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Marriage: Children:
  1. Aaron Davis: Birth: OCT 1852 in Randolph County, Indiana. Death: 12 FEB 1918

  2. Dianah W. Davis: Birth: 1854 in Randolph County, Indiana.

  3. Infant Davis: Birth: 1856 in Randolph County, Indiana. Death: 1856 in Randolph County, Indiana


Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Ellenor A. Davis: Birth: 1858 in Randolph County, Indiana.

  2. William Ira Davis: Birth: MAY 1863 in Bourbon County, Kansas. Death: 1950 in Saratoga, Randolph County, Indiana

  3. Frederick E. Davis: Birth: 26 JUN 1868 in Bourbon County, Kansas. Death: in MARION COUNTY, INDIANA

  4. Lawrence D. Davis: Birth: DEC 1873 in Bourbon County, Kansas. Death: 12 MAY 1968 in DAYTON, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, OHIO


Sources
1. Title:   BrandonCarr.FTW
2. Source:   Footnote: Monty Peden

Notes
a. Note:   H107
Note:   Title: Marriage Records 1852-1858 Record Location: Randolph County, Indiana Copied by Alice Lake Ketron Winchester, Indiana Spouse 1: Ira Davis Spouse 2: Fanny M. Bayson Marriage Date: 21 Jan 1858 County: Randolph Original Source Page: 16 Name: John Head
  Name: Ira Davis Spouse Name: Polly Ann Downing Marriage Date: 18 Nov 1850 Marriage County: Henry Performed By: Davis, Ira Comment: Davis, Ira married Downing, Polly Ann on 18 Nov 1850 in Henry County, Indiana Source Title 1: Davis, Ira married Downing, Polly Ann on 18 Nov 1850 in Henry County, Indiana Source Title 2: Indiana Henry County
  Name: Ira Davis Spouse Name: Polly Ann Downing Marriage Date: 18 Nov 1850 Marriage County: Henry Book: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT OS Page: 0874489 item 2
  1880 Census shows Ira back in Randolph County, Indiana
  Ira DAVIES Self M Male W 54 OH Farm Laborer NY VT Fannie M. DAVIES Wife M Female W 46 OH Keeping House PA PA William DAVIES Son S Male W 17 IN Blacksmith OH OH Frederick DAVIES Son S Male W 17 IN At School OH OH Lawrance DAVIES Son S Male W 6 IN OH OH
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source Information: Census Place Saratoga, Randolph, Indiana Family History Library Film 1254306 NA Film Number T9-0306 Page Number 27A
  He served in the battle of Chicamunga on the Union Side and found to be awal but wasnt, he was captured.
  Name: Ira Davis , Residence: Winchester, Indiana Enlistment Date: 08 August 1862 Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Side Served: Union State Served: Indiana Unit Numbers: 640 640 Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 08 August 1862 Enlisted in Company H, 84th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 08 August 1862. Mustered out Company H, 84th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 14 June 1865 in Nashville, TN
  Name: Ira Davis , Residence: Randolph County, Indiana Enlistment Date: 29 July 1861 Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Side Served: Union State Served: Indiana Unit Numbers: 569 Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 29 July 1861 Enlisted in Company C, 19th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 29 July 1861.
  Regiment: 19th Infantry Regiment IN Date Mustered: 28 July 1864 Regiment Type: Infantry Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 5 Officers Died of Disease or Accident: 194 Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded: 1 Regimental Soldiers and History: List of Soldiers
  Regimental History Nineteenth Infantry INDIANA (3 years)
  Nineteenth Infantry. Cols., Solomon Meredith, Samuel J. Williams John M. Lindley, Lieut.-Cols., Robert A. Cameron, Alois O. Bachman, Samuel J. Williams, William W. Dudley, John M. Lindley; Majs., Alois O. Bachman, Isaac M. May, William W. Dudley, John M. Lindley, William Orr.
  This regiment was organized and mustered in at Indianapolis July 29, 1861. On Aug. 9 it joined the Army of the Potomac at Washington.
  Its first engagement was at Lewinsville, Va., Sept. 11, where it lost 3 men killed and wounded and 3 missing. It next fought at Falls Church, after which it went into quarters at Fort Craig, near Washington.
  On March 10, 1862, it was attached to McDowell's (1st) corps, with which it moved towards Fredericksburg and then toward the Shenandoah Valley. It remained at Warrenton until Aug. 5, when it made a reconnaissance towards Spottsylvania Court House. It then joined Gen. Pope's army, fought at Cedar Mountain, Gainesville and the second Bull Run. At Gainesville it lost 187 in killed and wounded and 33 missing.
