Ruth Davis (Barker)

From "Martha's Extended Family" family tree page on Ruth Barker:

http://martisgenes.info/p53.htm#i659

Ruth Barker[1],[2]

• F, b. 1 November 1797, d. 26 August 1890
• Father* Abner Barker b. 11 Aug 1768
• Mother* Lydia Osborne b. 24 Jan 1767
• Birth* Ruth was born on 1 November 1797 in Randolph County, North Carolina.[3],[4] She was the daughter of Abner Barker and Lydia Osborne.
• Marriage* She married Benjamin Davis on 4 January 1821 in Holly Spring, Randolph County, North Carolina.[3],[4]
• (Wife) Death Ruth's husband, Benjamin, died on 25 February 1839 in Wayne County, Indiana.[3]
• (Parent) Death Ruth's child, Rebecca, died on 6 January 1843 at age 16.[3]
• Census1850* Ruth was listed as the head of a family on the 1850 Census in Franklin Township, Washington County, Indiana.[5]
• (household member) Census1860 On the 1860 census, Noah Tomlinson's household included Ruth in Washington Township, Hamilton County, Indiana.[6]
• (household member) Census1870 On the 1870 census, Ebenezer Patterson's household included Ruth in Washington Township, Hamilton County, Indiana.[7]
• (mother-in-law) Census1880 Ruth was listed as mother-in-law in Noah Tomlinson's household on the 1880 Census in Washington Township, Hamilton County, Indiana.[8]
• Death* Ruth died on 26 August 1890 in Hamilton County, Indiana, at age 92.[3]

Family Benjamin Davis b. 11 Oct 1800, d. 25 Feb 1839

• Marriage* She married Benjamin Davis on 4 January 1821 in Holly Spring, Randolph County, North Carolina.[3],[4]
• Children
  • 1. Tamer Davis b. 11 Sep 1822
  • 2. Abigail Davis b. 21 May 1824, d. 1892
  • 3. Rebecca Davis b. 2 Jul 1826, d. 6 Jan 1843
  • 4. Nancy Davis b. 30 Jan 1828
  • 5. Hannah Davis b. 18 May 1830, d. 15 Oct 1879
  • 6. Charles Davis b. 13 Apr 1831
  • 7. Lydia Davis b. 23 Jul 1832

Citations:

1.[S186] Eleanor M. Davis, Davis: A Quaker Family, Charles Davies, the Immigrant, to Pennsylvania about 1725, from there to North Carolina, His Wife, Hannah Matson, and Their Descendants, p. 141.

2.[S177] William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, p. 473, 708, 1067.

3.[S186] Eleanor M. Davis, Davis: A Quaker Family, Charles Davies, the Immigrant, to Pennsylvania about 1725, from there to North Carolina, His Wife, Hannah Matson, and Their Descendants.

4.[S177] William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy.

5.[S2707] 1850, Franklin Township, Washington County, Indiana.

6.[S2788] 1860, Washington Township, Hamilton County, Indiana.

7.[S2728] 1870, Washington Township, Hamilton County, Indiana.

8.[S1332] 1880, Washington Township, Hamilton County, Indiana, p. 399A.