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James Henry Davis 1815 – 1883 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 Oct 1815

Birth Location: Garrad County, Kentucky, USA

Death Date: 22 Jun 1883

Death Location: Cairo, Henderson, Kentucky, USA

Father: Levi DAVIS

Mother: Lydia Kearns

Spouse(s): Nancy Horton

Children(s): Martha Watson, Mary Davis, James Davis, John Davis, Alexander Davis

According to available records, James Henry Davis was born in 1815 in Garrad County, Kentucky, USA, the child of Levi DAVIS and Lydia Kearns. Following those early years, James Henry Davis married Nancy Horton, and their family grew to include Martha Ann Watson, Mary Ellen Davis, James M Davis, John William Davis and Alexander White Davis. In the later years of life, James Henry Davis died in 1883 in Cairo, Henderson, Kentucky, USA.

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Parents

Levi DAVIS
1753 – 1836
Birth Location: St. Johns, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
LD
Lydia Kearns
1756 – 1831
Birth Location: Bietigheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
LK

Spouses(s)

Nancy Horton
1816 – 1886
Birth Location: Virginia, USA
NH

Children(s)

Martha Watson
1837 – 1923
Birth Location: Daviess County, Kentucky, United States of America
MW
Mary Davis
1844 – 1917
Birth Location: Kentucky, United States of America
MD
James Davis
1847 –
Birth Location: Kentucky
JD
John Davis
1847 – 1921
Birth Location: Oldham County, Kentucky, United States of America
JD
Alexander Davis
1858 – 1931
Birth Location: Kentucky, United States of America
AD

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 10 Oct 1815
    Event Place: Garrad County, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1965, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives; Frankfort, Kentucky

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 16 Dec 1835
    Event Place: Garrard County, Kentucky, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1880
    Event Place: Cairo, Henderson, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: Abt 1883
    Event Place: Henderson, Kentucky
    Record Source: Kentucky, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Wills; Author: Kentucky. County Court (Henderson County); Probate Place: Henderson, Kentucky

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 22 Jun 1883
    Event Place: Cairo, Henderson, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Kentucky, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Wills; Author: Kentucky. County Court (Henderson County); Probate Place: Henderson, Kentucky

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Cairo, Henderson County, Kentucky, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

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