Illinois
Find A Grave Memorial# 177955567
children
1 Flora Davis 1901 – unknown
2 Ada Myrtle Davis Banister 1902 – 1989 died in California
3 Nettie Davis 1904 – 1924 ***
4 William W. "Willie" Davis 1907–1958 ***
5 Hazel Helen Davis Higgins 1910–1991 died in California
6 Baby Davis 1915 – Orla Darrow adopted by Aunt Maggie Davis Darrow and name changed
***Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery and Crematorium Chicago
her siblings
1 Thomas Herndon Wright 1879 – 1962
2 Lillian Charlotte "Lillie" Wright Burley
1885 – 1934
3 William Oram "Willie" Wright 1885 – 1967
4 Eva Josephine Wright 1887 – 1951
6 Clara Elizabeth Wright 1892 – 1967
Bertha died dued to complications of childbirth
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