  After the second battle of Bull Run it was stationed for a time at Washington, then moved to Frederick City, Md., and when Lee began his invasion of Maryland moved with Hooker's corps in pursuit. At South mountain the regiment lost 40 in killed and wounded and 7 missing, and at Antietam went into action with 200 officers and men of whom but 37 returned from the field.
  Col. Meredith was made a brigadier-general on Oct. 6, and Lieut.-Col. Williams became colonel. At Fredericksburg the regiment was in the 4th brigade, 1st division, 1st corps, but was only slightly engaged. It then went into winter quarters until the beginning of Gen. Hooker's Chancellorsville campaign, when it was in an engagement at Fitzhugh's crossing of the Rappahannock where it lost 4 men killed and wounded.
  It was in position at Chancellorsville, but was not called into action. It was then attached to the 1st brigade, 1st division, 1st corps, which was the first of the infantry to engage the enemy at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863. The regiment aided in the capture of Archer's Confederate brigade, but lost 210 men out of 288 that went into battle on that first day. During the other two days of the fight it occupied a position on Cemetery hill, but was not seriously engaged.
  It then took part in the Mine Run campaign and passed the winter near Culpeper, where a portion of the regiment reenlisted. It broke camp at the beginning of the Wilderness campaign; was engaged at the Wilderness, Laurel Hill, about Spottsylvania, at the North Anna River and Cold Harbor; and was then constantly on duty in the trenches before Petersburg until the end of the siege.
  Its losses from May 4 to July 30, 1864, were 36 killed, 168 wounded and 16 missing. The non-veterans were mustered out at Indianapolis early in Aug., 1864, and the veterans and recruits as part of the "Iron brigade" took part in the expedition against the Weldon railroad. On Oct. 18, 1864, the regiment was consolidated with the 20th Ind., Col. Orr of the 19th becoming colonel of the new organization, and served thus until mustered out at Louisville, Ky., July 12, 1865.
  Source: The Union Army, vol. 3
  Battles Fought
  Fought on 11 September 1861 at Lewinsville, VA. Fought on 15 June 1862 at White River, AR. Fought on 28 August 1862 at Gainesville, VA. Fought on 30 August 1862 at Manassas, VA. Fought on 07 September 1862 at Gainesville, VA. Fought on 14 September 1862 at South Mountain, MD. Fought on 17 September 1862 at Antietam, MD. Fought on 13 December 1862 at Fredericksburg, VA. Fought on 29 April 1863 at Fitzhugh Crossing, VA. Fought on 03 May 1863 at Chancellorsville, VA. Fought on 01 July 1863 at Gettysburg, PA. Fought on 05 May 1864 at Wilderness, VA. Fought on 06 May 1864 at Wilderness, VA. Fought on 08 May 1864 at Wilderness, VA. Fought on 09 May 1864 at Laurel Hill, VA. Fought on 10 May 1864 at Laurel Hill, VA. Fought on 12 May 1864 at Spotsylvania Court House, VA. Fought on 21 May 1864. Fought on 23 May 1864. Fought on 24 May 1864 at North Anna River, VA. Fought on 25 May 1864 at North Anna River, VA. Fought on 27 May 1864. Fought on 01 June 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA. Fought on 03 June 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA. Fought on 05 June 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA. Fought on 18 June 1864 at Petersburg, VA. Fought on 19 June 1864 at Petersburg, VA. Fought on 30 June 1864 at Petersburg, VA. Fought on 30 July 1864 at Petersburg, VA. Fought on 05 August 1864 at Petersburg, VA. Fought on 14 August 1864 at Petersburg, VA. Fought on 16 August 1864 at Petersburg, VA. Fought on 07 September 1864 at Petersburg, VA. Fought on 17 October 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
  Regiment: 84th Infantry Regiment IN Date Mustered: 14 June 1865 Regiment Type: Infantry Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 5 Officers Died of Disease or Accident: 82 Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded: 2 Regimental Soldiers and History: List of Soldiers
  Regimental History Eighty-fourth Infantry INDIANA (3-YEARS)
  Eighty-fourth Infantry. -- Cols.,Nelson Trusler, Andrew J. Neff Martin B. Miller; Lieut.-Cols., Samuel Orr, Andrew J. Neff, William A Boyd, John C. Taylor, Martin B. Miller, George N. Carter; Majs., