GEORGE WILLIAM DAVIS, born 15 July 1861, Brigham City - Died 21 November 1923, Avon, Cache Co., Utah. Buried in the Brigham City Cemetery
Married (1)Eliza Roxey Watkins 11 Nov 1885, Logan LDS Temple
(2) Posthumous Sealing to Olivia Jane Smith, 20 May 1891, Logan Temple
(3) Phoebe Vilate Cole (Nuhn by a previous marriage) 3 Sep 1903, Logan LDS Temple
CENSUS:
1870 Census of Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah Territory, Dwelling 191
Davis, William, age 75, farmer
Davis, Christina, age 50, keeping House
Davis, Abraham, age 14, At Home
Davis, Oliver F, age 11. at home
Davis, George W, age 8, at home
Dwelling 192
Davis, Sara M, age 70, Keeping House, born Pennsylvania
Forsgreen, Sarah A, age 15, At home, born Utah
Forsgreen, John H, age 13, At home, born Nevada
1880 Census of Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah; Household 352
Davis, William, age 84, Blacksmith, born Penn
Davis, Sarah, age 81, wife, Keeping House, born Penn
Davis, Christine, age 60, wife, Keeping House, born Sweden
Davis, Oliver F, age 21, son, farmer, born Utah
Davis, George W., age 18, son, farmer, born Utah
1910 Census of Avon, Cache, Utah ED 15; image 450; page 10A
Davis, George W, head, age 48, farmer, born Utah; 2d marriage of 6 years
Davis, Vilate C, wife, age 49; born Utah, 2d marriage of 6 years; mother of 2 children, 2 living
Nuhn, George C, stepson, age 20, single, born California, father born Germany
Nuhn, Leslie C, stepson, age 18, single, born Utah, father born Germany
Nelson, Marguerite, Protege, age 18, single, born Utah; both parents born Denmark
1920 Census of Avon, Cache Co., Utah, ED 17, p. 7A Image 556
Davis, Gerge [George] W, head, md, age 58, <1862> born Utah; father born PA; mother born Sweden; owns home
Davis, Vilate C, wife, md, age 60, born Utah; father born Missouri, mother born Illinois
[They are living next door to Leslie and Ada Nuhn]
DEATH: Utah Death Index, 1905-1951
Name: George William Davis
Death Date: 21 Nov 1923
State File Number: 1923004246
Gender: Male
Age: 62
County of Death: Cache
OBITUARY: Deseret Evening News, 22 Nov 1923, p. 3
FORMER BRIGHAM MAN DIES AT HOME IN AVON
Brigham City, Nov. 22 - George W. Davis, a former resident of this city, died suddenly this morning at his home in Avon, Cache county.
Mr. Davis was born here July 15, 1861, a son of William and Eureka Forsgren Davis. His father was one of Box Elder county's first settlers, having come to Bingham[sic] City in 1850. He married Eliza Roxy Watkins Nov. 11, 1885. She died a number of years later, and he married Vilate Cole Nuhn of Willard, Sept. 3, 1903. While residing here he held many prominent Church positions. He removed to Avon in 1893 and was a member of the high council of the Hyrum stake at the time of his death.
Surviving are his widow and number of children. Funeral services will be held Friday, Nov. 23 at noon, in the Avon ward chapel. The body will be brought to this city for interment in the city cemetery here.
MISSIONARY: New Zealand and Eastern States
BURIAL: Brigham City Cem: B-13-21-(Tr.4 - W. cent.)
CENSUS: 1870 Eliza is 6 yrs. old and is enumerated with Lewis and Susanna Johnson and their one month old daughter in Brigham City Utah
1880 Census of Brigham City, Box Elder. p. 35, ED 4
Watkins, William, head, md, age 53
Watkins, Mary A, wife, md, age 52
Watkins, Emma, age 21
Watkins, Joseph, age 19
Watkins, Eliz R., daur, age 16
Watkins, John, age 12
Watkins, Charles A, age 8
Eliza died at just 37 years of age, 7 May 1900. She and George Wm. had no biological children together. They adopted Marguerite Louise Neilson (born 6 Mar 1892, Brigham City-died 20 Jun 1982 in Roy Utah - married Wm. James Roberts) whose biological parents were Rasmus Neilsen and Inger Marie Olsen. I have no further information about this adoption, nor do I have a photo of Eliza. If any of the Roberts descendants have further biographical information it would be so welcome to receive!)
