Ida Davis Mystery

This Ancestor Landing Page contains the data regarding my maternal 2nd-great grandmother, Ida Davis, also known as Ida Gilliland, and the mystery surrounding her.

If you have any additional information or are related in any way to the families mentioned, please be sure to contact me.

Ida (Davis) Gilliland Morris
b. July 2, 1874 Owen County, Indiana
d. August 2, 1900 Owen County, Indiana

She only lived to be 26 years old, died shortly after her second marriage, and left two little girls (Pansy & June) to be raised by her mother and her stepfather.  The two girls would use their step-grandfather's surname of Gilliland. Ida didn't leave much in the way of a paper trail, and left more questions that answers in my search to find out who June's father was.

• Exploratory Data Analysis : Ida (Davis) Morris (1874-1900) - a summation of the biographical facts that I have discovered about Ida.
• Marriage Record : Carvie A. Morris to Ida Hancock, Monroe County, Indiana - a copy of the marriage record of Ida, two weeks before her death.
• Death Notice : Ida (Davis) Morris, 1900 - brief notice of Ida's death in the Ellettsville newspaper.
• Ida Davis (1874-1900) - some photos purportedly of Ida, but may actually be those of her mother, Mary Ellen (Crockett) Swafford Gilliland.
• Fearless Females : Favorite Female Ancestor - Ida was the subject of this genealogy blog meme in 2011.
• Ida D. Hancock : Door of Hope, Indianapolis, Indiana - A post about finding Ida in the 1900 census living at a home for unwed mothers.
• Where Was She Buried?  - Ida doesn't have a tombstone marker.  This post was about my search for a burial location.
• Surname Saturday : Davis - A post about the background of Ida's ancestry.
• Saturday Night Genealogy Fund : Who is your most recent unknown ancestor? - Ida and her daughter June was the subject of this genealogy blog meme in 2009.
• Mystery Man : Frank Fletcher or Carrie Morris - Is this the photo of my 2nd-great grandfather, purported to be Frank Fletcher?