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John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren :us34stars: Born: November 13, 1809 Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Father: Bernhard Ulrik Dahlgren (1784-1824) (Buried: West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania) Mother: Martha Rowan (1789–1838) (Buried: West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania) 1st Wife: Mary Clement Bunker (1817–1855) (Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Married: January 8, 1839 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2nd Wife: Sarah Madeleine Vinton (1825-1898) (Buried: Saint Michael's Catholic Church Cemetery, Poplar Springs, Maryland) Married: 5pm on August 2, 1865 at the home of Rev. Dr. Cumins, pastor of St. Stevens Church, Washington, DC Children: Charles Bunker Dahlgren...
Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh Dana Born: April 15, 1822 Birthplace: Eastport, Maine Father: Nathaniel Giddings Dana 1797 – 1833 Mother: Mary Ann Langdon Harris 1801 – 1868 (Buried: Harmony Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, New Hampshire) Wife: Susan Lewis “Sue” Sandford 1822 – 1904 (Buried: Harmony Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, New Hampshire) Children: Mary Langdon Dana Tidball 1846 – 1904 (Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York) Charles Peaslee Dana 1849 – 1880 (Buried: Harmony Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, New Hampshire) Dr. Alfred Sandford Dana 1851 – 1901 (Buried: Harmony Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, New Hampshire) Education: 1842: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (29th in class) Occupation...
John Warwick Daniel Sr. :CSA1stNat: Born: September 5, 1842 Birthplace: Lynchburg, Virginia Father: Judge William Daniel 1806 – 1873 (Buried: Old City Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia) Mother: Sarah Ann Warwick 1822 – 1845 (Buried: Radcliffe Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia) Wife: Julia Elizabeth Murrell 1850 – 1937 (Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia) Children: Julia Elizabeth Daniel 1870 – 1915 (Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia) Carrie W. Daniel Harper 1873 – 1934 (Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia) John Warwick Daniel Jr. 1878 – 1921 (Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia) Edward Murrell Daniel 1883 – 1938 (Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia) William...
Junius Daniel :CSA1stNat: Born: June 27, 1828 Birth Place: Halifax, North Carolina Father: John Reeves Jones Daniel 1802 – 1868 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Shreveport, Louisiana) Mother: Martha Stith 1805 – 1830 (Buried: Colonial Churchyard, Halifax, North Carolina) Wife: Ellen Williams Long 1838 – 1932 (Buried: Colonial Churchyard, Halifax, North Carolina) Education: 1851: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (33rd in class) Occupation before War: 1851: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 3rd Infantry Regiment 1851 – 1857: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 3rd Infantry Regiment 1857 – 1858: 1st Lt. United States Army, 3rd Infantry Regiment 1858: Resigned from United States Army on May 31st 1858 – 1861: Manager of his...
Olin Miller Dantzler :CSA1stNat: Born: January 14, 1825 Birthplace: St. Matthews, Orangeburg, District South Carolina Father: Jacob Miller Dantzler 1804 – 1857 (Buried: Tabernacle Cemetery, Saint Matthews, South Carolina) Mother: Mary__________________1809 – 1827 (Buried: Tabernacle Cemetery, Saint Matthews, South Carolina) Wife: Caroline Anna Glover 1829 – 1864 (Buried: Tabernacle Cemetery, Saint Matthews, South Carolina) Children: Charles Glover Dantzler 1854 – 1919 (Buried: Sunnyside Cemetery, Orangeburg, South Carolina) Olin Miller Dantzler Jr. 1855 – 1911 (Buried: Saint Paul’s Methodist Church, Saint Matthews, South Carolina) Thomas Woodward Dantzler 1858 – 1947 (Buried: West End Cemetery, Saint Matthews, South Carolina)...
