Kit Carson County, Colorado
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Kit Carson County Pioneers:
Rachel R. (Sebastian) (Davison) Phipps, son Ora Davison, 7 South 51 West
In 1850 Nodaway County, Missouri, Wesley Sebastian is 55, Nancy 44, Elizabeth 17, Rachel 14, Deborah 11, and Margert 8.
Rachel is in Page County, Iowa in 1856, 20, married to Henry Davidson 28, with S. Davidson 2 and H. N. six months.
In 1870 Nodaway County, Missouri, Henry is farming, 44,
with Rachel 33, Susanna 17, and Hampton 14.
In 1880 Nodaway County, Missouri, Henry Davison is 59, Rachel 44, with Ora 5.
In 1900 Norton County, Kansas, Rachel is 64, widowed, living with
son Hampton N. Davison 44 and Lida 39 with their son Charles 20.
Rachel claimed a quarter in section 10, 7S 51W in 1910.
She's widowed in 1910 Kit Carson County, 72, born in Kentucky.
She's had five kids, two living. Laura F. Davison, 26, born in Iowa and
Ora L. Davison 36 born in Missouri of Kentucky parents are with her. Ora is a railroad proprietor.
Rachel Rebecca (Sebastian) Davison 1836-1920 is buried in Page County, Iowa # 66597172
with Henry C. Davison 1828-1886 # 66597003.
ORA
Ora Lester Davison was born Sept 27, 1874 in Clearmont, Missouri
to Henry Davison and Rachel Sebastian.
O. L. Davison and Laura L. Rapp married in Norton COunty, Kansas on October 5, 1902.
"O. L. Davison of Prairie View and Miss Laura L. Rapp of JNorton were married last Sunday by Judge Baker"
"Kit Carson Lodge No. 127 was instituted on November 20, 1907 by Joseph A. Davis, Grand Master of Colorado.
The lodge was constituted on September 17, 1907 by Grand Master Arthur E. Jones with the following charter members: S. A. Johnson, Wm. Hansz, John White, John Rose, Edgar Hammond, George Elliot, Corra Hutchens, Wm. Goodson, Charles Schrayer, John Wright, Albert Blomberg, Robert Cameron, Ora Davison, David Epperson, Judd Roberts, George Rose, Joseph Rose, and Marion Saxton."
"Brother Ora Davison served the lodge as secretary for some thirty years."
Ora was a railroad station engineer in Flagler in 1920 and 1930, with no occupation in 1940.
Ora is buried in Norton, Kansas 1874-1948 # 49100326, with Laura Frances (Rapp) Davison 1883-1976.
Laura was born in 1883 to Austin E. Rapp 1858 and Margaret Ramsey born 1861.
SUSAN
Susan Williamson is in Nodaway County in 1880, 26, married to
Samuel 36 and daughter Olley J. 6. (Olley Wood 1873-1911 is buried in Buchanan County, Iowa, with Joseph D. Wood.)
HAMPTON
Hampton was a witness in 1896 for a land claim in 1S 23W, Norton County, Kansas.
Hampton and Lida are farming in Norton County in 1910, 1920, and 1930.
1929 Salina, Kansas "Raymond Shultz and Hampton Davison left Sunday for Tulsa, Okla. "
1935 Manhattan Kansas "of town guests at the wedding included Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Davison and Kenneth Grimes of Manhattan. "
Hampton 1855-1938 is buried in Norton # 29287899.
William Albert Phipps registered for WWI in Kit Carson County, born August 22, 1875.
William Henry Phipps, 77, and Christianna Johanna Metz, 68, married in Flagler on Oct 5, 1919, both previously married - wonder if this was Rachel's second husband....
Christina said she immigrated in 1871.
His first wife, Martha Ellen Heckart Phipps 1845-1918, dying in Kit Carson County, is buried in Shelbyville, Missouri # 127072317.
William Henry Phipps 1842-1933 dying in Sacramento County, California, is also buried in Shelbyville # 127072329.
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