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BIOGRAPHICAL BLANK FOR THE DETROIT CONFERENCE
HisrORICJ~
SOmlETY
When filled in please return to J. A. Halmhuber, 13100 Woodward, Highland Park,
Mlcbigan.
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Birth:
Date
BRUCE R. DAVIS
March 3, 1903
Personal Appea:r.:ance
Height
5
ft.
Place Mason, Michigan
(Aurelius To\mship)
1Qi Weight_l...;.6:..9_ _ _ _Color of Hair
blond
Eyes ....b_l...,u.__e_ _ _ __
Family Background:
1. Father' s Nan e in Full _ __..H.Ioliew.n....ry+-..uB...._na......_v....;~a,.___
Date of Birth ....lolol~4.1.17:...__....___;Place Cher.cy Creek,. N.Y. Nationality
2. Mother's Maiden Name
Date of Birth:
American
Harriett aa~.~w~e~l~l~e~------------·----------------1862
Place
Nationality
Ho\·T ell, Mich,
Ameri~
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Note disttnguiehed services for which any brothers or sisters are known:
leRay Well Dayia - Statignary Eng;ineer.
Blancbe (DaVie) Joki - Teacher for ?O years
Boma in D. Dayie - \·jorld \ier I, Veteran
7. All available information concerning parents, race, nationality_, education,
occupations, connections, services, death, etc.
PERSONAL HISTORY
1. Education:
Schools, degrees, etc, High School - Lansing Oentral
Oonterence CourSe. S~work at ·Garrett.
2. Noteworthy experiences or childhood and youth Actiye in the I.ansiM High-Y
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Bgy Scguts, I received my first license to prea~h ·at- .Mo'\ll'lt.: Hope · 'Ghi.U'ch in!':·=· .
.Lanain~ throufU1 Rev. F. E . Ge oij"e, pastor and Dr. Mannin~ the Dist.tiot Su.p 1 t,
Colle~e · ~~.::()JaQbQJ.or of Arts) Adrian.
Date _,.J~tmwua_2~0~,,......l~9r..:::2'-47----.w:·Place \1estlmm Metbgdist Churgh
By \Vhom· HW KelJAAdY & Hazen G. Werner
Roosevelt High School - YpsiLanti
:Wcille Ruth Zachmz _ _Schools Detroit Business Un~aity
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~ Ypsilanti Normal College o/ ~
5. Names or children, with date and place of birth Joe.pne Maria Qa.y1s - November 15, 1932
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3, Marriage:
M g1mt OJ Amen a
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I .:. re ceiyed my calL to the ministry when
I was a boy in t~e Mount Hope Aye , Me~od~a:t ~~oi~~i;::
9, Wben and where admitted on Trial and Ordinations:
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15, Member of What Clubs and Fraternal Societ;ies . Masonic Lod ge
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19. Can you give on a separate paper one or two or three dramatic incidents
occurring during your ministry which might be published in a book under such
a title as ••Highlights of Methodist Ministers"?
20. · If the subject of this sketch is deceased, please give
Date of death
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REV. BRUCE DAVIS, aged 42, pastor
of Van Buren and Thoburn churches,
Bay City, died Tuesday night, Nov. 27,
following .an 11-day illness in which he
suffered two cerebral hemorrhages. Funeral services were held F:riday, Nov. 30,
in the Van Buren Street Church. Burial
was i_n White Chapel Cemet~ry, Detroit.
By Earl Sawyer
HE funeral of Rev. Bruce Davis
was held Saturday afternoon November 30, in Van Buren Methodist
Church, Bay City, the church of his last
pastorate. Death came November 27,
as a result of a second cerebral hemorrhage in an 11-day illness. The
funeral was conducted by the district
superintenden t, Dr. Frank M. Field,
assisted by Rev. C. F. Wolfe, Rev. Paul
Plueddemann, Rev. Earl Sawyer, and
Rev. H. W. Kuhlman.
Pallbearers
were ministerial brethren. A large
group of preachers att ended the service.
Remains will rest in White Chapel Memorial Cemetery near Birmingham.
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Bruce Davis was born March 12, 1903,
near Mason. He was graduated from
Central High School, Lansing, in 1924,
and studied further in Albion College,
Wayne University, Garrett Biblical Institute, and Adrian College, obtaining
the A.B. degree from the latter institution in 1941.
He married Lucille
Zachow June 27, 1927. Besides his
widow he leaves two daughters, Jeanne,
13, and Patricia, 11; two brothers, L eRoy
of Milford, and. Romaine of Mason; one
sister, Mrs. Blanche Joki in Detroit, and
.a mother, 84 years old, resident at Commerce Lake. Mrs .. Davis and the children will live in Detroit.
