Harriet Davis

1857 - 1867  (10 years)

• Name	Harriet Davis
  Born	1857	Elma, Erie, New York
  Gender	Female
  _FSFTID	LDFZ-N8Y
  _UID	E269EB050BEA41C38C025F187C8878934884
  Died	24 Jul 1867	Elma, Erie, New York
  Buried	Elma, Erie, New York
  	Davis Cemetery
  Person ID	I3285	McPherson History
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2018

  
  

  Father	William H. Davis,   b. May 1827, New York ,   d. 10 Aug 1911, East Aurora, Erie, New York  (Age ~ 84 years)
  Mother	Sarah Clarkson,   b. Abt 1836,   d. 24 Apr 1864  (Age ~ 28 years)
  Married	11 Feb 1855	Elma, Erie, New York   [1]
  Family ID	F920	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  11 year old daughter of William H. and Sarah C. Davis. Hattie H. Davis eleven year old daughter of William H. Davis, who resided on the Northrup Road Lot 101 and friend Nellie E. Wallis daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Wm D. Wallis , both drowned on the afternoon of July 24, 1867 in "Devil's Hole" in the Cazenovia Creek. The hole was formed in the bed of the creek by the rapid flow of the water at the bed of creek and at that time was about forty feet in length, up and down the creek, and about twenty feet wide and about seven feet deep. It is supposed that the girls wading in the shallow water along the shore without knowing of the hole stepped and fell into it and both were drowned. - Source Elma History, Erie, NY

  
  

• Sources

  [S481] New York Roots, http://www.newyorkroots.org/index.php/new-york-counties/erie-county/219-history-of-the-town-of-elma-erie-county-n-y-1620-1901/477-chapter-18-names-of-persons-and-date-of-marriage.