Mary Fox DAVIS

1889 - 1974  (85 years)

• Name	Mary Fox DAVIS
  Born	6 Mar 1889	Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine
  Gender	Female
  Died	30 Nov 1974	Portland, Cumberland, Maine
  Buried	3 Dec 1974	St Marys Cemetery, Stonington, Hancock, Maine
  Person ID	I38437	Main
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2013

  
  

  Family	Leo Bertram “Bertie” BETTS,   b. 4 Aug 1891, Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine ,   d. Jul 1954, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine  (Age 62 years)
  Children	+ 1. Constance Roselle BETTS,   b. 19 Apr 1922, Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine ,   d. 20 Aug 1983, Barre, Washington, Vermont  (Age 61 years)
  Last Modified	31 Oct 2023
  Family ID	F15140	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Died - 30 Nov 1974 - Portland, Cumberland, Maine  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  My mother, Mamie Betts, was one of the strongest women I ever knew. One of the things I think of real often is the time she drove from Deer Isle, where we had spent the summer while my father was temporarily assigned to train for a new job, to Norristown, Pa. It was in August, 1924. In those days there weren't any Interstate Highways, so it was quite a trip. We had several flat tires, which my brother Charles, then twelve years old, had to change. After several repair jobs my mother was told she just had to buy a new tire. Of course, being on a tight budget, that was not very good news but she managed, and we finally arrived in Norristown. A few weeks later, on November 4th, my sister Anna was born. That was just one of the almost impossible things my mother did. Following is a copy of an article run in the Ellsworth American, issue of 10/ 24: Rather a remarkable drive was one taken last week by Mrs. L. B.Betts, a former Ellsworth woman, from Gardiner Maine, to a suburb of Harrisburg, PA, where Mr. Betts has recently opened a store. Nothing especially remarkable in the drive itself, but Mrs. Betts took seven children with her, the youngest less than a year old and the oldest not thirteen. That required some courage. * Note by Charlotte Betts Smith: The trip was to Norristown, Pa. not Harrisburg. We had previously lived just outside Harrisburg. And the starting point was from Sunshine,Deer Isle, where we had spent the summer with my grandmother.