Genealogy for
Walter Davis
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Walter Davis
1772 - 1836
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Walter Davis was born about 1772 somewhere in North Carolina and died about 1836 in St. Joseph, Franklin County, Florida. Actual date of birth is unknown. He lived to be about 64 years old.
His full name may have been John Walter Davis.
About at the age of two his family moved from North Carolina to Effingham Co. GA. He married Rebecca Harvey about 1799
in Bryan County, GA. In December of 1809, he and his family obtained a Georgia passport. They traveled through the Creek Indian Nation, which consisted of the western part of Georgia, half of the state of Alabama and Northern Florida. They moved west to the town of Mobile, at the time considered the western part of Florida. It wasn't until 1812 that Mobile becomes a Mississippi Territory. His brother George and family also moved with them. They were traveling to meet their brother Samuel who had moved a few years earlier with his family.
By January 1810, they had settled down near the Pascagoula River. He is listed on the Jackson County Tax records of 1814 and 1815. He served several sessions in the Lower House of the Legislature for Jackson County, Mississippi.
He moved with his family to the panhandle of Florida in 1824. John purchased 79 acres of land in Marianna, Jackson County, FL. In 1832 he was appointed Justice of the Peace by the Governor. Date of death not known, but is assumed to be before 1840.
There is a book out about John - http://www.outofsavannah.com/Home_Page.html
See additional information posted at members. tripod.com/~mallen4896/Davis/ Davis-Walter.html | 
 | Other | 6/30/1793 | GA (Effingham County) | 21 yrs old | Last Will & Testament of John Davis
I, John Davis, Being as I expect a leaving this life I recommend my soul to
God that gave it and my Body to the Dust and to His world. Concerns Idispose of
as follows:
(Viz)
After my lawful Debts is paid, I give my True and Loving wife, Elizabeth Davis,
one Negro woman named Phoeby, and one Negro boy named Adam; I give my sons
Joseph, John, James, William & Samuel, ten pounds each, and George and Walter,
twenty pounds each. My daughter, Nancy, twenty pounds, William Osteen, ten
pounds, or at that rate equally divided according to the amount of the Estate.
And respecting my lands at Buckhead, according to my Contract with William and
Samuel, paying what monies I owe for said lands, it shall be their Right and
Property.
To my son, Walter, I give the Plantation we now live on, and the lands' round
about to George.
The Boat shall be divided between William, Samuel, George and
Walter.
May the 30th 1793
Witnesses present, signed:
Joseph Davis
George Davis
Agnes Davis
Elizabeth Osteen
We the subscribers, believing this Testament to be the Will & Desire of
our Deceased Father, do freely and voluntary agree that the same should be
executed agreeable to the Tennor of the same, witness our hands this 9th day of
Sept 1793.
Signed:
Joseph Davis
John Davis
Samuel Davis
Walter Davis
George Davis
Nancy Davis
William Davis
State of Georgia, Effingham County:
Personally appeared Mr. Joseph Davis and made Oath & Declared that at the
request of his Father, John Davis, deceased, he wrote the within as his Last
Will & Testament, and he believes that he was in his perfect senses at the time
he wrote, and that it is as he desired him to write it, and after he wrote it
he did read it to him and he was satisfied, but did not sign it, and the within
named or signed as witnesses was present and that he was satisfied, names as
thus, Joseph Davis, George Davis, Agnus Davis, and Elizabeth Osteen.
Sworn before me this 27th Jan 1794
Signed: Joseph Davis
A. C. Revost, R.P.E.C.
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| Other | 1/27/1794 | GA (Effingham County) | 22 yrs old | Last Will & Testament of Elizabeth Davis
I, Elizabeth Davis, Being now as I expect a leaving this life Irecommend my
soul to God that gave it and my Body to the Dust and to as to His world &
concerns I dispose of as follows:
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What my deceased husband gave me at his death I desire should be sold foras
much as it will fetch and equally divided between my four children, Elizabeth,
George, Ann and Walter, as witness my hand this second day of June 1793,and my
desire is that my son, Joseph Davis, and Joshua Loper should see that this my
last will should be fulfilled, the words 'four' and 'George' interlined
(underlined ?) before signed in presence of her.
Elizabeth X Davis
mark
Joseph Davis }
Elizabeth X Lanier (her mark) } State of Georgia
Joshua Loper } Effingham County.
Personally appeared Mr. Joshua Loper and made oath and declared that he was
present and did see Mrs. Elizabeth Davis make her mark & acknowledge it to be
her last will and Testament and at the same time, did see Mr. Joseph Davis sign
the same and Mrs. Elizabeth Lanier make her mark and that he himself did also
sign his name as evidence and he verily believes that she was in her perfect
senses at that time.
