In searching for any new information on the Davis family of northern Daviess County, I
found an old query that included the obituary of Mary Ann (Davis) Cloe from the Odon
Journal in 1914.
Mary Ann Davis was the daughter of George Ely and Lucinda (Raney) Davis. She was born 15
March 1851, probably in Monroe Co, IN. Her parents were living there in 1850 and moved
before the 1860 census to Van Buren Twp, Daviess Co, IN. Mary Ann was the sister of
Elizabeth Davis who was the first wife of Roland Cloe, to whom she, Mary Taylor, was
married in 1897.
George Ely Davis died in December 1861 in MD, during the War. Lucinda Raney (also Reiny,
Rainey) died in 1877. She is buried in the Franklin Cemetery, Madison Twp, Daviess Co, not
too far from where the family home was located.
I have been working on this family off and on for several years, tracing the family both
backwards and forwards from George and Lucinda. I am a descendant of their youngest child,
Florence Rosalind Davis.