Fergus S. DAVIS

1903 - 1947  (44 years)

• Name	Fergus S. DAVIS
  Birth	6 Mar 1903	Corsicana, Navarro, Texas, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	Ferg
  Census	21 Apr 1910	Dallas County, Texas, USA   [3]
  	475 Hickory St.
  Census	14 Jan 1920	Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA   [4]
  	5606 Worth St.
  Census	18 Apr 1930	Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA   [5]
  	5606 Worth St.
  Residence	1 Apr 1935	Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, USA   [2]
  Census	27 Apr 1940	Lowndes County, Mississippi, USA   [2]
  	24th St North
  Residence	1942	Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, USA   [6]
  	321 W. Saxet Dr.
  Residence	1946	Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, USA   [7]
  	321 W. Saxet Dr.
  Residence	2 Oct 1947	Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, USA   [1, 8]
  	321 W. Saxet Dr.
  Occupation	Landman - Atlantic Refinery Co.
  Occupation	Oil Lease Broker
  Occupation	Petroleum Researcher
  Cause of death	Cancer of the Nasopharynx
  Death	2 Oct 1947	Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, USA   [1, 8]
  	at 6:15 p.m. at Spohn Hospital
  Burial	4 Oct 1947	Grove Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA   [1, 8, 9]
  	Section 31
  Person ID	I40754	Dyal and Speckels
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2013

  
  

  Father	William W. DAVIS,   b. 11 Oct 1860, Indiana, USA d. 21 Dec 1927, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Emma Mabel BROOKS,   b. 28 Jan 1865, Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 14 Oct 1940, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1884  [10]
  Family ID	F27463	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Louise Johanna IMKEN,   b. 11 Apr 1907, Oldenburg, Fayette, Texas, USA d. 24 Apr 1977, Travis County, Texas, USA (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA   [11]
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F23953	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2013

  
  

• Notes

  “A resident of Corpus Christi for about 18 years, Davis entered the oil business with the Atlantic Refining Co. in Dallas and remained with the company for 17 years. He came to South Texas in early 1930, working first at Victoria and then moving to Corpus Christi.He resigned from Atlantic when he joined the Army during the war. Returning here about a year later, he worked for the W. A. Richardson Oil Co. for a year and then entered business for himself as a lease broker. He had offices in the Wilson Building.” [8]

  
  

• Sources

  [S155] Death Records, File #43539. [S1629] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, Lowndes County, Mississippi, ED 44-14, p. 25B, line 69. [S13] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910, Dallas County, Texas, ED 41, p. 12B, line 91. [S14] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920, Dallas County, Texas, ED 35, p. 12B, line 66. [S15] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930, Dallas County, Texas, ED 38, p. 27B, line 91. [S1615] Ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Corpus Christi, Texas, City Directory, 1942, p. 144. [S1615] Ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Corpus Christi, Texas, City Directory, 1946, p. 171. [S483] Friday, October 3, 1947, p. 5. [S1728] Find A Grave, Grove Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA, 26 Feb 2013. [S13] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910, Dallas County, Texas, ED 41, p. 12B, lines 83-84. [S267] Sunday, January 7, 1940, Part 7, p. 7.