Signed,
Joshua Loper
Sworn before me this 27 Jany 1794, Ravot R.P.E.C.:
We the subscribers believing this Testament to be the will & Desire of our
Deceased Mother do freely & voluntarily agree that the same should be Executed
agreeable to the terms of the same. Witness our hand this 9th September1793.
Signed:
John Davis
Sam'l. Davis
Wm. O'Steen
George Davis
Nancy Davis
Sworn before me this 27th Jan 1794
A. C. Revost, R.P.E.C.
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| Census | 1/1/1820 | MS (Jackson County) | 48 yrs old | | pg 46: Walter Davis - four males (0-9), one male (10-15), three males (16-25), four males (26-44), one male (over 45), one female (10-15), one female (16-18), one female (16-25). |
| Other | 1/1/1823 | MS (Jackson County) | 51 yrs old | | Dec. 23rd 1823 to Jan. 24th 1824 - Walter Davis was appointed representative for the 7th Legislative Session |
| Land Deed | 6/15/1827 | FL (Jackson County) | 55 yrs old | Document #289 records the cash sale of 79. 81 acres to Walter Davis in accordance with the 4/24/1820 Act. The land is described as:
Parcel #1 - W1/2SE Tallahassee NO 4N 10W 3 -Tallahassee Land Office. |
| Census | 1/1/1830 | Marianna FL (Jackson County) | 58 yrs old | page 7: Walter Davis- males - one (-5),one (5-10),two (10-15)one (15-20),one (20-30),one (30-40),one (50-60) and females - one (-5),one (15-20),one (30-40), one (70-80).
next door son, John Davis -males - two (-5),one(20-30) and females - one (-5), one (5-10), one (20-30).
| Additional information about Jackson County, FL around 1830: Jackson County was formed in 1822 from Escambia County. Webbville, it's largest community, was started in the early 1820s and is declared the county seat. Marianna was founded in 1827 along the Chipola River and quickly begins to grow. An excerpt from an Aug. 5, 1828 letter says in the Chipola River area “lands have risen at least 300 percent in price, and are daily advancing – the tide of emigration is flowing in most rapidly, and the country still proves uninterruptedly healthy." Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Other | 11/22/1836 | St. Joseph FL (Franklin County) | 64 yrs old | Territory of Florida, County of Franklin, Nov. 22, 1836
On reading the last will and testament of Walter Davis Esq. late of this Co. deceased exhibited to me by the said Walters son William S Davis, It is ordered by the Court that the said will as aforesaid of the said Walter Davis aforesaid be admitted to record in s.d County – and that the Clerk of said County Court forthwith proceed to the making out letters of Executorship to the said William S. Davis on the Estate both real & personal of the said Walter Davis, said William E. Davis having first complied all the requesitions of law in such basis made & provided.
Given under my hand
At Chambers the day &
Date above
Recorded 22 Nov. 1836 A. K. Allison Judge
F. C. C. I. F.
St. Joseph, October 12, A. D. 1836
Know all men by these presents that I Walter Davis of the County of Franklin, Territory of Florida, being of sound mind, do make this my last will and Testament – Imprimis – I give and bequeath to my Rebecca Davis all my property personal and real, including Lands, Tenements, Stock, Negros, furniture &c during her lifetime, and at her decease to be equally divided among the heirs of her body. I also require that the single children who live with her do share the Interest and use of my property aforesaid in aide of their maintenance during her life time. I hereby constitute my son William S. Davis my Executor & authorize him to collect all debts due my estate & wish the proceeds so collected & if necessary by sale of any property to pay all my just debts now outstanding.
Witness
Walter Davis
Wm. D. Price
St. Joseph, October 12, 1836
I hereby constitute and appoint William S. Davis my true and lawful attorney to do and to act in all things relating to my estate as he may think it and proper.
Witness
Walter Davis
Wm. D. Price
Recorded the 22nd Nov. 1836
Record of Wills 1831 -1837, page 112
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Walter, his family, and friends. For example, Walter is 1 years old when Angered by the tea tax of 1767 and the British East India Company's monopoly on tea trade, the independent New England colonial merchants dump the precious cargo overboard into the Boston harbor. This incident is called the Boston Tea Party.