Dr. John Thomson Darby :CSA1stNat: Born: December 16, 1836 Birthplace: South Carolina Father: Dr. Artemus Thomson “Artie” Darby 1806 – 1876 (Buried: Pond Bluff Plantation Cemetery, Fort Motte, South Carolina) Mother: Margaret Cantey Thomson 1818 – 1891 (Buried: Pond Bluff Plantation Cemetery, Fort Motte, South Carolina) Wife: Mary Cantey Preston 1840 – 1891 (Buried: Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Columbia, South Carolina) Children: Caroline Hampton Darby Frost 1866 – 1925 (Buried: Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Columbia, South Carolina) John Preston Darby 1869 – 1931 (Buried: Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Columbia, South Carolina) Education: 1856 – 1857: Attended Medical College of South Carolina 1858: Graduated, University of...
Stephen Heard Darden Sr. :CSA1stNat: Born: November 19, 1816 Birthplace: Fayette, Mississippi Father: Washington Darden 1781 – 1830 Mother: Ann Sharkey 1st Wife: Mary Matilda Goff 1821 – 1847 (Buried: Gonzales Masonic Cemetery, Gonzales, Texas) 2nd Wife: Catherine Mays 1836 – 1912 (Buried: Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Texas) Children: Sarah A. Darden 1839 – 1854 Mary E. Darden 1840 – 1854 Isaac Washington Darden 1842 – 1847 William Stephen Darden 1844 – 1847 Elizabeth Alice Darden Terrell 1846 – 1914 Stephen Heard Darden Jr. 1863 – 1864 Nelson Mays Darden 1865 – 1915 Anna "Annie" Darden 1867 – 1946 Political Party: Democratic Party Occupation before War: Served in the Texas War for Independence Clerk in the officer of...
Edmund Spann (Strother) Dargan :CSA1stNat: Born: April 15, 1805 Birthplace: Wadesboro, North Carolina Father: Rev. William Dargan 1773 – 1820 Mother: Frances Lily Moore 1778 – 1842 Wife: Roxana Brack 1812 – 1890 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama) Married: June 2, 1831 in Montgomery, Alabama Children: Adelaide Dargan Ledyard 1839 – 1896 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama) Edmund Pendleton Dargan 1841 – 1893 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama) Fannie Lilly Dargan Gleaves 1844 – 1920 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama) Moro Dargan 1846 – 1884 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama) Ruth Dargan Hunter 1847 – 1930 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama) Political Party: Democratic...
William Augustus Darling: :us34stars: Born: December 27, 1817 Birthplace: Newark New Jersey Father: William Sheldon Darling 1783 – 1861 Mother: Sophia Augusta Geib 1794 – 1863 1st Wife: Eliza M. Lee 1819 – 1853 2nd Wife: Josephine B. Lee 1835 – 1871 3rd Wife: Isabelle McPherson 1844 – 1902 Children: William Lee Darling 1840 – 1915 (Buried: Trinity Church Cemetery Manhattan New York) Lewis Henry Darling 1845 – 1845 Clarence Darling 1846 – 1864 Eliza Morgan Darling 1856 – 1872 (Buried: Trinity Church Cemetery Manhattan New York) Henrietta Webb Darling Evans 1858 – 1948 Remsen Darling 1862 – 1930 Josephine Lee Darling 1865 – 1867 Samuel Pierpont Darling 1867 – 1871 Webster Augustus Darling 1869 – 1875 Political Party: Republican...
We are familiar with some of the various Senators like Davis, Clay or Chesnut, who resigned and "went South" when the Confederacy was forming. One we rarely hear about was Senator David L. Yulee from Florida.His name actually David Levy and he was the first Jewish person elected to the U.S. Senate. I don't know much about this person but I read that his father and Judah Benjamin's father were first cousins.
Allen Turner Davidson :CSA1stNat: Born: May 9, 1819 Birthplace: Haywood County, North Carolina Father: William Mitchell Davidson 1775 – 1846 (Buried: Gates–Perry Family Cemetery, Washington County, Texas) Mother: Elizabeth “Betsy” Vance 1787 – 1861 (Buried: Harshaw Chapel Cemetery, Murphy, North Carolina) Wife: Elizabeth Adeline Howell 1824 – 1917 (Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, North Carolina) Children: Wilbur Sevier Davidson 1847 – 1928 (Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, North Carolina) Ella Henrietta Davidson Morrison 1851 – 1939 (Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, North Carolina) Mary Elizabeth Davidson Child 1859 – 1944 (Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, North Carolina) Addie Davidson Williamson...
