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The Allen Family Bible Records


W. B. Saunders (on 6 Feb 1883, Santa Rosa Co, FL);
Annie Eliza, who married Benjamin C. Davis (20 Dec 1881, Santa Rosa Co, FL);
Lucy Watts, who married William Lee Cawthon;
Henry Pearce (born 28 Feb 1873) who married August Evans Stevenson (born 28 Feb 1877) on 6 Apr 1898.She was a daughter of Martin Luther and Augustine Stickney Stevenson, a granddaughter of Isabelle McVoy (McVey?)and Daniel Henry Stickney,
James and Elizabeth Sears Stevenson.

Children of Sally Eugenia Ellis and W. B. Saunders were:
Maude S.
Aileen who married William Jones, whose children are:
William Ellis Jones;
Davis Jones, and
Aileen Jones.
Children of Annie Eliza Ellis and Benjamin C. Davis are:
Howard Ellis Davis, who married Marie McMillan, whose children are:
Annie Louise, Howard Ellis, and Benjamin.
Benjamin C. Davis, Jr.
John Ayers Davis, who married Estelle Schueller of Birmingham, AL, and whose children are:
John Ayers Davis, Jr.
Edmund Pearce Davis, born 21 Mar 1899.

Children of Lucy Watts Ellis and William Lee Cawthon are:
Howard Lee Cawthon
Dr. William Davis Cawthon, who married Mabel _____ of New York and lives in New York.
Murray Landrum Cawthon who married Cathryn George Bourne (daughter of Rev. George Thomas Bourne of Tyler, Texas, on 3 June 1927.

Children of Henry Pearce Ellis and Augusta Stevenson are:
Augustine Stevenson, born 26 Jan 1899
Annie Pearce, born 15 Sep 1901, who married Pugh C. Senn of Troy, AL, on 8 Jan 1927
Henry Pearce, Jr. born 22 June 1903
Martin Stevenson born on 29 Jan 1905, died 4 Mar 1968
Alfred Stevenson born on 29 Jan 1907
Thomas Howard born on 29 Feb 1912 (lived in Daphne, Baldwin Co, AL)
Sarah Eugenia born on 15 Mar 1914.

Attached to Allen Family Record, discovered in family file in Alabama Room at Jefferson Davis Jr. College, Brewton, AL, was the following death notice published in DeFuniak Springs Herald (Walton Co, FL), probably in 1937:

Judge Pearce Dies in Dothan

Judge H. A. Pearce, who developed pneumonia after his injury Friday night by a hit and run driver, died at a local infirmary at 12:25 o'clock this afternoon. At the age of 76, Judge Pearce presided over the 20th Judicial Circuit, a bench which he had graced for nearly 30 years and was recognized as one of Alabama's ablest jurists. Prior to his election to the bench, Judge Pearce twice served as mayor of Dothan, in 1895 and in 1900-1. Judge Pearce had opposition for the bench only twice during the 30 years he had served as judge. Born near Milton, Florida, 1 Mar 1861, earce was a cousin of Mesdames W. B. Saunders and W. L. Cawthon, both deceased, and years ago was a frequent visitor to DeFuniak Springs --- DeFuniak Herald.

Submitted by Deborah Biesbrock