Champion Thomas Neal “Champ” Davis
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 of North Carolina State House of Commons
Whig/Know Nothing Party Leader in North Carolina
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Captain of Company G, 16th North Carolina Infantry
1862: Colonel of 16th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
1862: Killed in Battle during the Battle of Seven Pines, Virginia
Died: May 31, 1862
Place of Death: Seven Pines Henrico County, Virginia
Age at time of Death: 34 years old
Monument Place: Rutherfordton City Cemetery, Rutherfordton, North Carolina
Monument Place: Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina
Possible Burial Place: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia
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