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Alexander Davis

Birth: 5 Jan 1822
Lawrence County, Mississippi, USA
Death: 30 Dec 1895 (aged 73)
Lincoln County, Mississippi, USA
Burial: Little Bahala Baptist Church Cemetery

Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 14118750 View Source

Born to Henry Allen Davis (1791–1862) & Jane Ray Davis (1788–1857), both of South Carolina, who married about 1807.

Alexander married Sarah Rebecca Moore (1834–1894) on Dec. 23, 1850, in Lawrence County, MS. The family was living there in 1860.

Twelve children:
• James Henry Davis (1851–1891)
• Sarah Jane Davis Breeden (1853–after 1916; obituary please?)
• William "Commodore" Davis (1855–1926)
• John Allison Quitman Davis (1856–1930)
• Anderson Marion Davis (1858–1925)
• Isaac Delton Davis (1860–1935)
• George A. Davis (7/1863-after 1900 in Iberville Parish, LA; m. Sarah Alice Parnell)
• Joseph Benson Davis (1867–1941)
• Anna Elisa Davis Bessonette (1869–1953)
• Henderson Monroe Davis (1872–1958)
• Jasper Lee Davis (1874–1901)
• Elisha B Davis (1877–1939)

Born to Henry Allen Davis (1791–1862) & Jane Ray Davis (1788–1857), both of South Carolina, who married about 1807.

Alexander married Sarah Rebecca Moore (1834–1894) on Dec. 23, 1850, in Lawrence County, MS. The family was living there in 1860.

Twelve children:
• James Henry Davis (1851–1891)
• Sarah Jane Davis Breeden (1853–after 1916; obituary please?)
• William "Commodore" Davis (1855–1926)
• John Allison Quitman Davis (1856–1930)
• Anderson Marion Davis (1858–1925)
• Isaac Delton Davis (1860–1935)
• George A. Davis (7/1863-after 1900 in Iberville Parish, LA; m. Sarah Alice Parnell)
• Joseph Benson Davis (1867–1941)
• Anna Elisa Davis Bessonette (1869–1953)
• Henderson Monroe Davis (1872–1958)
• Jasper Lee Davis (1874–1901)
• Elisha B Davis (1877–1939)

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Sarah Rebecca Moore Davis

1834–1894 (m. 1850)

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Maintained by: Dawn Kelley
Originally Created by: Earl Alexander
Added: Apr 29, 2006
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14118750/alexander-davis: accessed ), memorial page for Alexander Davis (5 Jan 1822–30 Dec 1895), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14118750, citing Little Bahala Baptist Church Cemetery, Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by Dawn Kelley (contributor 47319272).

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