Lee B. Davis

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Lee B. Davis, clerk of the circuit court and ex-officio recorder of deeds, Cairo, Ill., was born in Marion county of that state, Feb. 27, 1873, his parents being James P. and Amanda (Benham) Davis. The father was born in Kentucky, July 3, 1831. In 1854 he came to Cairo, but later went to Missouri, where he remained until 1867, when he returned to Illinois and located on a farm near Salem in Marion county. The mother was born near Crawfordsville, Ind., in 1832. Her first marriage was to a Mr. Ramsey, by whom she had two children: Hiram E. Ramsey, a farmer near Odin, Ill., and Mrs. Eudora Dursky, living not far from Salem. Two children were born to her second marriage: Mrs. May Aird and the subject of this sketch, both living in Cairo. The mother died in 1892 and the father is now living, at the age of seventy-three years, with his son. Lee B. Davis received his education in the Salem schools, graduating from the hight school in 1891. Upon leaving school he went to Alexander county, of which Cairo is the county seat, and engaged in teaching. This occupation he followed for nine years, the last six of which he was principal of the graded schools at Willard. He resigned this position to take charge of the clerk's office, to which he was elected in the fall of 1900. He was re-elected in the fall of 1994, his second term beginning on December 5th. Mr. Davis is a Democrat in politics, and the fact that he has twice been elected clerk of Alexander county, which is strongly Republican, attests his popularity. In 1900, when he was first elected, the Republican national ticket carried the county by over 1,000 majority. At that election he defeated, by a small majority, a man who had held the office for sixteen years, but in 1904 he carried the county by 450, while the Republican national ticket received a majority of more than 1,500. He has made a record as an efficient and conscientious official, and has won the regard of his fellow-citizens, as his second election plainly shows. Mr. Davis is a Royal Arch Mason and a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. He was married on March 28, 1893, to Miss Adelia Pickett, of Alexander county, and they have three daughters: Dorothy, born Oct. 3, 1895; Beaulah, born March 6, 1897; and Leota, born June 11, 1903. (Source: "Memoirs of the Lower Ohio Valley". Evansville, Indiana: Unigraphic, Inc., 1971, Reproduced on Broderbund Software's Family Archive CD #450 (County and Family Histories: Ohio, 1780-1970), Original published: 1905 Madison, Wisconsin, Federal Publishing Company, Vol. II, pg. 214, 215)

Lee married Adelia Pickett on 28 Mar 1893. Adelia and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Dorothy Davis was born on 3 Oct 1895; and died.
2. Beulah Davis was born on 6 Mar 1897; and died.
3. Leota Davis was born on 11 Jun 1903; and died.

James married Amanda Jane Benham on 9 Apr 1867 in Mississippi, Missouri, United States. Amanda (daughter of Joseph Benham and Rebecca Zelling) was born in 1832 in Crawsfordsville, Indiana, United States; died on 29 Feb 1892 in Carrigan Township, Marion County, Illinois, United States; was buried in Mar 1892 in Marion County, Illinois, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Rebecca Zelling. Rebecca was born in 1780 in Pennsylvania, United States; died after 1868 in Crawford County, Indiana, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Rebecca Silling

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• Baptism: 1744, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America; Address:
  Old Tennent Church