Henry Brevard Davidson Born: January 28, 1831 Birthplace: Shelbyville, Tennessee Father: George Washington Davidson Sr. 1800 – 1854 Mother: Sophie Francis Woodward Peacock 1804 – 1870 Wife: Emma Eve Wayland 1847 – 1890 (Buried: Chico Cemetery, Chico, California) Children: John Wayland Davidson 1871 – 1872 (Buried: Chico Cemetery, Chico, California) Francis “Frank” Marion Davidson 1876 – 1955 Bertha Davidson 1879 - Education: 1853: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (33rd in class) Occupation before War: 1853 – 1855: Brevet, 2nd Lt. United States Army Dragoons 1853: Attended Cavalry School of Practice, Carlisle, Pennsylvania 1853 – 1854: Garrison Duty at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri 1854: Frontier Duty at Fort...
John Wynn Davidson :us34stars: Born: August 18, 1824 Birthplace: Fairfax County, Virginia Father: Captain William Baker Davidson 1800 – 1840 (Buried: Saint Augustine National Cemetery, Saint Augustine, Florida) Mother: Elizabeth Chapman “Eliza” Hunter 1800 – 1850 (Buried: Resthaven Cemetery, Washington, Georgia) Wife: Clara B. McGuennegle 1832 – 1914 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Married: 1851 in St. Louis, Missouri Children: Elizabeth Davidson Hoppin 1852 – 1928 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Education: 1845: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (27th in class) Occupation before War: 1845 – 1846: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 1st Dragoons 1845 – 1846...
Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson :CSA1stNat: Born: September 23, 1832 Birthplace: Quincy, Gadsden County, Florida Father: Dr. John Matthew Winslow Davidson 1801 – 1879 (Buried: Western Cemetery, Quincy, Florida) Mother: Mary Jerusha L. Sylvester 1809 – 1855 (Buried: Western Cemetery, Quincy, Florida) Wife: Lelia A. H. Callis 1834 – 1884 (Buried: Western Cemetery, Quincy, Florida) Children: Mary Lelia “Mamie” Davidson Munroe 1860 – 1928 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas) Lucy E. B. Davidson 1862 – 1863 (Buried: Western Cemetery, Quincy, Florida) Robert Mathis Davidson 1867 – 1944 (Buried: Hillcrest Cemetery, Quincy, Florida) Sarah Alice Davidson 1869 – 1952 (Buried: Eastern Cemetery, Quincy, Florida) Judge James Little...
Thomas Jefferson Davidson :CSA1stNat: Born: 1819 Birthplace: Tennessee Father: William J. Davidson Wife: Mary Harbin Occupation before War: Merchant and Contractor in Ripley, Mississippi Sheriff of Tippah County, Mississippi Veteran of Seminole Wars in Florida Civil War Career: 1861: Captain & Assistant Quartermaster, 11th Mississippi Infantry 1861 – 1862: Colonel of 23rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment 1862: Captured during the Battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee 1862: Prisoner of War held at Fort Warren Prison, Boston Harbor Died: April 29, 1862 Place of Death: Fort Warren Union Prison, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts Age at time of Death: 42 or 43 years old Cause of Death: Illness Burial Place: Hollywood Cemetery...
Henry Eugene Davies :us34stars: Born: July 2, 1836 Birthplace: New York City, New York Father: Judge Henry Ebenezer Davies 1805 – 1881 (Buried: Saint Luke’s Church Cemetery, Beacon, New York) Mother: Rebecca Waldo Tappan 1812 – 1884 (Buried: Saint Luke’s Church Cemetery, Beacon, New York) Wife: Julia Rich Married: August 10, 1858 on Fishkill-on-Hudson, New York Children: Henry Eugene Education: Attended Harvard College Attended Williams College Attended Columbia College Occupation before War: Attorney in New York Civil War Career: 1861: Captain in 5th New York Infantry Regiment 1861: Served in the Battle of Big Bethel, Virginia 1861 – 1862: Major of 2nd New York Cavalry Regiment 1862: Served in the Virginia...
