Shelburn Lilburn Honey and wife Tabitha Ellen Wood

Shelburn Lilburn Honey (April 7, 1863 - May 4, 1935) and wife Tabitha Ellen Wood (June 6, 1866 - February 13, 1930) were married on June 3, 1884 in Laclede County, Missouri.

George Frances Craddock and wife, Estia Loe Craddock nee Davis

George Francis Craddock (September 23, 1893 - January 23, 1978) and wife Estia Loe Davis (April 28, 1898 - January 15, 1988) were married on November 25, 1917.

They had three children:
Ellis Francis Craddock (August 2, 1919 - October 28, 1980)
Ruby Ann Craddock (born September 18, 1921)
Allen Eugene Craddock (April 4, 1924 - July 24, 1970)

Davis School May 17, 1929

From left to right
First Row (sitting): Keith Dowty, Wilma Young, Kenneth Ogle, Wayne Young, and Edna Mae Ogle;

Second Row: Lucille Ogle, Ruby Craddock, Chloie Dowty, Ellis Craddock, Mildred Walker, Mary Rachel Walker, Catherine Walker, Alpha Ogle, and Lorene Dowty;

Back Row: Jim Henson, Anna Walker, Loma Dowty, Monta Young, Phillip Walker, Francis Tzetze, Ella Hill, Cora Ogle, Virginia Ogle, Jeanette Wall, Floe Crabtree, Jewell Lea Ogle, and Maggie Ogle.

William Grenfall Honey and wife, Ruby Ann Honey nee Craddock

Married November 22, 1940.

They had four children:
Clayton Grenfall Honey (October 15, 1941 - May 4, 2004)
Spencer Allen Honey (born April 3, 1943)
Kerry Ellis Honey (born October 14, 1944)
Dennis Gene Honey (born December 25, 1945)

Davis School November 21, 1913

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In Volume 2 of her book entitled MEMORIES OF THE LOWER OZARK BEAR CREEK TERRITORY, Naomi Rosalyn Wrinkle Spring devoted a full chapter to the Davis School near Stoutland. On page 115 of that book, she illustrates another print of this same photograph, taken on November 21, 1913, although the above print (despite its imperfections) may be clearer.

Some of those in this photograph include Earl Chandler, Leona Crabtree, Estia Loe Davis (2nd row, 4th from left), Tennis Davis, Alma Dowty, Monta Dowty, George Henson, Dolpha Henson, Cora Ogle, James Ogle, Edith Walker, LaDora Walker, and Noble Wrinkle (holding sign).

Photo of George Francis Craddock in 1918

George Francis Craddock in 1918

Inducted July 25, 1918, at Lebanon, Missouri, as American involvement in World War I deepened. Served in Co. "F", 70th Infantry from August 10, 1918, to January 14, 1919. The Armistice was signed on November 11, 1918, ending World War I, by which time over 2,000,000 American soldiers had been sent to France. He was honorably discharged as a Private on January 17, 1919, at Camp Funston, Kansas, having never left the continental U.S. George Francis Craddock's Serial Number was 3797169.

Photo of 1937 Stoutland High School basketball team

1937 Stoutland High School basketball team

Players in front row are, from left to right, Walter Wyant, Ben Schmoutey, Denzil Miller, William Grenfall Honey, Verl Edwards, Ralph Hillhouse, Clarence Archer, and coach Cecil Smart.

Players in back row , from left to right, are Sanford Caviness, Milton Jennings, Ellis Degraffenreid, Stone Manes, Basil Miller, and George Hoke.

Photo of James A. Davis family at home in Ozarks (Laclede County) in 1907

James Allen Davis family at home in the Ozarks (Laclede County) in 1907.

James Allen Davis (holding youngest daughter Estia Loe Davis) and 2nd wife Sarah Jane Lawson, both seated, at home on their farm near Stoutland, Missouri, on Sept. 12, 1907.

Standing, from left to right, are:
(1) Ida Mae (Davis) Zumwalt (1891-19XX), daughter of James A. Davis, holding broom;
(2) Louisa (Davis) Davis (1870-1919), standing, oldest child of James A. Davis, and wife of Walter Davis;
(3) Walter Davis (1867-1950), husband of (and 3rd cousin to) Louisa Davis, and hence son-in-law to James A. Davis, standing behind chair of Sarah Jane (Lawson) Davis;
(4) Eula Ann ("Annie") Davis (1895-198X), daughter of James A. Davis, standing next to boy holding dogs;
(5) Henry Everett Davis (1893-19XX), youngest son of James A. Davis, holding dogs; and
(6) Knoles Bennedict Davis (1887-1952), son of James A. Davis, holding single-shot shotgun and squirrels.

James Allen Davis was born Nov. 6, 1845, in Missouri, and died Sept. 3, 1930, in Laclede County, Missouri. His second wife Sarah Jane Lawson was born Oct. 1, 1860, in Missouri, and died Feb. 2, 1940 in Laclede County. Both are buried at the Dowty Cemetery, also in Laclede County. They were married on Nov. 9, 1879, in Laclede County, about five months after James A. Davis's first wife, Nancy J. Yadin, died in childbirth.

Estia Loe Davis, in father's lap, was the youngest of James A. Davis's fifteen children, being born on April 28, 1898. Six were born to his first wife, Nancy Yadin, and the remaining nine to his second wife Sarah Jane Lawson. Children born to Nancy Yadin, in order of birth from first to last, are: Louisa Davis, Andrew Jackson Davis, Dora I. Davis, William Alfred Davis, Carrie Alice Davis, and Jay W. Davis. Children born to Sarah Jane Lawson, in order of birth from first to last, are: James Elmer Davis, Bedford Davis, Marcella Davis, Altha Jane Davis, Knoles Bennedict Davis, Ida Mae Davis, Henry Everett Davis, Eula Ann ("Annie") Davis, and Estia Loe Davis.

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