Shannon, Margaret Tate Davis 1853-1941

SHANNON, DAVIS, TATE

Posted By: Lorelei Rusco (email)
Date: 5/5/2011 at 16:46:14

Shannon, Margaret Tate Davis –
Friends and relatives of Mrs. Margaret Shannon were saddened by her death on August 16 [1941] at the hospital in Clarinda. Mrs. Shannon had been in failing health for several years and for a time she was cared for at the home of her son, Lloyd Davis, and then her condition became so serious that it was necessary for her to have hospital care.
Her death marks the passing of another of the old settlers, as she has long been a resident of Lenox and the Prairie Star neighborhood. Services were conducted by Rev. Earl Moneymaker Wednesday afternoon at the United Presbyterian church. Interment was made in the Prairie Star cemetery.
Margaret Tate was born in Scotland on January 4, 1853 and died August 18, 1941 at the age of 88 years, 7 months and 14 days.
She moved with her parents to America at the age of 14, and united with the Baptist church when she was very young. She was later united with the Presbyterian church at Prairie Star.
She was united in marriage to Lafeyette Davis in 1872 and to this union three children were born, two daughters and one son. One daughter died in infancy, and Eva M. in 1890. Mr. Davis passed away in August 1909. In 1913 she was united in marriage to Daniel Shannon. Mr. Shannon passed away in August 1924.
She leaves to mourn her death one son, Lloyd Davis, two grandchildren, Margaret Nelson of Indianapolis, Ind., and Paul Davis of Lenox and one sister, Mrs. Lizzie Capps of Spokane. Wash.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, August 21, 1941