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Rudolphus and Rutha Jane Davis...taken before January, 1924, but not for sure when. |
Rudolphus Davis is son of Thomas and Lucinda (Seacat) Davis. In the History of Vernon County, Missouri, by CF Cooper (1911) it says that the Davis family moved to Clark County, MO in 1856. Rudolphus was born June 14, 1834 in Harrison County, IN. He married Rutha Jane Stevens (daughter of Col. RS Crandall Stevens) on Aug. 16, 1855 in Harrison County, IN. Their children are as follows: James Monroe (who married Laura Ann Funk), Josephine Marilla (who married John Marion Kendell), Ada C. (b:1862 and d:1887), Stewart (married Nora Etta Whiteside), Wilford Hazen (b:1868 and d:1872), and Oliver Otto (b:1872 and d:1873). Rudolphus enlisted as a Corporal with the Union for the Civil War, in IN, on Dec. 2,1861. He was with Company F, 59th Infantry Regiment IN. He reenlisted in the same company and regiment on Jan. 1, 1864. He mustered out Jul. 17, 1865 in Louisville, KY. The battles he was involved in were: New Madrid, MO; Corinth, Monolia Hill, Raymond, Jackson, Mississippi, Champion Hill, Mission Ridge, and Siege of Vicksburg; finally at Huntsville, Alabama with Gen. Sherman in the march to the sea. He returned to Harrison County, IN, Sept. 6, 1865 and moved his family one year later (1866) to Vernon County, MO, settling on section 3, Harrison Township. Later buying 120 acres making 200 acres in all. |
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standing: Ora, Earl, and Arra Belle Davis. left to right sitting: Laura Ann (Funk), Berl, James Monroe Davis |
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Left: Laura Ann Funk Davis, with her 2 daughters, Arra Worsley & Orra Davis...., Orra is the taller one. |
