Nita Neoma Davis

1887 - 1960  (72 years)

• Name	Nita Neoma Davis  [1, 2, 3]
  	Her birth record names her as "Nita Neoma," but the more traditional spelling of that second name would probably be "Naomi."
  Born	2 Dec 1887	Macon County, Illinois, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Census	15 Apr 1910	Maroa, Maroa township, Macon County, Illinois, USA   [4]
  	1. Davis, Charles W., head, male, white, 48, first marriage, married 27 years, Illinois, Kentucky, Kentucky, engineer, stationary, can read and write, renting house 2. _____, Ida M., wife, female, white, 45, first marriage, married 27 years, 8 children 8 living, Illinois, Canada (Eng.), New York, can read and write 3. _____, Verda L., daughter, female, white, 24, single, Illinois, Illinois Illinois, cigar maker, can red and write 4. _____, Nita N., daughter, female, white, 22, divorced, 1 child 1 living, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, can read and write 5. _____, Cecil, W., daughter, female, white, 18, single, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, stripper, cigar factory, can read and write 6. _____, Hazel H., daughter, female, white, 12, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, can read and write, attending school 7. _____, Frank O., son, male, white, 9, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, can read and write, attending school 8. _____, Twila L., daughter, female, white, 6, Illinois, Illinois Illinois, can read and write, attending school 9. Fish, Irine, granddaughter, female, white, 3, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois
  Census	19 Jan 1920	Mosquito township, Christian County, Illinois, USA   [5]
  	1. Barnett, G. E., head, renting, male, white, 59, married, can read and write, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, farmer, farm 2. _____, Nita, wife, female, 32, married, can read and write, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, housewife 3. _____, George, son, male, white, 19, single, can read and write, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, farm hand, father 4. _____, Dale, son, male, white, 15, single, can read and write, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, farm hand, father 5. _____, Freda, daughter, female, white, 14, attending school, can read and write, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois 6. _____, Elmer, son, male, white, 5, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois 7. _____, Harold, son, male, white, 3 9/12, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois 8. Fish, Gladys, stepdaughter, female, white, 12, attending school, can read and write, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois
  Parents	Parents named on her birth record as "Chas Davis" and "Ida Pratt Davis."  [2]
  Died	7 Oct 1960	Macon County, Illinois USA   [3]
  Person ID	I201	Gilmore-Donald
  Last Modified	8 Nov 2014

  
  

  Father	Charles Davis,   b. Mar 1862, Illinois, USA
  Mother	Ida M. Pratt,   b. Jan 1865, Illinois, USA
  Married	Abt 12 Feb 1883	Macon County, Illinois, USA   [1, 6]
  	Date is probably issue of license, not necessarily of marriage.
  Family ID	F63	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Fish
  Married	Before 1907  [3, 4]
  Divorced	Before April 1910  [4]
  Children	1. Irine/Gladys Fish,   b. Abt 1907-1908, Illinois, USA
  Last Modified	8 Nov 2014
  Family ID	F68	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	George Edward Barnett,   b. 1860,   d. 1936  (Age 76 years)
  Married	Before 1927  [7]
  Children	1. Elmer Davis Barnett,   b. 3 Nov 1914, Blue Mound, Macon County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 16 Mar 1993, Illinois, USA  (Age 78 years)   2. Harold Eugene Barnett,   b. 14 Mar 1917, Osbernville, Christian County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 22 Mar 2008, New Mexico, USA  (Age 91 years)   3. Roy Neal Barnett,   b. 15 Jun 1921, Osbornville, Christian County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 1 Apr 1999, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	8 Nov 2014
  Family ID	F67	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S138] 1900 U.S. census, Macon County, Illinois, population schedule, Maroa township, Maroa, enumeration district (ED) 61, sheet 11B, p 37 (stamped, verso), dwelling 235, family 236, Charles Davis household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 4 November 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 324. [S149] “Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 7 November 2014), entry for Nita Neoma Davis, birth, 2 December 1887, Macon County; FHL film no. 983,930; citing Macon County clerk, Decatur. URL: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2LQ-2HD. [S151] Beverly Seitz, contributor, “Nita Neoma Davis Barnett,” database, Point Pleasant Cemetery (Long Creek, Macon County, Illinois) memorial no. 31211838, FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com/ : viewed 7 November 2014). . [S139] 1910 U.S. census, Macon County, Illinois, population schedule, Maroa (city), Maroa township, enumeration district (ED) 127, sheet 1B (penned), p. 237 (stamped, verso), dwelling 20, family 20, Charles W. Davis household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 November 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 308. . [S152] 1920 U.S. census, Christian County, Illinois, population schedule, Mosquito township, enumeration district (ED) 12, sheet 7A (penned), p. 283 (stamped, recto), dwelling 137, family 141, G. E. Barnett household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 8 November 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 299. [S140] Illinois Secretary of State, "Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900," database, Illinois State Archives (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/archives.html : accessed 8 November 2014), entry for Charles Davis-Ida M. Pratt, Macon County, 12 February 1883; [no book or page number cited]. . [S146] SBIRD, contributor, "Frank O. Davis," database anddigital image of marker, Fairlawn Cemetery (Decatur, Macon County, Illinois), memorial no. 46707570, FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com/ : viewed 6 November 2014). Entry also offers an obituary transcribed from the Decatur Evening Herald, 11 July 1927.