Belle Margaret Lasley and Robert Harvey Davison

ROBERT HARVEY DAVISON, son of LAURATTA BLANCHE HALL and ZACHARIAH TAYLOR DAVISON, was born March 4, 1871 in Page County, Iowa,⁷⁰⁶ and died February 25, 1920 in Hopkins Township, Nodaway, Missouri.⁷⁰⁶ He is buried in Shearer Cemetery, Braddyville, Page, Iowa.⁴⁵⁶

He married BELLE MARGARET LASLEY on October 22, 1895 in Maryville, Nodaway, Missouri.⁸⁴⁶³ She was born September 11, 1877 in Braddyville, Page, Iowa,⁷⁰⁶ and died March 22, 1960 in Clearmont, Nodaway, Missouri.⁷⁰⁶ She is buried in Shearer Cemetery, Braddyville, Page, Iowa.⁴⁵⁶

Children of BELLE MARGARET LASLEY and ROBERT HARVEY DAVISON:

1. CHARLEY LEROY DAVISON, b. August 8, 1896, Missouri;⁷⁰⁶ d. February 21, 1916, Hopkins Township, Nodaway, Missouri.⁷⁰⁶
2. HARVEY EUGENE DAVISON, b. February 5, 1898, Nodaway County, Missouri;⁷³⁷⁷ m. SARAH BEATRICE TOLL on April 27, 1921 in Maryville, Nodaway, Missouri⁸⁴⁶³; d. December 26, 1986, Bedford, Taylor, Iowa;⁴⁵⁶ bur. Lexington Cemetery, Bedford, Taylor, Iowa.⁴⁵⁶
3. LULA GRACE DAVISON, b. December 6, 1900, Hopkins, Nodaway, Missouri;¹¹⁶²⁷ m. HOMER JOSEPH CARMICHAEL on December 2, 1923 in Bedford, Taylor, Iowa¹¹⁶²⁷; d. August 7, 1996, Boone, Boone, Iowa.¹¹⁶²⁷
4. HELEN PEARL DAVISON, b. August 9, 1905, Hopkins, Nodaway, Missouri;¹¹⁶²⁹ m. DR. LLOYD LEROY ATHA on December 15, 1926 in First Presbyterian Church, Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas⁶¹³⁵; d. January 20, 1985, Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri.¹¹⁶²⁹
5. HARLAN ROLLA DAVISON, b. April 30, 1906, Hopkins, Nodaway, Missouri;⁷³⁷⁷ d. October 6, 1998, St. Joseph, Missouri.¹¹⁶³²
6. ARCHIE ROBERT DAVISON, b. July 21, 1912, Hopkins, Nodaway, Missouri;⁷³⁷⁷ d. April 27, 1997, Bedford, Taylor, Iowa;⁴⁵⁶ bur. Fairview Cemetery, Bedford, Taylor, Iowa.⁴⁵⁶

Obituaries

Hopkins Journal, March 4, 1920¹¹⁶⁴⁴

Death of Bob Davison

Robert Harvey Davison was born in Page county, Iowa, March 4, 1870, and passed away at his home, west of Hopkins, Feb. 25, 1870, at the age of 48 years, 11 months and 21 days. He was married to Margaret Belle Lasley in 1895. To this union was born seven children, two of whom have preceded the father in death. Those at home are Harvey, Lulu, Pearl, Harlan and Archie. Mr. Davison was united with the Christian church at 29 years of age. While not a member of any church at the time of his death, he was still a firm believer in the Bible. He was a good, kind husband and a loving father, ever ready to lend a helping hand. He will not only be missed in the home, but by all who knew him. He leaves to mourn his loss beside the wife and children, one sister, Mrs. Jane Webb of Hopkins, and one brother, Harley E. Davison, at Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The remains were taken to the Shearer cemetery where they were laid to rest to await the coming of the resurrection morn. Rev. Stiles of Hopkins being the officiating minister.

Maryville Daily Forum, March 22, 1960¹¹⁶²⁴

MRS. BELLE DAVISON DIES AT NURSING HOME

Mrs. Belle Margaret Davison, 82, Hopkins, died at 4 a. m. today at the Wallin Nursing Home, Clearmont, where she had been the past two weeks. Before that she was a patient at St. Francis Hospital. She had suffered a long illness.

Mrs. Davison was born Sept. 11, 1877, at Braddyville, Ia., the daughter of the late Eugene and Lydia Hamm Lasley. She was married Oct. 22, 1895, to Robert H. Davison, who died. She later married his brother, Rob Davison, in 1921. Mrs. Davison lived most of her life in the rural area around Hopkins, coming to Hopkins with her parents when she was only a year old. She was a member of the Highland Christian Church, formerly near Hopkins.

Her survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Homer Carmichael, Hopkins, and Mrs. Lloyd Atha, Chillicothe; three sons, Harvey Davison, Prescott, Ia.; Harlan Davison, Hopkins, and Archie Davison, Bedford, Ia.; 26 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; three brothers, Harlan Lasley, Hopkins; Rolland Lasley, Red Oak, Ia., and Clarence Lasley, Clarinda, Ia.; two sisters, Mrs. Jessie Fine, Braddyville, Ia., and Mrs. Nevada Baker, St. Joseph;two step-daughters, Mrs. Byron Maffett, Braddyville, and Mrs. Ira Chesnut, Clearmont, and five step-sons, Roy, Wilbur, Homer, Virgil and Rolla Davison, all of Braddyville.

Funeral rites will be at 2 p. m. Thursday at the Hopkins Baptist Church. The Rev. walter Cox will officiate and burial will be in the Shearer Cemetery, Page County, Ia.

The body is at the Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 10, 188011625	Hopkins, Nodaway, Missouri	Zachariah Taylor Davison William Albert Davison Robert Harvey Davison Nancy Jane Davison
June 18, 190011628	Hopkins, Nodaway, Missouri	Robert Harvey Davison Belle Margaret Lasley Charley Leroy Davison Harvey Eugene Davison
191011631	Hopkins, Nodaway, Missouri	Robert Harvey Davison Belle Margaret Lasley Charley Leroy Davison Harvey Eugene Davison Lula Grace Davison Helen Pearl Davison Harlan Rolla Davison
January 5, 192011630	Hopkins, Nodaway, Missouri	Robert Harvey Davison Belle Margaret Lasley Harvey Eugene Davison Lula Grace Davison Helen Pearl Davison Harlan Rolla Davison Archie Robert Davison