Frank O. Davis

1901 - 1927  (26 years)

• Name	Frank O. Davis  [1]
  Born	2 Apr 1901	Maroa, Macon Countym Illinois, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  	1910 census indicated he was born about 1901, however, his death certificate offers date of birth 2 April 1898. He did not appear in the 1900 census, making this year unlikely, but the day and month probable. His cemetery marker gives the likely correct date of birth, 2 April 1901.
  Gender	Male
  NEWS	14 Feb 1917	Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA   [4]
  	Frank O. Davis of Maroa listed among others who enlisted for WWI service that week.
  Obituary	11 Jul 1927	Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA   [3]
  	Obituary, Decatur Evening Herald "Frank O. Davis, 1235 East Logan street, died at 2:30 o'clock Monday morning in the Edward Hines Jr. government hospital at Maywood following an illness of long duration which arose from complications of diseases incurred during World War I. He was born in Maroa, April 2, 1901, the son of Charles and Ida Pratt Davis. On March 2, 1924, he was married to Miss Laura Hopt, Decatur. He is survived by his wife and one son, Paul Davis, aged two years, his mother, Mrs. John Stubbs, Detroit, five sisters, Mrs. James Griffin, Maroa; Mrs. Edward Barnett, Blue Mound, Mrs. H. Malone, Decatur, Mrs. Charles Whitmere, Marathon, Iowa; Mrs. William F. Gross, Jr. Hitchcock, South Dakota, and one brother Velmar Davis, Maroa. Mr. Davis was a member of the Christian church, Maroa, a member of Castle Williams Post 125, American Legion, member of Disabled Veterans, Chicago and of Decatur chapter of Modern Woodman No. 144. He served in the motor transport division in the World war. The body will be brought to Decatur Tuesday morning and taken to the Monson funeral home, 239 West Prairie avenue, where friends may call. Services will be held in the Monson chapel at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon under the auspices of the American Legion. Interment will be in Fairlawn Cemetery. "
  Parents	Frank's death record named his parents as Charles Davis and Ida Pratt, both born in Maroa, Macon County, Illinois. (Erroneous birthplace, at least for Ida).  [2]
  Died	11 Jul 1927	Broadview, Cook County, Illinois, USA   [2]
  Buried	Fairlawn Cemetery, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I205	Gilmore-Donald
  Last Modified	6 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   [5, 6]
  	Date is probably issue of license, not necessarily of marriage.
  Family ID	F63	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Laura Hopt
  Married	2 Mar 1924  [3]
  Last Modified	6 Nov 2014
  Family ID	F65	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [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. . [S145] "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 7 November 2014), entry for Charles Davis, Cook County, 11 July 1927; FHL film no. 1,614,256; citing Public Board of Health, State Archives, Springfield. URL: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQT7-M9F. [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. [S147] "Rush Recruits to Enter Army: Eight Have Enlisted in the Past Six Days," The Daily Review (Decatur, Ill.), 14 February 1917, p. 12, col. 6; Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : downloaded 6 November 2014). . [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. [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]. .