Birth and death dates from a Davis family Bible, which states that she died at 72 years 5 months and 5 days of age.

1840 U.S. Census for Essex County, Virginia:
Dunn, Samuel C.
1 male age under 5 [this would be Richard]
1 male age 15-20 [this would be Samuel, age low]
2 females age under 5 [this would be Sarah and possibly Mary]
2 females age 5-10 [one of these would be Francis and maybe Mary or Virginia]
1 female age 20-30 [this would be Sarah]

1850 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia
Page 96
Household 545, Family 545
Dunn, Samuel, 40, male, laborer, $188 real estate, born in Virginia
Dunn, Elizabeth, 39, female, born in Virginia
Dunn, Sarah, 18, female, born in Virginia
Dunn, Mary, 15, female, born in Virginia
Dunn, Richard, 14, male, born in Virginia
Dunn, Frances, 11, female, born in Virginia
Dunn, Virginia, 10 female, in school, born in Virginia

1860 U.S. Census for Essex County, Virginia:
Dwelling 563, Family 548
Dunn, Samuel C., 50, farmer, $900 real estate, $265 personal estate
Dunn, Elizabeth, 50
Dunn, Richard F., 34, laborer
Dunn, Francis C., 21
Dunn, Virginia, 18
All could read and write; none in school.

1870 U.S. Census for Essex County, Virginia:
Dwelling 1623, Family 1623
Davis, Samuel, 49, boot and shoe maker, $500 real estate, $125 personal estate, born in Virginia
Davis, Francis, 28, keeping house, born in Virginia
Davis, Madison, 6, at home, born in Virginia
Davis, Warren, 4, at home, born in Virginia
Davis, Cora, 2, at home, born in Virginia

She lived in Dunnsville at the time of Joseph’s birth in 1873.

1880 U.S. Census for Essex County, Virginia:
Dwelling 256, Family 256, Chapel Grove election precinct
Davis, Saml, white, male, 58, married, cordwainer
Davis, Frances C., white female, 41, wife, married, keeping house
Davis, Maddison, white, male, 16, son, single, works on farm
Davis, Warren, white, male, 14, son, single, works on farm, in school
Davis, Cora, white, female, 12, daughter, single, at home, in school
Davis, Robt S., white, male, 9, son, single, at home, in school
Davis, Joe, white, male, 7, son, single, at home, in school
Davis, E. E., white, male, 4, son, single, at home
Davis, Cecilia, white, female, 2, daughter, at home
Everyone was born in Virginia. E. E. and Cecilia are unable to read; E. E., Cecilia, Joe and Robert are unable to write.

A deed was made on 18 March 1895 between F. C. Davis, R. S. Davis, Joseph Davis and Emma Davis his wife, Cora Davis, C. Celia Davis and C. P. Taylor of the first part, and John Waller Jones of the second part, all of Essex County. The parties of the first part for $250 sell 35 acres in the Rappahannock District bounded on the north by Richard Bayton, on the west by R. C. Brizendine, on the south by the estate of Samuel Davis and on the east by the road leading to Wright and Brizendine’s grist mill. Signed F. C. Davis, R. S. Davis, Joseph Davis, Emma Davis, Cora Davis, C. Celia Davis, and C. P. Taylor. Recorded 5 January 1899. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 59, pages 274-275.]

1900 U.S. Census for Essex County, Virginia:
Rappahannock District, household 357
Davis, Joseph, b. Apr 1873, m. 6 years, farmer, owns, mortgaged, farm schedule 314
Davis, Emma W., b. Apr 1874, m. 6 years, 3 children, all of whom survive
Davis, Grayson, b. Jul 1893
Davis, Liliin [sic] B., b. Jun 1895
Davis, Joseph H., b. Sep 1898
Davis, Francis C., mother of Joseph Davis, b. Dec 1841, widowed, had 7 children, 5 of whom survive
Everyone but the children could read and write.

Pearl Kopp, 27 October 1991:
Yes, I knew her, but she was a cripple. From the time I remember her, she had two crutches. I can see her walking with those two crutches now. And she, “You don’t behave yourself, you’re gonna get one right over your head!” [laughs] She was right old when I was, you know, I was just so … 8 years old I guess. 7 or 6… I knew she was right old because she used crutches, you know, two crutches.
TM: Was she always like that?
PK: I really don’t know. By the time I remember her she used crutches.
TM: Did she actually ever hit anybody?
PK: I don’t know.
TM: Was she sort of a mean person?
PK: No.
TM: I thought you said she threatened to hit you with her cane.
PK: Oh, she wasn’t. She was just foolin’ with you. People would see her do it, and think that she really meant it.

PK, 6 November 1991: “I remember my grandmother, because she walked with two crutches, I remember that. She used to say to me, ‘You want me to hit you over the head with this?!’ I said, ‘No, because that would hurt!’”

6 November 1991, Pearl Irene Davis Kopp and Thomas Darian Moore:
TM: But your father’s mother, your grandmother Fanny, was she living by herself when you were little?
PK: No, she never lived by herself. She always lived with my aunt. With her daughter. Aunt Celie or aunt Cora, one or the other she’d live with. She died while she was with them. She had a home I guess before that, but nothing from the time I knew her.
TM: Well, maybe that was her old home. When did she die, do you remember?
PK: When? Oh, I was about 14.
TM: About 1916 or so, that would have been.
PK: I imagine. I think I was around 14 when she died, because I know I wasn’t… [trails off]. I was going out with the boys [laughs]. And I wasn’t allowed to go out until I was about 14, so I think…