Death closed a long struggle against
ill health at the age of 42. His ministry
was short, on1y 21 years, yet it blessed
fi\any persons in the parishes he served: '
Ewen, Inkster, Munith, Dixboro, Clayton,
New Haven and Meade, Argyle, Fair-,
grove, Washington, First Church in
Flint, Pigeon, and VanBuren and Thoburn, Bay City. He was consecrated,
zealous, painstaking and sincere. He
felt the call to preach early in life and
began at once to render Christian service, holding meetings for his . schoolmates. Rev. Clyde Donald influenced
the youth in his formative years in
Lansing.
Dr. Field based the funeral sermon
upon II Corinthians ·4, particularly the
text, "We have this ministry . . ." It
is a continuing ministry, bearing fruit
in the Kingdom even after death.
MICHIGAN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
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October 5 , 1 984
Rev . Ronald A. Brun ge r
Water Wheel Estates #73
Clinton, Michigan 49236
Dear Reverend Brung er :
Thank you for your letter written so ver y Lo ng ago , in j ul y of
1981. In your lett e r yo u asked me f o r more Jnfo rm ation on the
life of o ur Mother Lucille Sidebottom (Davis) and our Fat her
Rev . Bruce R. Dav is .
At that time I wr o te some things down in
hopes of getting it off to you .
I am real y glad that I didn ' t
as at that time I realy didn ' t have enough jnfor mati on to mak e
it complete .
Howev er I hav e si n ce be co me very interested in t h e
genealogy of our family and have done a great deal of r esearch .
I have just gotten a typewriter as well .
this will make it so
much easier to write the things I wa nt to say .
There is so much information on my Father as I have followed h is
Father Back to his Great Grandfat he r in New York St a t e an d then
I Followed His Moth ers side back to hi s Gr eat Gra ndfather there .
He to is fro m New York.
Th e family of my Mot h er goes back to her Grandfat h er only as he
came from Clockzi e n, Meckl e nbur g Schwerin , Germa n y on August 18 ,
182 8 .
It is Diff icult to go beyond that, as jt is in si d e th e
iron c urt a in .
Th e re h ave bee n two ni ce fa mily r e un l o 11S h ere at o u r ho me thi s
pas t September . The Family was ve ry ple ased with the wo rk I
have done o n our r oo t s .
Th e n ice folks at the Bur te n Hi s torical
Libr ar y hav e ask e d me why I don ' t b r in g along my s l eeping ba g as
I have spent so much time th e re .
[h e Library in How e ll has be e n a great source of inf o rmation as
we ll . Our Father s Mothe r was born ther e in a rather large fami ly
and married the re .
the Lak evie w Cem etry in howe ll was where I
began a ll of my re sea r c h. It was th e r e l f ou nd My Gra ndmoth e r,
he r P a r e n t s a s we 11 a s t h e i r P a r e n t s . 11 \~ h a t a f i n d 11
I ha v e be e n
hooked every s inc e .
My Great Great Grandfat h er was Lor e n z o Davis . I Have fo und h im
in Hamlet New york. He i s buried there wjth his wife S u san Hil l
as we ll as five of h is six c hild ren .
I ha ve fou nd i n t h e boo k
we ha ve here on th e History of Northvill e that there wa s a man
who was a Minister of the Methode st Ch ur ch i n Nort hv ille in
1834. I know that Met hodi s m is very s trong in o u r f a mily and
that it goes back quit e f a r .
I am hopeful that you may have
some information on him for me . Perhaps there is a r ec ord th at
Lo ren zo t h e Mini ster came h er e from Haml et New York o r t ha t he
Had a so n n a med Hira m.
I did find a Lo r e n zo Davis who liv e d i n
Iosco Town s hip in 1840 and ha d bee n a co n s L6 bl e in 1839 in th e
sa me town s h ip . Th is is o u t n ear Fowl e rvill e wh e re hi s so n Hiram
B. Davis had lived a t t h e time. thi s i s also t he aria wh e re a l l
of Hi ram s children g r e w up.
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Lo renz o Davis was burn Sept. 4, 18 07- Qjcd Dec 6, 1866 .
Mar r ied Susan Hi ll a nd later La u ra Brow nso n Smith in 1865 , one
year before he died .
Children born to Loren z o and Susaq are as
listed i n t h e 1855 census taken i n Hamlet New York at that time
Hiram B . 22
Ora
19
Jasper
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Laura
12
Two other c h ildren who di ed in t he year 1810 we r e
Sarah An n
2 yrs .
