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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