1. 1. Charles MACEVONY

1. Leslie MACEVONY b. Jun 1882, Nebraska; d. 1949, Montana; bur. 1949, Montana.
2. 2. Neil MACEVONY b. Nov 1885, Nebraska; d. Bef 1920, Nebraska; bur. Bef 1920, Nebraska.
3. Claire MACEVONY b. May 1899, Montana; d. Bef 1944, Montana; bur. Montana.

James Anderson Davis was the first of his family to immigrate to America from Nova Scotia. Sometime after his arrival he met Arianna Wyman. They married in 1854 in Solon, Maine. It seems James wanted to stayed close to parent's & siblings as the migrated about America. Eventually the Davis clan joined a wagon train and landed in Bear Valley, Wabasha County, Minnesota where the family patriarch William Davis died in 1864.

According to family writings, "His brother Miner once said, 'I never knew my brother Jim until we came to the states. He was older, grew up first and was the first to come.' Also records show that he was married in Solon, Maine to Arina Wyman who was born on December 18, 1834 in Maine. He did it seems, migrate to Minnesota with the rest of the family, and made his home on a farm. They [then] came by covered wagon to the Atkinson, Nebraska area on November 12, 1878, homesteaded a farm and lived southwest of Atkinson until their retirement to a home in Atkinson. In] the same block were the homes of Robert Lumsden and Walter Armstrong. Here they lived the remainder of their lives with their daughter Jettie and their son Ira. They were known to all of their relatives as Uncle Jim and Aunt Riny."

I have seen copies of this excerpt written in so many places I cannot attribute the writing to it's author


*Note; According to the Wyman family records, the only available record of a Arina Wyman's birth on December 18, 1834 in Maine indicates her name was Arianna.

1. Arina Phylinda DAVIS b. 11 Mar 1856, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa; d. 28 Dec 1928, Finlayson, Pine Lake Township, Pine County, Minnesota; bur. 31 Dec 1928, Finlayson, Pine County, Minnesota.
2. James W. DAVIS b. 19 Jan 1859, Chester, Wabasha County, Minnesota; d. 22 May 1904, Tolt Carnation, King County, Washington; bur. May 1904, Tolt Carnation, King County, Washington.
3. 5. Ellen (Nellie) Amelia DAVIS b. Jul 1861, Chester, Wabasha County, Minnesota.
4. Lena Leota DAVIS b. 1863, Chester, Wabasha County, Minnesota; d. 1896; bur. 1896.
5. Evelena K. DAVIS b. 27 Dec 1864, Chester, Wabasha County, Minnesota; d. 3 Nov 1941; bur. Nov 1941.
6. Robert N. DAVIS b. 10 Jan 1867, Chester, Wabasha County, Minnesota; d. 23 Nov 1941, Tolt, Carnation, King County, Washington; bur. Nov 1941, Tolt, Carnation, King County, Washington.
7. Elizabeth Mae DAVIS b. Oct 1869, Chester, Wabasha County, Minnesota; d. 1954, Tolt, Carnation, King County, Washington; bur. 1954, Tolt, Carnation, King County, Washington.
8. Gilbert Rinaldo DAVIS b. 12 Nov 1871, Mazeppa, Wabasha County, Minnesota; d. 21 Nov 1947, Atkinson, Nebraska; bur. Nov 1947, Atkinson, Holt County, Nebraska.
9. Gilman Vivalde DAVIS b. 12 Nov 1871, Chester, Wabasha County, Minnesota; d. 9 Jul 1958, on his farm east of Stuart, Holt Coounty, Nebraska; bur. Jul 1958, Stuart, Holt County, Nebraska.
10. Julia Etta DAVIS b. 8 Jan 1874, Chester, Wabasha County, Minnesota; d. 1938, Atkinson, Holt County , Nebraska; bur. 1938, Atkinson, Holt County, Nebraska.
11. Amy Ann DAVIS b. 15 Jun 1876, Horton, Kings, County, Nova Scotia; d. 1958, Newport, Rock County, Nebraska; bur. Newport, Rock County, Nebraska.
12. Jettie Enid DAVIS b. 10 Apr 1878, Atkinson, Holt County, Nebraska; d. 1936, Tolt, Carnation, King County, Washington; bur. 1936, Tolt, Carnation, King County, Washington.
13. Ira Emery DAVIS b. 2 Apr 1881, Atkinson, Holt County, Nebraska; d. Tolt Carnation, Washington.