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William Jefferson Davis 1845 – 1905 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 01 May 1845

Birth Location: Marshall County, Kentucky, USA

Death Date: 1 January 1905

Death Location: Wolf Bayou, Cleburne, Arkansas, USA

Father: JOHN DAVIS

Mother: Jane Fagan

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Kinsey

Children(s): Thomas Davis, Ben Davis, Thomas Davis

It was in 1845 that William Jefferson Davis was born in Marshall County, Kentucky, USA, a child of JOHN WILSON DAVIS and Jane Fagan. William Jefferson Davis went on to marry Elizabeth M. Kinsey and had children such as Thomas Napolian Davis, Ben Davis and Thomas Napolian Davis. William Jefferson Davis was deceased by 1905 in Wolf Bayou, Cleburne, Arkansas, USA.

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Parents

JOHN DAVIS
1822 – 1887
Birth Location: Davidson County, North Carolina, USA
JD
Jane Fagan
1820 – 1857
Birth Location: Davidson County, North Carolina, USA
JF

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Kinsey
1847 – 1910
Birth Location: Ripley County, Missouri, USA
EK

Children(s)

Thomas Davis
1874 – 1955
Birth Location: Drasco-Ark
TD
Ben Davis
1889 – 1930
Birth Location: Wolf Bayou, Cleburne County, Arkansas, United States of America
BD
Thomas Davis
1874 – 1955
Birth Location: Drasco-Ark
TD

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 01 May 1845
    Event Place: Marshall County, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Arkansas, U.S., County Marriages Index, 1837-1957, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Arkansas, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Independence, Arkansas
    Record Source: Arkansas, U.S., County Marriages Index, 1837-1957

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1 January 1905
    Event Place: Wolf Bayou, Cleburne, Arkansas, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Drasco, Cleburne County, Arkansas, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019

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