When Amanda Viola Shaul was born on 18 March 1885, in Sheridan, Montcalm, Michigan, United States, her father, Dexter George Shaul, was 30 and her mother, Lydia Roslan B Durland, was 29. She married Franklin Bertram Davis on 1 July 1902, in Pierre, Hughes, South Dakota, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Virgil Township, Jones, South Dakota, United States in 1930 and Presho Township, Lyman, South Dakota, United States in 1940. She died on 4 December 1967, in Pierre, Hughes, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Pierre, Hughes, South Dakota, United States.