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Note: 1850 West Union, Steuben, NY Census Pg324a, #15, Oct 23 Martin D. Metcalf 27 Farmer NY Dorothy 19 NY (saunders) Albert 3 NY Ruby 2 NY*** 1860 Esterville, Dickinson, Iowa Census Pg 2, July 16 (state census) Martin D. Metcalf 36 Farmer $25 NY Dorothy 29 NY Ruby J. 11 NY*** Melina A. 9 NY Sarah J. 7 NY Elinor C. 5 NY Ralph M. 3/12 Iowa William McLean 30 Methodist Minister NY $500 1860 Emmet, Emmet, Iowa Census Pg 1, July 16 (Federal Census) Martin D. Metcalf 36 Farmer & minister $25 NY Dorothy 29 NY Ruby J. 11 NY*** Melina A. 9 NY Sarah J. 7 NY Elinor C. 5 NY Ralph M. 3/12 Iowa William McLean 30 Methodist Minister $500 NY 1870 Grove Center, Dickinson, Iowa Census Pg7 Elihu Elis 22 Barber $400 PA Ruby 21 PA*** Herbert 1 Iowa 1880 Harrison, Potter, PA Census Pg460a J. Frank DAVIS Self 35 NY Farmer NY --- Ruby J. DAVIS Wife M Female W 30 PA PA ---*** Charles S. DAVIS Son S Male W 3 NY NY --- R. May ELLIS ST-Dau S Female W 6 MI --- PA 1900 Matoaca Dist., Chesterfield, VA Census Pg 144, #37, June 27 Joseph F. Davis 55 Jan 1845 m21 PA MA MA Farmer Ruby (wife) 51 Mar 1849 m21 5/4 all b. PA*** Charles S. (son) 23 S Feb 1877 PA Nellie F. (dau) 16 Apr 1884 Florida PA PA Ruby J. (dau) 7 July 1892 Florida PA PA 1910 Matoaca, Chesterfield, VA Census Pg 13, Apr 28 Joseph F. Davis 65 m2 m31 PA RI MA farmer Ruby J. (wife) 61 m2 m31 3/3 all b. PA*** Ruby J. (dau) 17 S Florida PA PA 1920 Census - can't find Family history as told by Blanche Mildred Davis and passed down to Dee M cG onigle. Joseph Francis Davis 1st, or Mr. Frank Davis, as he was always known fo ug ht in the 126th PA regiment in the Civil War and his baby son Charl es w as sickly as a child since his mother Mary Cornish died the day he w as bor n, so when he married Miss Ruby they moved to Florida to try to sa ve th is sickly baby boy and they succeeded. However, they all hated Flo ri da so traded that farm sight unseen for the one in Chesterfield Co un ty VA 2 miles from where I now live. Mr. Frank Davis and Mr Joseph Meu ni er were two old soldiers who loved talking war stories. Joseph Meuni er h ad fled from the terror in France and arrived in New Orleans and ne ed ed a job so he jumped into the Confederate army and fought all t he w ay to Appomatox, coming right through Chesterfield Co. When he was p arol ed at Appomatox, he went back to New Orleans, got his money and boug ht a f arm here in Chesterfield Co...the same farm my Daddy was born on ( Jose ph Meunier was my grandmother's father)...anyhow Miss Ruby hated Ches terfi eld Co VA because everybody here called her a damn Yankee, the nor th w as very cruel to the South, buring everything in its path...apparent ly th at was the custom for the winning army to do... so when my grandpare nts ma rried, she told Mr. Frank Davis she was going home to PA, which s he di d. Mr. Frank never forgave her for leaving him, and when he dec id ed to go back to Harrison Valley, he bought a store there and lived ov er t he store...Miss Ruby lived with her sister...she and Mr. Frank remain ed ma rried but never lived together again and that is one reason she is n ot bur ied on the Davis square. Note from Dee: She must have been a nice lady though because my grandfa th er called her his mother and apparently loved her a great deal. Source: Tim Krieger Many of the children of Dorothy ended up in Tacoma, Washington. Ruby Jane died in Tacoma according to her Washington State Death Certificate: Name: Rubie J. Davis Death date: 18 May 1921 Death place: Tacoma, Pierce, Washington Gender: Female Race or color (on document): Age at death: 72 years 2 months 15 days Estimated birth year: 1849 Birth date: Birth place: Marital status: Married Spouse name: Frank Davis Father name: Martin Metcalf Father birth place: Mother name: Saunders Mother birth place: Occupation: Street address: Residence: Cemetery name: Burial place: Burial date: Additional relatives: Film number: 1992886 Digital GS number: 4221138 Image number: 2235 Reference number: 432 Collection: Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960 Tacoma Daily Ledger, Friday, May 20, 1921, Pg 2 Mrs. Ruby J. Davis, age 72, died Wednesday at her home, 7808 South E. St re et. She was the widow of Frank Davis and is survived by two daughter s, M rs May Falmanslack of Tacoma and Mrs. Ruby Baker of Virginia: one bro the r, Arthur Metcalf of North Dakota; and five sisters, Mrs C. A. Brow n, M rs Ida Aldridge, and Mrs J. Benard of Tacoma, and Mrs R. G. Brown a nd M rs M. V. Aldridge of Burton. She was a member of the Methodist Churc h. T he body is at Mellinger's. No arrangements have been made for the f uneral . [I can't find the Falmanslack name at Ancestry.com in any place]
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