Al burtu s
7 mos .
Lorenzo and Susan were both born in Ono n daga but I don't k now
whe re Onondaga
is .
I can ' t
fj nd iL on the New York map .
I do hope
I h ave tr i ed to give all the i n [ormaL J on LhaL I have .
I have made it cl e ar e nough for you .
If you have a ny questions
please wri te .
I ' ll be glad to offer any mor e inform a tion you may
need p r oviding
I have it.
In the next week I ho pe to be ab l e t o compjle all of t he in fo rm ation that I have on the families of My Path e r and Mother and
have it off to you, so that you ca n ha ve it for t he c hu rch Archives .
Tha n k you so mu ch f o r your inter e st a nd y o u r help .
.v ej)7Jr u ly Yo u rs ,
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Patri c ia M. Keyes
43753 wes t ridge La ne
Northville, Mic h .
48167
P. S.
I have ne gle c ted to ask yo u for any information that you
may have on the different assdanm e nL s of my Father Rev . Bruce
R . Davis .
in th e order that L~ e y fe l l .. Th is is ve ry important
to me. I certai n ly will a pp rec1ate any 1 n format1o n you have .
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October 18, 1984
BRUCE R. DAVI S
S o n o f He n r y R . D. Da v i s a n d HD r r i c l t S o p h i n \ve 1 I s o f Ma s o n
Mich i ga n, 1~ as born ~1arch 12, 1903 Lngham county , Tow ns hip of
Aurelius Michigan .
Th e parent s of ll enry DDv i. s were , Hir am B.
Da v i s a n d Sa r a h An n S p e n c e r . o [ II u ~~ e 1 l , Ml c h i g a n . T h e p a r e n t s
of Hir a m B. Davi s were Lorenzo Dav i s an d Susa n Hill o f Haml e t
Ne1v York.
CHILDREN or
Henry a nd Harr iet t ( Ha ttie) Davis were LaRny Wells Davis born
Feb . 22, 1885 in Howell , Mi chigan .
ld a Bl anch Davis , born
Dec. 27 , 1886 in Ho wel l, Michi g an.
Blanch died o n Apr il 1 3 ,
1975 .
a t St . Joseph Mercy Hospit al , Detro i t, Mic h i gan.
Romain D. Dav i s was born o n Dec . 27 , 1892 in Lansing , Michigan .
He d i e d Ap r i 1 11 , 1 9 5 7 i n s p a r r o lv II o s p i t a J i n La n s j n g .
Bruce R.D. Davi s was bo rn Mar c h 12, 1903 in Mason , Michigan .
He di ed in November of 1945 in Bay Ci ty , Michigan .
They were a ll qu i t e fair co mpl ecte d a ll t all an d thin . a very
clo se family. Blanch being the only gir l , t ook ca re of li tt le
bruce as h e r Moth er r a n a sewi ng shop jn Lansi n g and was a very
busy women. Bruce grew up aro u nd La n si ng , and graduated fr om
Lan sing Hi gh school i n 192 7 . A few d ays af t er graduatio~he be ga n
his work in the active mi n istry in the Upp e r Pennjns ul a at Mc Millan,where he st a y ed throu g h the s umm e r, and at Co nf e r en c e i n
September 192 4 he wa s a pp oi nt ed to t he Ewen Ch arge , and became a
member of the c on f er e n ce on tri a l .
He was ordained Decon at t he 7l st sess ion of the Detroi t Confere nc e o fth e fo rmer Methodist Epi s co pa l Chu rch held i n t he
Me trop o litan Chur c h Detroit i n 1 926 , by Biship Thomas Nicholso n .
He was Ordained Elder a t the 74th sess ion of the Det r oit Confe r e nce of the former Met h od ist Epj s co pal Ch urch hel d in Ann
Arbor, Michigan , in 19 29 by Bi s hop Cha r l es Wesley Bur n s .
June 20, 1927 Bru ce Ma rri e d Lu ci ll e Ruth Zachow daug h ter of
Henry Zachow and Id a Riebe,she wa s born in Ap pleton Wi sconson o n
Nov. 12, 190 3 Her fath e r was a ca rp e nt e r.Th e Zachow f amily came
to Detroi t Michigan i n 1913 a s t h e r e was more work fo r him here .
Lucille Had four broether s and s i ste rs, th ey were , He rbert V.
Zac how born Feb . 14, 1896 and d ·i e d Oc t. 26, 1942 . Margar et born
Oct 31 st 1897 a nd d ie d at an age of a bout 23 years at t h e cottage.