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1773 |
Indians in Florida become known as the "Seminoles", which means "wild people" or "runaway". Most are Creek, Yuchis, Yamasses and other Indians who have moved south to escape the movement of whites into the Carolinas, Alabama and Georgia, as well as escaped slaves, |
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1802 |
Georgia formally cedes western claims for its southern boundary at the 31st parallel -- which will become the north western border of FL. |
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1810 |
Western Florida, from the Pearl River to the Mississippi, is annexed by the US from Spain. |
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1813 |
During 1813-14, over 2,000 Muskogee-speaking Creeks move to Florida in response to the Creek Civil War (also known as the Red-sticks War). Most come from AL and GA. |
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1818 |
First Seminole Indian War takes place when Andrew Jackson brings his troops into northern Florida. |
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1821 |
Spain formally cedes Florida to the United States in 1821, according to terms of the Adams-Onís Treaty. Spanish colonists as well as settlers from the newly formed United States begin to pour into the new territory. Prior to this change, Florida was a wilderness sparsely dotted with settlements of native Indians, escaped/freed slaves and Spaniards. |
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1822 |
Florida Territory is purchased |
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1823 |
The Treaty of Moultrie Creek pushes the Seminole Indian towns into the interior of the Florida peninsula. |
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1824 |
Tallahassee is established at the capital of Florida because it is half-way between the two government centers in St. Augustine and Pensacola. The Legislative Council meets in November in a log house erected in the vicinity of today's capitol. |
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1835 |
The Second Seminole Indian War keeps the United States and Seminoles Indians fighting in North & Central Florida. |
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1777 |
The concept of chemical compounds is conceived by Lavoisier |
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1783 |
The hot air balloon is invented by Michel and Montgolfier and the first people in modern history fly at an altitude of 1800 m. |
| 13 |
1785 |
The power loom was invented by Cartwright to produce cloth. |
| 21 |
1793 |
The cotton gin was invented by Whitney. |
| 27 |
1799 |
The Rosetta Stone was discovered |
| 28 |
1800 |
The first battery was invented by Volta |
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1807 |
The first steamboat was invented by Fulton |
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1814 |
The first locomotive engine was created by Stephenson |
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1830 |
The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England |
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1775 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On April 18th, Paul Revere makes his famous ride proclaiming "The British are Coming" and the American Revolution War begins. Britain hires 29,000 German mercenaries to handle conflict in North America. |
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1776 |
NEWS HEADLINES: July 4th, American Revolution War ends and the United States of America is officially created. |
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1800 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Seat of U.S. government moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC |
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1811 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Tecumseh's emerging Indian Confederacy is defeated at the Battle of Tippecanoe in Ohio. Afterwards, Tecumseh and his brother travel from their Shawnee homes in the north to recruit and unify the southern Indians. |
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1812 |
NEWS HEADLINES: War of 1812 begins and will continue for until 1814. Some call it the Second War of Independence because the US fights Great Britain to a stalemate, Americas independence was assured. |
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1828 |
Gold is discovered in Georgia. |
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1834 |
July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah |
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1789 |
The capitol of North Carolina moves from New Bern to Raleigh and North Carolina becomes the 12th state of the United States of America. |
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1830 |
The U.S. Government begins forcing Cherokee Indians from their homes in what becomes known as the Trail of Tears. Many Cherokee hide in the mountains of North Carolina and surrounding states. |
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1773 |
Angered by the tea tax of 1767 and the British East India Company's monopoly on tea trade, the independent New England colonial merchants dump the precious cargo overboard into the Boston harbor. This incident is called the Boston Tea Party. |
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1774 |
The First Continental Congress of fifty-five representatives (except from the colony of Georgia) meets in Philadelphia to discuss relations with Britain, the possibility of independence, and the hope of a peaceful solution. King George III scorns the thought of reconciliation and declares the colonies to be in a state of open rebellion. |
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1775 |
On April 18th, Paul Revere makes his famous ride proclaiming "The British are Coming" and the American Revolution War begins. Britain hires 29,000 German mercenaries to handle conflict in North America. |
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1776 |
July 4th, American Revolution War ends and the United States of America is officially created. |
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1778 |
Alliance between United States and France |
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1787 |
Constitution of the United States is signed |
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1793 |
Alexander McGillivray, the head of the Creek Indian Nation, dies. A restlessness begins to grow among the Indians in what is now Georgia, Alabama and Northern Florida as town chiefs via for the vacant leadership role. |
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1794 |
The United States establishes the Navy |
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1798 |
Mississippi Territory organized from Georgia's western land claims. It includes what will later become portions of Mississippi, Alabama and Northern Florida, |