Thomas Alfred Davies Born: December 3, 1809 Birthplace: Black Lake, New York Father: Thomas John Davies 1766 – 1845 (Buried: Davies Cemetery, Oswegatchie, New York) Mother: Ruth Foot 1771 – 1852 (Buried: Davies Cemetery, Oswegatchie, New York) Education: 1829: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (25th in class) Occupation before War: 1829 – 1831: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army 1st Infantry Regiment 1831: Resigned from United States Army on October 31st 1831 – 1833: Civil Engineer in New York 1833 – 1839: Merchant in New York City, New York 1840 – 1841: Civil Engineer for Croton Aqueduct in New York City 1841 – 1861: Merchant in New York City, New York Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Colonel of 16th New York...
Champion Thomas Neal “Champ” Davis :CSA1stNat: Born: June 16, 1827 Birthplace: Halifax County, Virginia Father: Champion Thomas Neal Davis Sr. 1796 – 1837 Mother: Susanna Coles Marbles 1798 – 1861 Wife: Mira E. McDowell 1827 – 1853 (Buried: Rutherfordton City Cemetery, Rutherfordton, North Carolina) Wife: Eliza Christian Nixon 1829 – 1902 (Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina) Children: Mary Susan Davis Forney 1851 – 1893 (Buried: Rutherfordton City Cemetery, Rutherfordton, North Carolina) Elizabeth “Lillie” Shearman Davis Emerson 1858 – 1895 (Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina) Occupation before War: Attorney in Burke County, North Carolina 1854 – 1856: North Carolina State Senator Member...
Charles Henry Davis Sr. :us34stars: Born: January 16, 1807 Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts Father: Daniel Davis 1762 – 1835 (Buried: Cobb's Hill Cemetery, East and West Barnstable, Massachusetts) Mother: Lois Freeman 1768 – 1820 Wife: Harriette Blake Mills 1818 – 1892 (Buried: Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts) Son – in – law: U.S. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Sr. 1850 – 1924 (Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts) Son – in – law: Historian Brooks Adams 1848 – 1927 (Buried: Mount Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, Massachusetts) Children: Constant Freeman Davis 1843 – 1867 (Buried: Cambridge Cemetery Cambridge, Massachusetts) USN Rear Admiral Charles Henry Davis Jr. 1845 – 1921 (Buried: Cambridge Cemetery...
David Davis :us34stars: Born: March 9, 1815 Birthplace: Cecil County, Maryland Father: Dr. David Davis 1787 – 1814 (Buried: Saint Stephens Episcopal Cemetery, Earleville, Maryland) Mother: Ann Betts 1796 – 1851 (Buried: Harmony Cemetery, Otsego, New York) Wife: Sarah Woodruff Walker 1814 – 1879 (Buried: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois) Married: October 30, 1838 in Lenox, Massachusetts Children: George Perrin Davis 1842 – 1917 (Buried: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery Bloomington Illinois) Mercer Davis 1845 – 1846 (Buried: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois) Lucy Adam Davis 1850 – 1850 (Buried: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois) Sarah Worthington Davis Lillard 1852 – 1934...
Edmund Jackson Davis :us34stars: Born: October 2, 1827 Birthplace: St. Augustine, Florida Father: William G. Davis – 1853 (Buried: Trinity Episcopal Cemetery, Galveston, Texas) Mother: Mary Ann Channer – 1885 (Buried: Trinity Episcopal Cemetery, Galveston, Texas) Wife: Anne Elisabeth Britton 1838 – 1925 (Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Children: Lt. Britton Davis 1860 – 1930 Judge Waters S. Davis 1862 – 1935 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery El Paso Texas) Occupation before War: 1849 – 1853: Corpus Christi Deputy Collector of Customs District Attorney for 12th Judicial Circuit Owner of a ranch in Webb County, Texas Attorney in Laredo, Texas Judge of Texas State, 29th Judicial District Civil War Career: 1861...