Eliza is buried in a different plot from George Wm. She is in the Brigham City Cemetery C-18-4-2
[NOTE: I am not certain how or when I obtained this photo or even if this stone is still standing in the Cemetery]
Olivia is the daughter of Samuel Smith and Francis Ann Ingraham - a family that has several other Forsgren connections: Samuel Smith and Sarah Jane Ingraham - sister to Francis Ann - had a daughter Francis Mary Smith who married Knud Elior "Eli" Forsgren - George Wm. Davis' cousin thru Peter Adolph Forsgren. Also Samuel Smith's son Hyrum by yet another plural wife married George's cousin Sarah Alice Forsgren, daughter of John Erik Forsgren.
Olivia Jane Smith is shown in newFamilySearch as being sealed to George William Davis after her death and a child, John Bertram being born just a few months before she died. Who is this child? What relationship, if any, did he have to GW Davis???? He apparently has been sealed to Davis and Olivia Jane Smith.
NewFamilySearch shows her marrying a John Thomas Kelly on 3 or 7 Jan 1887 in Box Elder, Utah or Smithfield, Cache, Utah He died the 23 Mary 1909 in Pueblo, Colorado! He is shown marrying a Pearl Stredder in 1890 in Rockland, Idaho by whom he has several children.
Olivia has been sealed also to John Thomas Kelly
She is listed in the Utah Burials Index:
Olivia Jane Kelly
born 7/22/1865, born Brigham City
death 9/7/1887
Parents: Ingram, Francis Ann (Mother)
Smith, Samuel (Father)
Kelly, John Thomas (Spouse)
I also found her in findagrave.com under Olivia Jane Smith Kelly. The headstone photo shows her name listed on the side of her mother's marker without the Kelly, along with her siblings.
Entry shows birth Jul 22, 1865, Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah and death Sep 7, 1887, married John Thomas Kelly 3 Jan 1887, Smithfield, Cache, Utah
John Thomas Kelly born Sep 4 1861 Leominster Herefordshire, England
Died Mar. 21 1909 Roy, Weber Co. Utah
Plot B-16-23-17. Brigham City Cem. There is a photo of his headstone ; his second wife, Pearl is buried in Brigham City as well under her 2nd married name: Pearl Stredder Kelly Shanklin.
These are the notes submitted by a Carol Davidson, Etna, Wyoming to newFamilySearch:
Birth: Brigham City, Utah, cemetery records (FHL 979.242 V3b) Marriage: Family record of unknown origin--recording of civil marriages in Utah did not commence until 1887 and was sporadic for several years. Death: Brigham City, Utah, cemetery records (FHL 979.242 V3b) Burial: Brigham City, Utah, cemetery records (FHL 979.242 V3b) Baptism: Logan endowments for the dead (FHL 0177960) Endowment: Logan endowments for the dead (FHL 0177960) Sealing to spouse 1: Ordinance Index Sealing to spouse 2: Olivia Jane was sealed after her death to George W. DAVIS, who does not appear to have ever been her husband. Sealing to parents: Born in covenant Other sources: 1870 census of Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah (FHL 0553109, p. 62) 1880 census of Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah (FHL 1255335, p. 13)
OTHER NOTES IN nFS:
Records of Ivy L. Watson, Salt Lake City, Ut, Smith family genealogist Records of Karma Belnap, 1312 Tetonia Dr., Boise, Idaho 83705 Samuel Smith record book F
Utah S 1 Pt 1 Index; F Utah S l G
Olivia Jane is listed half-way down the marker for her mother.
Her official place of burial is Plot B-16-23-16
George William's 3rd marriage was three years after the death of Eliza - to Phebe Vilate Cole Nuhn.
Vilate was born 16 Sept 1859 in Willard, Box Elder, Utah. She married Christmann Georg Nuhn on 15 Oct 1888 in Willard. Christmann was born in Prussia. They had two children together: George Christian Nuhn and Leslie Cole Nuhn. I do not know if Vilate and Christmann divorced or whether she was a widow at the time of her marriage to George William Davis. The newFamilySearch information on his death says merely "unknown, probably California." As far as I know George and Vilate had no children together. (She was already 44 when she married him). Vilate survived George William, passing away,10 Aug 1939 in Avon, Cache, Utah.
Davis, Vilate C, head, age 70, widow, age 27 at first marriage born Utah, both parents born Missouri; owns her home
She is also buried in the Brigham City Cemetery:
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