He len zac h ow , born Oct. 3 1, 1897 a nd no w living in Lud i n g t o n Mich.
s h e is i n her e ight ies . and loo k s so l i ke her siste r Lu cille .
There was a l so Waltimar O. Zac how who n e ve r married . He was bo r n
July 16, 1906
t h e c h ildren wer e al l bo rn in App l e to n Wisco ns on .
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T h e z a c h o \v Ch i 1 d r e n w c r c d c c e n d a n Ls o r p i o n e e r s e t L I e r s o f t h e
S t ate of Wisconsin.
Reverend Davis graduaLed fro m t h e five course i n Theology
of the Det r oit Conference of Lh e Methodist Chu rc h i n 1929 and
receive dh is Bac h elor of Arts degree from Adrian Met h o d i s t
College i n 1 924.
He serve d the McLhodi st Chu rc h for 21 years as
He died i n Nove mb e r 1945 wh i l e serving Lh e Van Buren Churc h a nd
the Thpb urn Chur ch i n Bay Ci t y Michjga n.
He suffe r e d a st r o k e
at the age of 42 years. He d ie d 11 days later of a fatal hea rt
attack. Bruc e had bee n ill as a c hild wit h r h euma tj c fever ,
wh i ch l eft h im with a poor h eart .
He ha d s u ffere d s everal heart
attacks as an adult.
B~u t e ~is bur je d in White Chapel Cemetery,
Royal Oak, Mic hi gan .
Lucille an d Bruc e had pur c hased a two family h ome at 1972
Flore nce a ve . i n Det r oiL , for Lh e.i.r r e Li r cment , so t ha t Lu cille
took her two girls to live th e re after Bru ces death .
Lucille had
worked for the Met h o d is t Uni o n in De lr oit befor s he marr ied Br uce
an d so Her old boss Rev . Be n je ma n Holm cal led her back whe n he
heard s h e was looking for work agai n.
She worked for h i m fo r 25
years aft e r that i n-fact S he a n d Ben reLir e d at th e sa me time .
Lucille \vas a faithful Me thodi st all her J j Fe a nd a member of the
Metropolitan Met ho di st Ch ur c h o n Woo d wa rd Ave . in Detroit for
ma n y y ears . Sh e married Warn e K. Si d ebo ttom of wyandotte on Aug.
9th .
1960 She l ater be came a me mber of the wyandotte Methodist
Chur c h.
Wh e n a you n g gir l Lu ci ll e ha d grad uated fro m Northwestern High School in Det roit . a nd went on to st udy busi n ess at the
Detroit Bu siness Institute .
S h e graduate d [ro m t here i n June 1 9 1 9 .
Lu ci lle co u ld take s h orthan d very we ll an d was secretary of her
Sunday Sc hool classes mo st of her ad u l L ljfe . S he was the secretary
of h er Ho me Mi ssio n Circ l e in t h e Wy a n dotte MeLhodist Ch urch wh e n
s he Passed away at the age of 77 years , o n Feb . 16, 1981 .
Lucille had many fri e nd s as s he wa s a wo nd e rful person .
She was
an u nderstanding perso n who always tri e d Lo h elp someo n e who was
feeli ng bad .
s h e wo u ld take h er ti me an d try to so rt o ut the
problem.
S h e was always ther e when we ne ede d he r.
A k in d and
loving Mot h er , Wif e an d Gra ndm o th er .
Sh e always r e me mb ered al l of
t h e birt hd ays of the family . She ha d eleven Grand Children a nd
never forgot a Birthday .
On East er s h e aJways mad e u p o n e large
tray of Eas t er Goodies for the fami l y an d eve ry o ne looked forward
to it so. At Christma s s he reme mb ered ever yon e . She be lo nged to
a nice group of g i r l s for many years. they had met at Metropo l itan
in the Su nda y Sc h ool c l ass . th ey were l i ke sisters . t h ey had ma ny
good times together. Each had bee n widow e d but so me remarried yet
t h ey ca ll e d t h emse l ves the widow s gro up.
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The fa mi ly of Luc ille feel so losL wiLhout her. She was such a
great part of the family .
Res i ds ele ven Grand Ch il dren s h e also
had nine Great Grand Ch il dren.
A wonderful la r ge l oving fa mily
each o ne new and l oved h er very mu c h.
It was six d ays a ft er h er fjrst heart aLLack LhaL s he passed away
i n wya nd otte Ge neral Hospi Lal .
S he s u ffe r ed a seco nd fatal heart
attack o n Feb . 16, 19 8 l ~~hi c h Look h er I i. fe.