Garrett Davis :us34stars: Born: September 10, 1801 Birthplace: Mount Sterling, Kentucky Father: Jeremiah Davis 1768 – 1813 (Buried: Machpelah Cemetery, Mount Sterling, Kentucky) Mother: Susannah Garrett 1772 – 1825 (Buried: Machpelah Cemetery, Mount Sterling, Kentucky) 1st Wife: Rebecca Trimble 1809 – 1844 (Buried: Paris Cemetery, Paris, Kentucky) 2nd Wife: Eliza Jane Morrow 1804 – 1868 (Buried: Paris Cemetery, Paris, Kentucky) Children: Rebecca Trimble Davis Henry (Buried: Paris Cemetery, Paris, Kentucky) Robert Trimble Davis 1829 – 1875 (Buried: Paris Cemetery, Paris, Kentucky) Caroline Scott Davis Magowan 1831 – 1874 (Buried: Paris Cemetery, Paris, Kentucky) Garrett Morrow Davis 1851 – 1937 (Buried: Paris Cemetery...
George Davis Confederate States Attorney General :CSA1stNat: Born: March 1, 1820 Birthplace: Wilmington, North Carolina Father: Thomas Frederick Davis 1778 – 1846 (Buried: Davis Cemetery, New Hanover, North Carolina) Mother: Sarah Isabella Eagles 1784 – 1829 1st Wife: Mary Adelaide Polk Davis 1820 – 1863 (Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina) 2nd Wife: Monimia Fairfax Davis 1837 – 1889 (Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina) Children: Junius Davis 1845 – 1916 (Buried: Oakdale Cemetery Wilmington North Carolina) Mary Adelaide Davis 1848 – 1867 (Buried: Oakdale Cemetery Wilmington North Carolina) Louis J. Poisson Davis 1853 – 1889 (Buried: Oakdale Cemetery Wilmington North Carolina) Isabelle...
Henry Winter Davis :us34stars: Born: August 16, 1817 Birthplace: Annapolis, Maryland Father: Rev. Henry L. Davis 1774 – 1836 (Buried: Saint Paul’s Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia) Mother: Jane B. Winter 1776 – 1838 (Buried: Saint Paul’s Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia) 1st Wife: Constance C. Gardner 1820 – 1849 2nd Wife: Nancy Morris 1825 – 1886 Children: Ann Hollingsworth Davis Kidder 1857 – 1886 Lydia Morris Davis 1859 – 1859 Mary Winter Davis 1863 – 1931 (Buried: Kaiser Wilhelm, Berlin, Germany) Political Party: Whig Party, Know Nothing Party, Republican Party, Unconditional Unionist Party Education: 1826 – 1827: Attended Wilmington College Attended St. John’s College Attended Hampden – Sydney College 1837...
Dr. Hugh Wythe Davis :CSA1stNat: Born: September 30, 1840 Birthplace: Richmond Virginia Father: John F. Davis Mother: Delight Thomas Wife: Mary Elizabeth Apperson 1844 – 1900 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery Richmond Virginia) Children: Dr. Wray Wythe Davis 1866 – 1940 (Buried: Emmanuel Episcopal Church Cemetery Brook Hill Virginia) Eva Thomas Davis Moore 1868 – 1927 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery Richmond Virginia) John Apperson Davis 1871 – 1967 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery Richmond Virginia) Bessie Christian Davis Bragg 1873 – 1963 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery Richmond Virginia) Hugh F. Davis 1878 – 1901 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery Richmond Virginia) Susie Davis Bland 1881 – 1957 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery Richmond Virginia)...
