Alice (Sancho) Davis (1898 - 1920)

Born Nov 1898 in Jackson, Florida, United States

Wife of John Thomas Davis — married 20 Mar 1916 in Jackson, Florida, United States

Died 6 Aug 1920 at age 21 in Bessemer, Jefferson, Alabama, United States

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Biography

Alice was one of many children born in 1898 to Joe and Roxie Davis^[1]. In 1916, she married John T. Davis in Jackson County.^[2]. She and her husband were living in Pensacola in 1920, where she gave birth to two sons, and her husband was working as a smelter.^[3].

Just a few months later, Alice passed away from heart and kidney complications in Bessemer, Alabama.^[4].

Allie's younger son, Alfonza, was a Captain serving with the 99th Fighter Squadron, 322nd Fighter Group as a Tuskegee Airman. He went missing in action in 1944 and his body has never been recovered.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M363-JYQ : accessed 26 July 2020), Allie Sanco in household of Job Sanco, Precincts 1 & 12, Jackson, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 49, sheet 5A, family 100, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,171.
2. ↑ "Florida Marriages, 1837-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW7Z-7VC : 11 January 2020), Allie Sanco in entry for John Davis, 1916.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNYN-B32 : accessed 26 July 2020), Allie Davis in household of John Davis, Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, United States; citing ED 33, sheet 10A, line 7, family 207, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 220; FHL microfilm 1,820,220
4. ↑ "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD2Q-W62 : 20 May 2020), Allie Davis, 1920.

• "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD2Q-W62 : 20 May 2020), Allie Davis, 1920.