CS Con Davidson, Allen Turner - C.S. Congressman, NC

Allen Turner Davidson​

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)​

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Ella Henrietta Davidson Morrison 1851 – 1939​

(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, North Carolina)​

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Mary Elizabeth Davidson Child 1859 – 1944​

(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, North Carolina)

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Addie Davidson Williamson 1864 – 1940​

(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, North Carolina)​

Occupation before War:

Clerk in his father's general merchandise store​

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Attorney in Murphy, North Carolina for sixteen years​

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Cherokee County, North Carolina County Solicitor​

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President of Miners and Planters Bank in Murphy, North Carolina​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: North Carolina Delegate to Confederate Provisional Congress.​

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1862 – 1864: Confederate States Congressman from North Carolina​

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1862 – 1864: Member of House Post Offices and Post Roads Committee​

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1862 – 1864: Supporter of granting Central government full control over diplomacy, commerce and transportation​

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Supporter of giving the Davis administration early and moderate requests but went on resist further grants of authority.​

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Made few concessions to the emergency matters of army, finance and none for individual liberties were concerned.​

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His moderation did not appease his constituents.​

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1863: Unsuccessful Candidate for reelection to Confederate Congress​

Occupation after War:

1865: Moved from Murphy, North Carolina to Franklin, North Carolina​

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1865 – 1869: Attorney in Franklin, North Carolina​

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1869 – 1885: Attorney in Asheville, North Carolina​

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President of Merchants and Miners Bank in North Carolina​

Died: January 24, 1905

Place of Death: Asheville, North Carolina

Age at time of Death: 85 years old

Burial Place: Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, North Carolina

 

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After his term was up N. C. Gov. Zebulon Vance named Davidson to the Council of State and an agent of the Commissary Department of the State.