James Lucius Davis Sr. :CSA1stNat: Born: January 25, 1813 Birthplace: Clarke County, Virginia Father: James Davis 1783 - Mother: Sally Jekyll Jones 1787 - Wife: Frances A. T. Berkeley Wife: Elizabeth Harriet Peck 1814 - Children: Reginald Channing Davis (Buried: First Street Cemetery, Waco, Texas) Private James Lucius Davis Jr. 1842 – 1864 (Buried: Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Brook Hill, Virginia) Private Llewellyen C. Davis 1843 – Unknown (Buried: Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Brook Hill, Virginia) Captain Mervyn Bathurst Davis 1844 – 1912 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas) Education: 1833: Graduated from West Point Military Academy - (16th in class) Occupation before War: 1833 – 1836: Served in the United States...
Jefferson Columbus Davis :us34stars: Born: March 2, 1828 Birthplace: Clark County, Indiana Father: William Davis Jr. 1800 – 1879 (Buried: Silver Creek Cemetery, Sellersburg, Indiana) Mother: Mary Drummond 1801 – 1881 (Buried: Silver Creek Cemetery, Sellersburg, Indiana) Wife: Marietta Woodson Athon 1838 – 1917 (Buried: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana) Occupation before War: 1846: Enlisted as a soldier in the United States Army 1846 – 1848: Sergeant in the United States Army Served in the Mexican – American War 1848 – 1852: 2nd Lt. United States Army 1st Artillery 1852 – 1861: 1st Lt. United States Army 1st Artillery 1858 – 1861: Served at Fort Moultrie South Carolina Civil War Career: 1861: Officer in the...
Jefferson Finis Davis President of the Confederate States of America :CSA1stNat: Born: June 3, 1808 Birthplace: Christian County, Kentucky Father: Samuel Emory Davis 1756 – 1824 (Buried: Beauvoir Confederate Cemetery, Biloxi, Mississippi) Mother: Jane Cook 1759 – 1845 (Buried: Davis Family Cemetery, Woodville, Mississippi) 1st Wife: Sarah Knox Taylor 1814 – 1835 (Married: September 15, 1835) (Buried: Locust Grove Cemetery, Saint Francisville, Louisiana) 2nd Wife: Varina Banks Howell 1826 – 1906 (Married: February 26, 1845) (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Children: Isaac Cook Davis 1845 – 1863 Samuel Emory Davis 1852 – 1854 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Margaret Howell Davis Hayes 1855 –...
John Davis :us34stars: .SERVICE NOTES Service/Branch: United States Navy Unit: U.S.S. Valley City Rank: Quarter Gunner MEDAL OF HONOR DETAILS Location of Action: Elizabeth City, North Carolina Date of Action: February 10, 1862 Date Award Issued: April 3, 1863 Accredited to: New Jersey. G.O. No.: 11 Citation: Served on board the U.S.S. Valley City during action against rebel fort batteries and ships off Elizabeth City, N.C., on February 10, 1862. When a shell from the shore penetrated the side and passed through the magazine, exploding outside the screen on the berth deck, several powder division protecting bulkheads were torn to pieces and the forward part of the berth deck set on fire. Showing great presence of mind, Davis...
Joseph Robert Davis Born: January 12, 1825 Birthplace: Woodville, Mississippi Father: Isaac Williams Davis 1792 – 1834 (Buried: Mount Bluff Cemetery, Flora, Mississippi) Mother: Susan Gartley 1794 – 1874 (Buried: Mount Bluff Cemetery, Flora, Mississippi) Wife: Margaret Green 1847 – 1939 (Buried: Biloxi City Cemetery, Biloxi, Mississippi) Children: Jefferson Davis 1883 – 1884 (Buried: Biloxi City Cemetery, Biloxi, Mississippi) Edith Cary Davis L'Hote 1886 – 1951 (Buried: Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana) Varina Jefferson Davis Marret 1887 – 1945 (Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky) Education: Miami University Occupation before War: Attorney in Madison County, Mississippi Mississippi State Senator...