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1803 |
Louisiana Purchase from France (who secured it from Spain) gives the US a huge new territory and the port of New Orleans. |
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1804 |
The Seminole warrior later known as Osceola is born near Tuskegee, AL. |
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1805 |
Federal Road project begins after the Creek Indians give the U.S. permission to develop a “horse path” through their nation that will provide better mail delivery between Washington City (DC) and New Orleans. Soon settlers are traveling and settling along this path to settle the southern frontier. |
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1806 |
Lewis and Clark Expedition, which began in 1804, ends. News of the rich lands to the west begins to spread. |
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1811 |
By 1811 the new "Federal Road" (which started as a horse path) is filled with a steady flow of white settlers into Creek Indian Territories. The Spanish begin to fan hostile sentiments among the Indians. |
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1820 |
The Act of April 24, 1820 abolished the land purchase credit system, fixed the price of public lands at $1.25 per acre, and set the minimum purchase at 80 acres. After a person purchased land, a final certificate was issued by the land office and sent to Washington DC to be verified and signed by the President -- a time consuming process. Public lands were most typically available through US treaties with Indians who agreed to be removed from their homelands. |
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1830 |
Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins. |
| 63 |
1835 |
Second Seminole Indian War begins. |
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1779 |
Spain declares war on England |
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1780 |
Josef II abolishes serfdom in Hungary; England declares war on Holland |
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1783 |
Peace established at Versailles between France, England, Spain and United States; Britain cedes all lands west to the Mississippi River |
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1787 |
Catherine the Great leads Russia into war with Turkey |
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1788 |
Russia begins war with Sweden |
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1789 |
French feudal system is abolished with the Declaration of Rights of Man. Outbreak of hostilities in France with the fall of the Bastille on July 14; Revolution in Austrian Netherlands declares independence as Belgium |
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1792 |
French Revolutionary Wars begin and the French royal family is imprisoned the following year |
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1793 |
Marie Antoinette is executed; Fugitive Slave Act passed; Roman Catholic faith is banned in France; France declares war on Britain and Holland. |
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1795 |
White Terror and bread riots in Paris |
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1796 |
Napoleon marries Josephine de Beauharnais |
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1797 |
Napoleon proclaims the Venetian Constitution, founds Ligurian Republic in Genoa |
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1833 |
Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico |
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Born about 1776 and died on August 1, 1852
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The Children of Walter Davis
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John Timothy Davis
Born in Bryan County, Georgia on March 14, 1801 and died in Marianna, Florida on August 5, 1875. He was 74 years old.
John was born in Bryan County, Georgia. He moved to Effingham County with his family when he was eight years old. At the age of twenty-one he moved again, this time to Jackson County, Florida. ...
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Elizabeth Davis
Born in Bryan County, Georgia about 1806 and died in an unknown location about 1885. She was about 79 years old.
Married William T.E. DeVaughn....
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Susannah Davis
Born in Bryan County, Georgia about 1808 and died in an unknown location about 1885. She was about 77 years old.
She went by "Susan". She married Elijah Padgett....
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James Henry Davis
Born in Jackson County, Mississippi about 1812 and died in Houston, Texas on December 22, 1887. He was about 76 years old.
Married Eliza (born abt.1816) in AL.
They moved from Jackson Co., FL to Houston,TX about 1848-49.
Children: John H. (1833) FL;
James Henry Jr. (1839) FL. married Safronia Williams in ...
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Ellis Fairbanks Davis
Born in Jackson County, Mississippi about 1813 and died in Marianna, Florida on October 10, 1885. He was 72 years old.
He was named after his Father’s friend, Ellis Fairbanks. Around 1825 he moved with his family to Marianna, FL He married Ruthy about 1836 and they had seven children.
After the death of Ruthy h...
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Joseph Caswell Davis
Born in Jackson County, Mississippi on January 26, 1816 and died in Jackson County, Florida on December 22, 1889. He was 73 years old.
occupation: Farmer. He was granted 160 acres of land in Port St. Joe for service during the Seminole Indian wars. According to his granddaughter, Maude Davis Porter, he was living in the area of St. J...
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Samuel W. Davis
Born in Pascagoula, Jackson County, Mississippi about 1818 and died in Jackson County, Florida about 1885. He was about 67 years old.
His middle name may have been Walter.
He was married twice. His first wife, Lucretia died when he was in his late 40's and he married a second time to Hester Ann Jane McClellan (b about 1...
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Elmira Davis
Born somewhere in Alabama on March 13, 1820 and died in Houston, Texas on June 28, 1877. She was 57 years old.
She married a man named Richard Westcott, They moved from Jackson Co., FL to Houston,TX about 1848-49 with her brother, James H. Davis....
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George Washington Davis
Born in Jackson County, Mississippi about 1822 and died somewhere in Florida about 1900. He was about 78 years old.
He married Artimacy Emeline Wood (1822 - abt. 1870). They had two children:
Ann Davis (abt.1855)
Charles W. Davis (1860) married Hattie
Artimacy Emeline Wood was first married to...
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