Margaret J. (Davis) DeMoss's family

Margaret Josephine Davis hailed from the prestigious Davis and Nolan families who settled Tennessee. She was the daughter of James C. Davis and Emily Josephine Nolan. Her mother's family being founders of Nolansville, Tennessee. She married Civil War soldier Silas Christopher DeMoss who also hailed from old American settler and Colonial/Revolutionary War ancestry of the DuMas/DeMoss and Virginia Rural Plains Sheltons. Silas' family were the founders of Bellevue, TN. Margaret Josephine (Davis) DeMoss has 10 children: Dee William DeMoss (1870-1952) John Franklin DeMoss (1874-1949) Jesse Shelton DeMoss (1875-1957) James Thomas DeMoss (1878-1905) Maude Belle (DeMoss) Burt (1881-1970) Fletcher Lenore DeMoss (1883-1953) Bettie Elizabeth (DeMoss) Williams (1886-1958) Delilah (DeMoss) Stevens (1888-1969) Ida Jane (DeMoss) Fisk (1891-1969) Oliver Benson DeMoss (1894-1950)