Colver F. Davis passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Frank J. Myers, 1011 West Eighth Street, at 10:30 o'clock Monday evening, after an illness of about seven months, death resulting from heart trouble.
Mr. Davis was born at Terra Haute, Champagne County, Ohio, on March 15, 1848, being 74 years, 3 months and 2 days old at the time of his death.
On March 13, 1877, he was united in marriage to Alferetta Wiley, at Leon, Iowa. To this union were born seven children, two of whom preceded their father in death. surviving him, besides his bereaved widow, are three sons, Jessie, of Wheatland, Wyoming, William R., of Taony, Wyoming, and Wiley of Menomice, Wisconsin, and two daughters, Mrs. Daisy Hall of Elnora, New York, and Mrs. Frank J. Myers of this city.
The deceased was a veteran of the Civil War, having enlisted on May 2, 1863, at the age of seventeen years, and was honorably discharged from the sevice on August 31, 1864, by reason of the mustering out of his company.
Funeral services will be held from the home of Mrs. Myers at 11 A.M. Wednesday, Rev. W. L. Austin of the Trinity M. E. Church officiating, after which the remains will be taken overland to Palmer for interment. - Grand Island Independent.
The Journal editor lived a close neighbor to Mr. Davis for many years and we remember him as a kind neighbor, and a loyal friend. Several of his neighbors of a quarter of a century ago were at the cemetery, to assist in the last sad rites of a man who never intentionally wronged anyone.
The Palmer Journal, July 20, 1922, page 1, transcribed by Linda Berney
Mr. Davis was born at Terra Haute, Champagne County, Ohio, on March 15, 1848, being 74 years, 3 months and 2 days old at the time of his death.
On March 13, 1877, he was united in marriage to Alferetta Wiley, at Leon, Iowa. To this union were born seven children, two of whom preceded their father in death. surviving him, besides his bereaved widow, are three sons, Jessie, of Wheatland, Wyoming, William R., of Taony, Wyoming, and Wiley of Menomice, Wisconsin, and two daughters, Mrs. Daisy Hall of Elnora, New York, and Mrs. Frank J. Myers of this city.
The deceased was a veteran of the Civil War, having enlisted on May 2, 1863, at the age of seventeen years, and was honorably discharged from the sevice on August 31, 1864, by reason of the mustering out of his company.
Funeral services will be held from the home of Mrs. Myers at 11 A.M. Wednesday, Rev. W. L. Austin of the Trinity M. E. Church officiating, after which the remains will be taken overland to Palmer for interment. - Grand Island Independent.
The Journal editor lived a close neighbor to Mr. Davis for many years and we remember him as a kind neighbor, and a loyal friend. Several of his neighbors of a quarter of a century ago were at the cemetery, to assist in the last sad rites of a man who never intentionally wronged anyone.
The Palmer Journal, July 20, 1922, page 1, transcribed by Linda Berney
Colver F. Davis passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Frank J. Myers, 1011 West Eighth Street, at 10:30 o'clock Monday evening, after an illness of about seven months, death resulting from heart trouble.
Mr. Davis was born at Terra Haute, Champagne County, Ohio, on March 15, 1848, being 74 years, 3 months and 2 days old at the time of his death.
On March 13, 1877, he was united in marriage to Alferetta Wiley, at Leon, Iowa. To this union were born seven children, two of whom preceded their father in death. surviving him, besides his bereaved widow, are three sons, Jessie, of Wheatland, Wyoming, William R., of Taony, Wyoming, and Wiley of Menomice, Wisconsin, and two daughters, Mrs. Daisy Hall of Elnora, New York, and Mrs. Frank J. Myers of this city.
The deceased was a veteran of the Civil War, having enlisted on May 2, 1863, at the age of seventeen years, and was honorably discharged from the sevice on August 31, 1864, by reason of the mustering out of his company.
Funeral services will be held from the home of Mrs. Myers at 11 A.M. Wednesday, Rev. W. L. Austin of the Trinity M. E. Church officiating, after which the remains will be taken overland to Palmer for interment. - Grand Island Independent.
The Journal editor lived a close neighbor to Mr. Davis for many years and we remember him as a kind neighbor, and a loyal friend. Several of his neighbors of a quarter of a century ago were at the cemetery, to assist in the last sad rites of a man who never intentionally wronged anyone.
The Palmer Journal, July 20, 1922, page 1, transcribed by Linda Berney
Mr. Davis was born at Terra Haute, Champagne County, Ohio, on March 15, 1848, being 74 years, 3 months and 2 days old at the time of his death.
On March 13, 1877, he was united in marriage to Alferetta Wiley, at Leon, Iowa. To this union were born seven children, two of whom preceded their father in death. surviving him, besides his bereaved widow, are three sons, Jessie, of Wheatland, Wyoming, William R., of Taony, Wyoming, and Wiley of Menomice, Wisconsin, and two daughters, Mrs. Daisy Hall of Elnora, New York, and Mrs. Frank J. Myers of this city.
The deceased was a veteran of the Civil War, having enlisted on May 2, 1863, at the age of seventeen years, and was honorably discharged from the sevice on August 31, 1864, by reason of the mustering out of his company.
Funeral services will be held from the home of Mrs. Myers at 11 A.M. Wednesday, Rev. W. L. Austin of the Trinity M. E. Church officiating, after which the remains will be taken overland to Palmer for interment. - Grand Island Independent.
The Journal editor lived a close neighbor to Mr. Davis for many years and we remember him as a kind neighbor, and a loyal friend. Several of his neighbors of a quarter of a century ago were at the cemetery, to assist in the last sad rites of a man who never intentionally wronged anyone.
The Palmer Journal, July 20, 1922, page 1, transcribed by Linda Berney
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