Nicholas Davis Jr. :CSA1stNat: Born: January 14, 1825 Birthplace: Athens, Alabama Father: Colonel Nicholas Davis Sr. 1781 – 1856 (Buried: Davis Cemetery, Capshaw, Alabama) Mother: Martha Hargrave 1791 – 1853 (Buried: Davis Cemetery, Capshaw, Alabama) Wife: Sophia Lowe 1829 – 1896 (Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama) Children: Lowe Davis 1861 – 1882 (Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery Huntsville Alabama) William “Willie” Davis 1863 – 1880 Nicholas Clint Davis 1866 – 1913 Sophia Lowe Davis 1869 – 1949 Political Party: Democrat Party Education: Attended University of Virginia Occupation before War: Served in the Mexican War as Lt. in U.S. Army, 13th Infantry Regt. Attorney in Athens, Alabama 1851: Alabama State...
Reuben Davis :CSA1stNat: Born: January 18, 1813 Birthplace: Winchester, Tennessee Father: Rev. John Gardner Davis 1763 – 1831 Mother: Mary Polly Easton 1767 – 1822 1st Wife: Mary Theodosia Halbert 1812 – 1865 (Buried: Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery, Aberdeen, Mississippi) 2nd Wife: Sarah Virginia “Sallie” Garber 1837 – 1916 (Buried: Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery, Aberdeen, Mississippi) Children: Reuben Davis Jr. 1872 – 1942 (Buried: Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery, Aberdeen, Mississippi) Political Party: Democratic Party Occupation before War: Attorney in Athens, and Aberdeen, Mississippi 1835 – 1839: Prosecuting Attorney, Sixth Judicial District of Mississippi 1838: Unsuccessful Candidate for United States Congressman 1842: Judge of...
Thomas Treadwell Davis :us34stars: Born: August 22, 1810 Birthplace: Middlebury, Vermont Father: Rev. Henry Davis 1771 – 1852 Mother: Hannah Phoenix Treadwell 1771 – 1856 Wife: Sarah Mathilda Henry 1825 – 1918 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, New York) Children: Alexander Henry Davis 1842 – 1918 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, New York) Anna Eudora Davis Dickmore 1846 – 1878 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, New York) Political Party: Republican Party and Unionist Party Education: 1831: Graduated from Hamilton College Occupation before War: 1833 – 1863: Attorney in Syracuse, New York Held business interests in Railroading and Coal Mining Civil War Career: 1833 – 1863: Attorney in Syracuse, New York 1863 –...
Varina Anne Banks Howell Davis First Lady of the Confederate States From A to Z - Women :CSA1stNat: Born: May 7, 1826 Birthplace: Natchez, Mississippi Father: William Burr Howell 1795 – 1863 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama) Mother: Margaret Louisa Kemp 1806 – 1867 (Buried: Cimtiere Mont – Royal Outremont, Canada) Husband: President Jefferson Finis Davis 1808 – 1889 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Married: February 26, 1845 in Natchez, Mississippi Children: Samuel Emory Davis 1852 – 1854 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Margaret Howell Davis Hayes 1855 – 1909 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Jefferson Finis Davis Jr. 1857 – 1878 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery...
William George Mackey Davis Born: May 9, 1812 Birth Place: Portsmouth, Virginia Father: Sailing Master George Davis 1785 – 1817 (Buried: Ott Farm Cemetery, Remington, Virginia) Mother: Margaret Mackey Davis 1791 – 1880 (Buried: Ott Farm Cemetery, Remington, Virginia) Wife: Mary Elizabeth Mills Davis 1818 – 1887 (Buried: Ott Farm Cemetery, Remington, Virginia) Children: Charles E. Mills Davis 1844 – 1900 (Buried: Ott Farm Cemetery, Remington, Virginia) Bernard M. Davis 1847 – 1880 (Buried: Greene – Miller Cemetery, Dungeness, Georgia) William George Mackey Davis Jr. 1856 – 1926 (Buried: Old City Cemetery, Tallahassee, Florida) Occupation: Attorney and Cotton Speculator in Apalachicola, Florida Civil War Career: 1861: Donated...
