Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
NameLillian Beatrice Davis
Birth5 Jun 1896, Essex County, Virginia
ResidenceEssex County, Virginia
Death22 Sep 1912, Essex County, Virginia
Burial24 Sep 1912, Ozeana, Essex County, Virginia
Cause of deathPellagra
FatherJoseph Harold Davis (1873-1954)
MotherEmma Wood Boughan (1874-1904)
Documentation
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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.

1910 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia:
Enumeration District 40, Rappahannock District, on Ozeana Road, Dwelling 23, Family 23
Davis, Joseph, head, male, white, age 37, second marriage, married 4 years, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, farmer on general farm, can read and write, owns farm, mortgaged, farm schedule 20
Davis, Laura B., wife, female, white, age 25, first marriage, 3 children born, 3 children living, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, no occupation, can read and write
Davis, Grayson, son, male, white, age 15, single, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, no occupation, can read and write, in school
Davis, Lilian, daughter, female, white, age 13, single, born Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, no occupation, can read and write, in school
Davis, Harold, son, male, white, age 11, single, born Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, no occupation, can read and write, in school
Davis, Roland, son, male, white, age 9, single, born Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, no occupation, can read and write, in school
Davis, Pearl, daughter, female, white, age 7, single, born Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, no occupation, cannot read or write, not in school
Davis, Allie, son, male, white, age 3, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, no occupation
Davis, Warren, son, male, white, age 2, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, no occupation
Davis, Ryland, son, male, white, age 4/12, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, no occupation

On 22 September 1912, Lillian B. Davis died in Rappahannock District, Essex County, Virginia. She was female; white; single; born 5 June 1896; age 16 years, 3 months, 16 days; born in Essex County, Virginia; father was Joseph Davis, who was born in Essex County, Virginia; mother was Emma W. Baughn, who was born in Essex County, Virginia; informant was Joseph Davis of Ozeana, Essex County, Virginia; cause of death pellagra — “was sick about 4 mos — was sick some time before physician was called”; buried at Ozeana, Essex County, Virginia, on 24 September 1912. [Commonwealth of Virginia, Certificate of Death 7633.]

From a conversation between Pearl Irene Davis Kopp and Thomas Darian Moore, 29 September 1991:
PK: Lillian, yeah. She died when she was about 16.
TM: What did she died of?
PK: She had what they call pellagra. Her skins was just like a fishscale. All along her arms. Just scaly. Just like fishscales. We called it pellagra. Was she pretty. She had beautiful big blue eyes, beautiful curls, blond curls. They said she looked like a flower. She was the only one in the family with blonde hair.
Spouses
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No Children
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