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- Diantha is widely accepted by researchers to have been the biological daughter of Joseph J. Davis, 1818-1892, the son of Nathan J. Davis and Keziah Davis. Joseph Davis was married to Sarah "Sallie" Davis at the time of Diantha's birth. Diantha reportedly took the Davis surname at some point (she was listed as Diantha Lowther in the 1850 Census, but later was known as Diantha Mary Davis) and moved to Ohio (possibly with her mother Barsheba, about whom nothing more is known), where she married and raised a family.
1850 Census, Doddridge County, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Aug 1 1850:
Mary Lowther, 58; Barsheba, 32; Armstrong, 16; Diantha, 9
1870 Census, Clarke Co, Ohio (Harmony Twp), enumerated on Jun 22 1870:
John Richman, 40, b. in Wurtemburg, farmer; Dianthen Richman, 26, b. Virginia; Ruth E. Richman, 3 (?), b. Ohio; Kate Richman, 2, b. Ohio; Enos Morris, 16, b. Ohio, farm hand; George Washington, colored male, 32, b. Ohio, common laborer.
1880 Census, Champaign Co, Ohio (Salem Twp), enumerated on Jun 3 1880:
John Richmon, 50, b. in Prussia, both parents b. in Prussia, farmer; wife Diantha, 39, b. Virginia, both parents b. Va; dau Ruth Emma, 13; dau Katie, 12; dau Mary, 10; son Frank, 6; son Greely, 5; son William, 3; son Cyrus, 9 months, b. Oct; hired hand Frank Jordan, 20, b. Ohio.
All children listed as born in Ohio, father born in Prussia, mother born in Virginia.
1900 Census, Champaign Co, Ohio (Harrison Twp), enumerated in June 1900:
John Richmond, 70, b. Oct 1829 in Germany, both parents b. Germany, immigrated in 1850, farmer, married 34 yrs; wife Diantha, age 60, b. May 1840 in Va, both parents b. Va, mother of 9 children (all still living); dau Katie, 31, b. Jun 1868, single; son Greeley, 24, b. Jan 1876, single; son William, 22, b. Nov 1877, single; son Cyrus, 20, b. Oct 1879, single; dau Clifford (female), 16, b. Oct 1883, single; dau Emma Good, 33, b. Dec 1866, married 16 yrs, no children; son-in-law Frank Good, 43, b. Mar 1857 in Ohio, both parents b. Va, farmer; boarder George Walker, 44, b. Ohio, both parents b. Va, farm laborer.
All children listed as born in Ohio, father born in Germany, mother born in Virginia.
1910 Census, Logan Co, Ohio (Monroe Twp), enumerated on Apr 21 1910:
Frank Good, 53, b. Ohio, both parents b. Virginia, farmer, married 20 yrs; wife Emma, 43, b. Ohio, both parents b. Ohio, no children; mother-in-law Diantha Richman, 68, b. WVa, both parents b. WVa, widowed, mother of 10 children (9 still living); hired man William Gillfillian, 48, b. Ohio, both parents b. Ohio, single.
No entry for Diantha or her mother was found in the 1860 Census.
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