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The Monroe Davis Family
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About the Monroe Davis Family
Monroe Davis was a resident of a small farming town called Chinquapin, located in Duplin County in the state of North Carolina. Monroe was a small man in stature but big in heart and mind.
In 1910, the Census was taken and his household consisted of Monroe R. Davis, age 54; his wife, Leah Thomas Davis, age 50; and four children, Della Davis, age 23, Leona Davis, age 16, Cora Davis, age 13; Mallie L. Davis, age 11; and two grandchildren, Emma Davis, age 9; and Lummie Davis, age 5.
The Davis Estate consisted of many acres of land; the property contained a large house with gated entrance and tall lamp post with lanterns which sat on each side of the gate. The home was large with spacious rooms, all were lavishly furnished.
In the pallor was an organ that had to be pumped with your feet in order to make music. There were many animals on the farm: mules, cows, goats, pigs, sheep and chickens. Several crops were grown including cotton and tobacco. Monroe employed several workers and at 12 o’clock the tall bell that stood in the yard was rung to call the workers to lunch. Grandmother would have lunch ready for the farm workers. They would sit at a long table which had a bench on each side. The table and benches were hand made by the men of the family.
Grandmother had an old spinning wheel she made the fabric that was used for bedding, clothing, petite coats, night gowns and underwear which were called “bloomers”.
In 1982, Doreatha Sharpless Mangrum, Juanita Sharpless Saunders and their friend, Lucille Clary were visiting their cousin Gwendolyn Moreland Bivins who resided at 46 St. Paul Avenue, Ewing, New Jersey. Also present was Gwendolyn’s mother, Mary Stokes Moreland-Brown. Gwendolyn attended the Kelly (Moreland) family reunions on her father’s side of the family, so Gwendolyn decided to discuss with those present at this meeting the possibility of having a family reunion on her mother’s side, the Davis family. Thus the reunion was organized as a Davis-Sharpless reunion in order for Doreatha and Juanita to fellowship with members of both of their parents’ families. Each person present at this meeting contributed money to a fund for the expense of starting the Davis-Sharpless family reunion. It was decided the first reunion would be held in Hampton, Virginia July 1983 and that our family reunions would be held bi-annual in different locations. Read more...
Founders of the Reunion
The Monroe Davis Family