William Morris Davis :us34stars: Born: August 16, 1815 Birthplace: Keene Valley, New York Father: Evan Davis 1783 – 1830 Mother: Rachel Hill – 1867 Wife: Elizabeth MacEwen 1817 – 1904 (Buried: Fair Hill Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Children: Helen Morris Davis 1855 – 1909 (Buried: Fair Hill Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Political Party: Republican Party Occupation before War: Sugar Refiner in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Civil War Career: 1861 – 1863: United States Congressman from Pennsylvania 1861 – 1863: Member of House District of Columbia Committee 1861 – 1863: Member of House Revolutionary Claims Committee Occupation after War: 1874: Author of Nimrod of the Sea, or The American Whaleman...
Zimmerman Davis :CSA1stNat: Born: October 8, 1834 Birthplace: Fairfield County, South Carolina Father: William Kincaid Davis 1809 – 1871 Mother: Sarah Margaret Zimmerman 1815 – 1857 Wife: Cornelia Jeannette McIver 1838 – 1912 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina) Children: Sarah Margaret Davis 1858 – 1863 (Buried: Welsh Neck Baptist Church, Society Hill, South Carolina) John K. McIver Davis 1863 – 1863 (Buried: Welsh Neck Baptist Church, Society Hill, South Carolina) Cornelia McIver “Nela” Davis Jackson 1870 – 1932 (Buried: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Front Royal, Virginia) Helen Kincaid Davis 1871 – 1926 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina) Zimmerman Davis Jr. 1875 – 1938 (Buried: Magnolia...
Henry Laurens Dawes Sr. :us34stars: Born: October 30, 1816 Birthplace: Cummington, Massachusetts Father: Mitchell Dawes 1772 – 1853 (Buried: Dawes Cemetery, Cummington, Massachusetts) Mother: Mercy Burgess 1780 – 1869 (Buried: Dawes Cemetery, Cummington, Massachusetts) Wife: Electa Sanderson 1822 – 1901 (Buried: Pittsfield Cemetery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts) Children: Anna Laurens Dawes 1851 – 1938 (Buried: Pittsfield Cemetery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts) Chester Mitchell Dawes 1855 – 1917 (Buried: Pittsfield Cemetery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts) Henry Laurens Dawes Jr. 1863 – 1928 (Cremated) Political Party: Whig Party and Republican Party Education: 1839: Graduated from Yale College Occupation before War: Teacher Editor...
Rufus Dawes :us34stars: Born: July 4, 1838 Birthplace: Malta, Ohio Father: Henry Dawes 1804 – 1867 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Lindina, Wisconsin) Mother: Sarah Cutler 1809 – 1896 (Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio) Wife: Mary Beman Gates 1842 – 1921 (Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio) Children: U.S. Vice President Charles Gates Dawes 1865 – 1951 (Buried: Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Illinois) Rufus Cutler Dawes 1867 – 1940 (Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio) U.S. Congressman Beman Gates Dawes 1870 – 1953 (Buried: Dawes Arboretum and Cemetery, Newark, Ohio) Mary Frances Dawes Beach 1872 – 1956 (Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio) Henry May Dawes 1877 – 1952 (Buried: Rosehill...
James Baird Dawkins :CSA1stNat: Born: November 14, 1820 Birthplace: Hancocksville, Union District, South Carolina Father: Major Elijah Dawkins 1779 – 1834 Mother: Nancy Nuckolls 1776 – 1861 Wife: Carrie Taylor 1835 – 1898 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, Florida) Political Party: Democratic Party Education: 1840: Graduated from University of South Carolina Occupation before War: Builder of a log house in Gainesville, Florida Attorney in Gainesville, Florida Owner of a small plantation in Gainesville, Florida 1856 – 1861: Solicitor for Suwanee Judicial Circuit 1860: Elected as U.S. Congressman but never took office. Civil War Career: 1861: Alachua County Delegate, Florida State Secession Convention Member of...

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