Elvira R. Davis, Ellie Duncan

1864 - 1949  (84 years)

• Name	Elvira R. Davis
  Suffix	Ellie Duncan
  Born	10 Jun 1864	Afton, Cedar Township, Dade Co., Mo.
  Gender	Female
  Died	04 Jan 1949	Sulphur, Murray Co., Okla.
  Record Change	12 Apr 2009
  Buried	Ninnekah Cem., Prather Family Plotts
  Person ID	I98894	120k
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015

  
  

  Father	Richard Magafio Davis,   b. 16 Jul 1829, Brown Co., Il. ,   d. 11 Aug 1893, College Mound, Tx.  (Age 64 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Hurst,   b. 23 Nov 1832, Il. ,   d. 03 Sep 1873, Jericho Springs, Mo.  (Age 40 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	20 Dec 1849	Brown Co., Il.
  Family ID	F22116	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Riley Benton Prather,   b. 10 Mar 1848, ,Smith, Tx ,   d. 30 Apr 1918, ,Van Zandt, Tx  (Age 70 years)
  Married	17 Mar 1895	Smith Co., Tx.
  Children	1. Lidley Prather,   b. Tx.  [Natural]   2. Artie Odessa Prather,   b. 09 Jan 1898, Grand Saline, Vanzandt Co., Tx. ,   d. 24 Mar 1982, Sulphur, Okla.  (Age 84 years)  [Natural]   3. Joseph Samuel Prather, Chick,   b. 25 Dec 1906, Grand Saline, Vanzandt Co., Tx. ,   d. 20 Jul 1927, Quanna, Tx.  (Age 20 years)  [Natural]
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015
  Family ID	F22044	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Marion Josiah Duncan, Si,   b. 05 Apr 1850, Cedar Co., Mo. ,   d. 25 Dec 1891, Denton, Tx.  (Age 41 years)
  Married	of Denton, Tx
  Children	1. Josiah Duncan, II. Si,   b. 02 Aug 1882, Cedar Co., Mo. ,   d. 06 Jan 1961, Chickasha, Okla.  (Age 78 years)  [Natural]   2. Lemera Duncan,   b. 23 Apr 1884, Cedar Co., Mo. ,   d. 21 Feb 1965, Camden, Arkansas  (Age 80 years)  [Natural]   3. Daphine Duncan, Dan,   b. 16 Nov 1885, Van Zandt Co., Tx. ,   d. 03 Mar 1972, Tx.  (Age 86 years)  [Natural]   4. Florence Duncan, Floy,   b. 07 Sep 1887, of, Van Zandt, Tx ,   d. 07 Nov 1965, ,Chickasha, Ok  (Age 78 years)  [Natural]   5. Maude Duncan, Mid,   b. 01 May 1889, of Tyler, Tx ,   d. 26 Apr 1930  (Age 40 years)  [Natural]   6. Lewis Duncan,   b. 30 Jul 1891, Van Zandt Co., Tx. ,   d. 13 Jul 1962, Van Zandt Co., Tx.  (Age 70 years)  [Natural]
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015
  Family ID	F19584	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Elvira was of Cherokee/Choctaw Indian and White descent. Her mother was fullblood Indian. The Duncans and Prathers had left Smith Co.,Tx. and worked their way into Ark. There may have been other allied families traveling togeather. They later left Ark. and made their way accross Indian Territory and prepared to cross the Red River at a point that is now Gainville, Tx., it was November and Mr. Duncan had a bad cold. When they crossed the river Mr. Duncan became very ill and died of Neumonia. (he was buried on the bank of the river--- the grave has sense been washed away.) Mrs. Duncan,having severial children,wanted to leave the wagon train and return to Van, Tx. where she had relatives that could help her. Riley desided to help her. Riley had severial children to care for, because his wife had died before they had left Tx. years earlier. They headed their three wagons eastword toward Van in Smith,Co. and settled there. Later they were married and had two children of their own. They had a total of 21 children between themselves and their former spouses. They continued to live in Smith Co., Tx. and farmed near Van, Tx. until Riley died. Elvira then went to live with her daughter Artie (Prather)Brown in Okla. Rileys son Eugene Franklin Prather married one of the Duncan daughters, Floy. Eugene and Floy were not blood related, but the two children born to Riley and Elvira were half brother/sister to both of them. This information was given to me by Artie Prather (Brown) who was one of the two children born to Riley and Elvira. Artie was my Great Aunt, --- Eugene and Floy were my ---------------------------------- In the 1880 Dade Co., MO. census, Elvira is listed living with her brother-in-law, John Eaton. They were living in Cedar Township, Dade Co., MO. and she was listed at age 16. ............. Many of the Davis,Post,Duncan, and Prather family are buried at Cornith Cem. near Van,Tx. Elvira, after Rileys death, was mid-wife to Mrs.Post when her son Wyle Post (the Aviator) was born. She cared for him as a baby. Elvira could not read or write. by Gary Benton Prather