Reuben Davis
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 the High Court of Appeals in Mississippi
Elected Colonel of 2nd Mississippi Volunteers but saw no fighting
1855 – 1857: Mississippi State Representative
1857 – 1861: United States Congressman from Mississippi
1857 – 1859: Member of House Navy Expenditures Committee
1857 – 1859: Missed 548 Votes in the 35th Congress
1857 – 1861: Member of House Post Office and Post Roads Committee
1859 – 1861: Missed 433 Votes in the 36th Congress
1861: Withdrew from U.S. Congress on January 12th
Civil War Career:
1861: Brigadier General in Mississippi State Troops
1862 – 1863: Confederate States Congressman from Mississippi
1862: Member of House Committee on Military Affairs
1862 – 1863: Absent at many voting calls
1862: Tried to abolish the House Military Affairs Committee
1862: Resigned from Military Affairs Committee in Protest
1863: Unsuccessful Candidate for Governor of Mississippi
1863: Resigned as Confederate States Congressman
Occupation after War:
1863 – 1890: Criminal Law Attorney in Aberdeen, Mississippi
During Reconstruction he supported policy to repress former slaves
Died: October 14, 1890
Place of Death: Huntsville, Alabama
Age at time of Death: 77 years old
Burial Place: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Aberdeen, Mississippi
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