Perry Winston Davis (b. Dec.29, 1855- d. May 17, 1940) was the seventh of seven children born of James Edward Davis (b. Aug.10, 1817- d. Apr. 27, 1859) and Mary Ann Ellington (b. Dec. 3, 1815- d.July 17, 1899) who were married Dec. 25,1838, in Madison Co., Tenn. James Edward was born in North Carolina and moved to Madison County at a very early age with his father, Hugh Davis, who farmed in Madison Co. Mary Ann was born in Virginia and her father was Richard Ellington.
Perry Winston was married Dec. 31, 1879 in Crockett Co. Tn. to Callie Drucilla Sherrod (b. 1853-d. June 4, 1909). Callie’s parents were born in Missouri, she was born in Tennessee and was a young widow with two children, Nora and Walter Gooch at the time of their marriage. She an Perry Winston had six children:George Perry, Dora Bessie, Wilton Thomas, Herman Ervin, Van Owen, and Harry Lee. Perry Winston and Callie Drucilla Davis bought a farm in District 4 of Haywood County, Oct. 23, 1897. Perry Winston was noted throughout the county for raising large watermelons and took great pride in being the first to sell a wagon load. He had a great sense of humor, enjoyed using the slingshot, and played the fiddle for his own entertainment. Callie Drucilla was buried in Chestnut Grove Cemetery, in Haywood County.
Perry Winston was married Feb. 23, 1910 in Haywood County, to Laura Parker McBride, (b. Sept.4, 1858-d. Nov. 6, 1948) who was a widow, by his son-in-law, William Harvey Joyner, Justice of the Peace, District 6.
Perry Winston lived to be eighty-four years old. He died at the home of his son, Wilton Thomas Davis, in Crockett Co., Tennessee, of pneumonia and was buried in Chestnut Grove Cemetery, Haywood County.
Copied from a newspaper article and submitted at this time by great-granddaughter (Hilda Joyce Rinks) aka Joyce Butler.
2007 – Joyce Butler