Name: Dawson, John Henry
Burial Date: 1963, 01/17
Age at Death: 71
Plot Location: 282 F
Notes: husband of Alta Rachel(Long)
US Army War: WW1
foster son of Frank Lawhead & Mary Ellen(Smith)
Sterling Bulletin ( June 13, 1918)
Mr. Dawson, whose boyhood was spent in this city, is a graduate of the Salt City Business College at Hutchinson. Since his enlistment in the army last February he has been employed in a clerical capacity in the service His bride, who is a most estimable young woman, has taken a two-year course in the Sterling Hospital and received her diploma about two weeks ago. It was while Mr. Dawson was a patient in the Sterling Hospital last summer and Miss Long was his nurse, that the romance began which culminated in the marriage Wednesday. Mrs. Dawson will continue her work in the local hospital while Mr. Dawson is serving his country in the Army. Both young people are well known throughout the city and have the best wishes of many friends.
Name: Davis, Sr., William Stewart Lowry
Burial Date: 1956, 03/27
Age at Death: 82
Plot Location: 378 C
Notes: Husband of Mary Elizabeth (Pearson) Ratzlaff
Birth:
Sep. 29, 1873
Poland Center
Mahoning County
Ohio, USA
Name: Davis, Napoleon Bonaparte
Burial Date: 1931, 03/15
Age at Death: 86
Plot Location: 602 H
Notes: Divorced husband of Mary Ann(Mapes)Smith
Co. D, 107th IL Reg., Co. F, 26th IL. Reg
War: Civil War
Marched with Sherman to the sea.
Obituary STERLING BULLETIN, March 19, 1931
Birth:
Feb. 8, 1845
Atlanta
Logan County
Illinois, USA
Death:
Mar. 13, 1931
Sterling
Rice County
Kansas, USA
Napoleon Boneparte Davis was the sixth child of James Owen Davis and Mary Gentry/Davis. His father James was married twice, so Napoleon had 6 brothers, 3 half-brothers, 7 sisters, and 2 half-sisters. He was born in Atlanta, Logan County, Illinois.
Napoleon met and married Mary Ann Mapes on January 9, 1866, in Atlanta, Logan County, Illinois. They moved to Decatur, Macon County, Illinois where they had their first daughter Melissa Jane Davis born November 28, 1866, Then they moved to Boone County, Missouri, and their second child was born and died November 20, 1868, his name was William O Davis. Then their third child Matilda Belle Davis was born November 15, 1872, and also their fourth child was also born in Boone County Missouri, his name was James Owen Davis born December 6, 1874.
In the year of 1877, they moved to Valley, Ellsworth County, Kansas. On October 17, 1878, their fifth child Thomas Oliver “Jack” Davis was born. On October 4, 1880, their sixth child was born, Miranda Annie Davis, On April 2, 1883, their seventh child was born Maria Jennie Davis. On February 9, 1885, their eighth child was born Malinda H Davis. On March 3, 1887, their ninth child was born Omer Boneparte Davis. On May 27, 1889, their tenth child was born Mahalia Mae Davis. On December 19, 1891, their eleventh child was born Amanda Maude Davis. In 1901 they decided to move again and made their home near Altamonte, Lane County, Kansas.
On December 11, 1901, their daughter Maria Jennie Atwell/Davis died leaving an 18-day old son William James Atwell. In 1908 another daughter died Malinda H Donovan/Davis.
Also, about 1906 Napoleon Boneparte Davis and Mary Ann Davis/Mapes divorced. Then January 17, 1906, Napoleon moved into National Soldiers home in Leavenworth Kansas. He lived in soldier home for several years and didn’t get remarried. Mary Ann Davis/Mapes married Henry C Smith in 1913 and divorced about 1923. Napoleon Boneparte purchased a home in Sterling Kansas and passed away March 13, 1931, and is buried in Sterling Cemetery in Sterling, Rice County, Kansas
Name: Davis, Matilda ‘Tillie’ Thankful (McGeehon)
Burial Date: 1902, 10/25
Age at Death: 67
Plot Location: 425 A/B
Notes: Wife of William Blackwood Davis
Name: Davis, Mary Ann (Mapes) Smith
Burial Date: 1934, 10/17
Age at Death: 83
Plot Location: 602 D
Notes: Divorced wife of both Napoleon Bonapart Davis and Henry C Smith
