Cox Family Album
(Section 3: Pages 17-27)
Assembled electronically by Tom McFarland in 1999
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The man in the photo below is almost certainly the same man pictured
with his daughter in photo #17, and if so, his name is "Henry S. Davids".
I will propose that the woman is his wife. The right photo is labeled
"Adelaide S. Davids, 1874"; the left photo is labeled "August 1874".
The 1870 California census states that H.S. Davids was a 30-year-old
unmarried "engineer" in Solana County (Vellejo), born in Virginia; an obituary
claims that Henry S. Davids was born 1839 in New York, 18 years before Alice Louise Cox.
Adele Landis thought in 1964 that Alice's mother came from the Davids family:
indeed, H.S. Davids and Emeline Cox were siblings. Photos made in San Francisco. The
woman's clothing was dated 1876-78, 2 years later than the written date on the
photo; thus, my clothing advisor's dates should not be taken as firm. |
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Photo #20 (Henry S. Davids) |
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Photo #21 (Adelaide S. Davids) |
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The left photo below is dedicated "Yours Affectionately, H.S. Davids and daughter, for Alice";
The father seems to be the same man as in the left photo above.
Photo made in Vallejo, probably about 1887, at which
time Henry S. Davids would be 48 years old, assuming that his age
(30) is given correctly in the California 1870 census. H.S. Davids
died in 1888,
and had retired as a U.S. Navy engineer due to poor health;
I will propose this man was blind at this time. This
was apparently his only daughter, and given that the father died
at age 49, the child may have known here that she would soon lose
her father. Indeed, a second obituary
names his daughter, Charlotta, surviving him as an orphan, his wife
having died earlier. Henry died in the home of his sister,
Emeline Cox, so Charlotta may have been raised by Emeline, who
then photographed this daughter a few years later (right photo below).
The child's clothing in the left photo was dated 1890, newer than the
father's; the child's clothing on the right was dated 1892-3.
The left photo may have been sent to Emeline after the father
had died, for inclusion in this album. Furthermore, I propose
that Emeline's last son (Henry A.) was named after this man.
The right photo is noted on the back by me (Tom McFarland) that it was
loose in the album, and inserted later to position #4, but as I
studied these photos in March 2000, I concluded that here would be
a better place for this photo, nearer her (presumed) father. |
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Photo #17 (Henry Davids and daughter Charlotta) |
Photo #4 (Charlotta Davids) |
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This print made by Cummings in Baltimore. My clothing advisor says
that her clothing dates from 1880. The distinctive neck clasp
(under magification) is the same as the one worn by the woman in
photo 26, who is judged to be
Emeline's sister, but Baltimore is where many Landis's hail from.
Note the woman's ear lobe in both photos.
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Photo #22 [Phoebe Ann (Davids) Vermilye] |
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This print made by Cummings in Baltimore.
My clothing advisor says that most children's clothes in this album,
including these, date from the 1880's. Since Alice's first male
child (William W.) was born 1887, but photos of
5-year-old William exist, and this
child seems different.
The right print
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Photo #23 |
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Identity unknown. Nothing written on the back except the
words "possibly out of order" written by Tom McFarland. This
photo and the following couple were on facing pages.
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Photo #24 |
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These photos made in Chicago. Similar photos appear in
Sally's old album, where William W. Landis
wrote (in 1951) that the woman is his grandmother Hannah P. (Robinson) Landis,
hence William Landis' father's mother. Since these two people are almost
certainly husband and wife, Adele (Nenno) Landis stated in 1964 that the man
must be Edmond R. Landis, William Landis' father's father.
The clothing appears to date from the early 1870's. These two right-side photos
face a left-hand photo of the woman in photo #35 below. |
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Photo #25 (left) (Hannah Robinson Landis) |
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Photo #25 (right) (Edmund R. Landis) |
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Left photo made in Boston; the right photo is a tin type.
The clothes in both photos date from the early 1870's. One possibility
is that the person on the left is Emeline's sister Mrs. V. Vermilye (Phoebe Ann Davids),
mentioned in Emeline's obituary, and the
person on the right could be Mrs. Vermilye's daughter. Compare this
with a later photo of this woman. |
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Photo #26 (left) (Phoebe Ann Vermilye) |
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Photo #26 (right) |
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Small photos on the same page. What do you think?
My clothing advisor says the man's clothing dates
from the late 1860's, but the woman's from the
late 1880's. In spite of that, I would judge the
photos made at the same time. |
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Photo #27 (left) |
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Photo #27 (right) |
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