Simeon Davis was born in 1875 in either Burke or Effington County, Georgia. He was the oldest child of Samuel W. H. and Sarah Davis. In 1812 the Davis families moved to Jackson County, Mississippi, in the area of what is now Ocean Springs. The Davis Bayou Campground, Gulf Islands National Seashore, is the location of Simeon and Samuel's (father or brother) property.
Reverend A. C. Ramsey stated that the Davis family, along with Simeon's wife's family and other families, were instrumental in helping out at the Salem Methodist Church Camp (The Autobiography of A. C. Ramsey, 1879) . It is speculated that Simeon met his future wife through church. Nancy Carter and Simeon were married in in Jackson County, Mississippi around 1827 and they had at least eight children. By 1840, the family had moved from Jackson County to Rankin County. In the 1850 census, Simeon listed his occupation as clergyman, but his grandson remembered his mother telling him that Simeon was a physician (The Oilman Who Didn't Want to Become a Millionaire," by Howard Brunson, 1955):. In the 1850s, the couple had moved to Clarke County, where Nancy died in 1858 and Simeon in 1864.
Reverend A. C. Ramsey stated that the Davis family, along with Simeon's wife's family and other families, were instrumental in helping out at the Salem Methodist Church Camp (The Autobiography of A. C. Ramsey, 1879) . It is speculated that Simeon met his future wife through church. Nancy Carter and Simeon were married in in Jackson County, Mississippi around 1827 and they had at least eight children. By 1840, the family had moved from Jackson County to Rankin County. In the 1850 census, Simeon listed his occupation as clergyman, but his grandson remembered his mother telling him that Simeon was a physician (The Oilman Who Didn't Want to Become a Millionaire," by Howard Brunson, 1955):. In the 1850s, the couple had moved to Clarke County, where Nancy died in 1858 and Simeon in 1864.
Simeon Davis was born in 1875 in either Burke or Effington County, Georgia. He was the oldest child of Samuel W. H. and Sarah Davis. In 1812 the Davis families moved to Jackson County, Mississippi, in the area of what is now Ocean Springs. The Davis Bayou Campground, Gulf Islands National Seashore, is the location of Simeon and Samuel's (father or brother) property.
Reverend A. C. Ramsey stated that the Davis family, along with Simeon's wife's family and other families, were instrumental in helping out at the Salem Methodist Church Camp (The Autobiography of A. C. Ramsey, 1879) . It is speculated that Simeon met his future wife through church. Nancy Carter and Simeon were married in in Jackson County, Mississippi around 1827 and they had at least eight children. By 1840, the family had moved from Jackson County to Rankin County. In the 1850 census, Simeon listed his occupation as clergyman, but his grandson remembered his mother telling him that Simeon was a physician (The Oilman Who Didn't Want to Become a Millionaire," by Howard Brunson, 1955):. In the 1850s, the couple had moved to Clarke County, where Nancy died in 1858 and Simeon in 1864.
Reverend A. C. Ramsey stated that the Davis family, along with Simeon's wife's family and other families, were instrumental in helping out at the Salem Methodist Church Camp (The Autobiography of A. C. Ramsey, 1879) . It is speculated that Simeon met his future wife through church. Nancy Carter and Simeon were married in in Jackson County, Mississippi around 1827 and they had at least eight children. By 1840, the family had moved from Jackson County to Rankin County. In the 1850 census, Simeon listed his occupation as clergyman, but his grandson remembered his mother telling him that Simeon was a physician (The Oilman Who Didn't Want to Become a Millionaire," by Howard Brunson, 1955):. In the 1850s, the couple had moved to Clarke County, where Nancy died in 1858 and Simeon in 1864.
