Della Arelia Higgins ^{1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9}

   Another name for Della was Delilah Estella Davis.¹⁰

  General Notes:

From Morrow County Vital Records her year of birth was 1871. (per Dannell Hopkins, http://www.geocities.com/danni_74932/)
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Franklin Township, Morrow, OH on 21 June 1880. ⁶

1880 US Census
Page 283A, District 128, Family 191, Roll 1053
Franklin Township, Morrow County, Ohio
Della L. Higgins..Daughter..9..OH..At School

(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Franklin Township, Morrow, OH on 18 June 1900. ¹

1900 US Census
Sheet 6B, District 100, Family 149
Franklin Township, Morrow County, Ohio
House rented
Marrie 5 years
Dillie E. Davis..Wife..Oct 1870..29..OH..1/1

(Living with husband and daughter.)
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Franklin Township, Morrow, OH on January 1920. ⁷

1920 US Census
Sheet 6B, District 156, Family 153
Franklin Township, Morrow County, Ohio
Dillie E. Davis..Wife..49..OH

(Living with husband and 2 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Franklin Township, Morrow, OH on April 1930. ²

1930 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 9, Family 78, Roll 1858
Franklin Township, Morrow County, Ohio
Dilla Davis..Wife..59..OH

(Living with husband and son.)
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• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Fletcher, OH on 5 April 1940. ⁸

1940 US Census
Sheet 3A, District 55-3, Family 57, Roll 3115
Fletcher, Miami County, Ohio
Home owned, $400
Last Place of Residence: Rural, Miami, Ohio
Della Davis..Head..69..OH..4th grade..Widowed

(Widowed and living alone.)
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• She was buried on 10 June 1961 in the Maple Grove Cemetery in , Morrow County, OH.

Her gravestone shows her middle initial as "E" instead of the expected "A" for Aretra. Perhaps her middle name was Elizabeth taken from her mother's name, Mary Elizabeth Chambers.
Find A Grave Memorial #66587966
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Della married Frank Wallace Davis, son of Benjamin Davis and Mary Shipman, on 25 April 1895 in Franklin Township, Morrow, OH.^{1 2 3} (Frank Wallace Davis was born on 25 June 1859 in Ohio,^{1 2 3 7 11} died on 16 June 1931 ^{3 11} and was buried after 16 June 1931 in Chesterville, OH ¹¹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Franklin Township, Morrow, OH on 18 June 1900. ¹

1900 US Census
Sheet 6B, District 100, Family 149
Franklin Township, Morrow County, Ohio
House rented
Married 5 years
Frank W. Davis..Head..Jun 1859..40..OH..Farm Laborer
Dillie E. Davis..Wife..Oct 1870..29..OH..1/1
Mary E. Davis..Daughter..Nov 1897..2..OH

NOTE - Census enumerator was Clinton O. Higgins, Dillia's half-brother.
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Franklin Township, Morrow, OH on January 1920. ⁷

1920 US Census
Sheet 6B, District 156, Family 153
Franklin Township, Morrow County, Ohio
Frank W. Davis..Head..60..OH
Dillie E. Davis..Wife..49..OH
Marrie Davis..Daughter..22..OH
Ralph Davis..Son..14..OH
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• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Franklin Township, Morrow, OH on April 1930. ²

1930 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 9, Family 78, Roll 1858
Franklin Township, Morrow County, Ohio
Frank Davis..Head..71..OH
Dilla Davis..Wife..59..OH
Ralph Davis..???..24..OH
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