Her hu sba nd \~arne
an d her two d aughters PaLrl c i a and J o a n ne were al her sjde at the
time.
Rev. Sanderson of the me Lhode s L Chur c h in wy a n dotte was
with h er also . She is buried i n Elmwood Cemetery in Detroit .
Compile d a nd
written ~ by
Patricia M. Keyes
daughter of Bruce an d Lucille,
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CHILDREN OF BRUCE AND LU CILLE
Jo an ne Ma ri e born Novembe r l 5 , 1932
Married J a mes E . Stevens June 25 , 1949
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J a mes E. Stevens born April 18 , 1932
Children of James a nd Joa nn e are :
Ja me s Da ni a ! born May 10,
L950
Ma r r i e d Di a n e E ll e o ~: \Vi 1 c o x S e p t
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Dian e Ellen Wil cox Bo rn. Nov. 10, 1950
Children
Brent Daniel
born Feb. 5, 1969
Ma rried
Corine Lynn
Born
Nov. 3, 1972
Married
Richa rd David
born Dec. 23 , 1951
Married Ren~1le Di xo n Dec . 30 , 19 75
Re nell e Dixo n Born
Children
Michael J a mes born Ja n 10 , 1952
Marr i ed Reta Kat hl ee n Taral a Mar . 1, 1971
Reta Kathle e n Tarala Born . Jan 24, 1953
Ch il dr en
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Jam es Stevens
Bo rn J a n 7, 1972
Married
Ke nd a i h Lee S t evens
Born Jan. 1, 1975
Married
Robe rt Bruce Born Aug. 27,1955
Ma rried Mary Mar ga r et Kay e July 14, 1973
Ma ry Margaret Kaye born Oct. 19, 1954
Children
Kimbere1y Kaye Ste ve ns
born D ~c. 8, 1974
Ma rr ied
(Pa ge 4)
Chri s topher All e n
born Oce. 17, 1959
Married
J e nnie Sue Krauss !lug . 2, 1980
Jennie Sue Krauss
Born !lug. 19, 1960
Children:
Sa ndra fvJari e
born Nov . 28 , 1 964
Married
De nn is Ordel1 Turner Jun e 18, 1983 .
Dennis Ordell Turner Born
Feb. 25, 19
Childr e n :
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SECOND CHILD OF BRUCE AND LUCILLE DAVIS
Patricia Mae Davis Born Sept. 15, 1934
Married to Jere' Charles Key es Feb. 14, 1953 in Highland Park
Mich.
Children :
Ka~herine Lynn Born Au g . 25 ,1 953
Jlj ghJand Park General Hosp . Mich .
Married to Jerry Douglas Ogle s bay Sept , 15, 1973 Plymoth Mich .
Jerry was born August 8 , 1950 Garden City, Kansas
Ch ildren: :
Scott All en :
Bo rn Jan. 29 , 1977
Married
Ch a d S t eve n:
Born Aug. 14, 1979
Married
Cinci.naLi , Oh io
West l and, Mi c h. Wayne County Genersl Has p.
Diane Rut h Born Sept, 22 1954 Hi gh l a nd Park General Hasp . Mich .
Married Davi d Edward Smiddy July 16, 1977 Liv onia Mich .
David was born
Children :
John David :
Born J an ua r y 16 , 1978
Married
Da n i a 1 Ed '"a r d :
Aug . 24 , 1980
Born
Married
J ames
Born June 27 , 1982
Harried
Providence Hasp .
So uth field Mich .
Providence Il osp .
Southfield Mich .
Traver se City, Mich. Doc . Office .
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Jere Thomas
Married
Born Nov . 1 , 1956
Highland Park General Hasp . Mich .
Children :
Br uce Dou glas Keyes Born Dec . 7, 1958 Highland Park Gen . Hasp. Mich .
Married
to Lisa Lane Aaron, Oct . 19 , 1980 NorhYill~ . Methodist
Nort h ville Mi c h .
Lisa Lane Aaron Born Sept . 8,
Kokomo India na
Children :
Colleen Marie Born July 21, 1961 New Grace Hasp . Detroit Mich.
Married to Joel Richard HO ffma n .
Northvjlle Methodi st in
Northville Mich. on April 3 , 1982 .
Joel Richard Hof fma n Born Feb . 20 , 1960 in Northville, Mich.
In th e old Sessions Hospital on Main street.
Children:
Abigail Lyn n Hoffman:
Born Sept. 14, 1982 Botsford Hasp.
Farmin g ton Mich.
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Ch ildren of Coll ee n a nd Joel Hof fm a n co n tin u e d:
Born
Married
Davis, Bruce R.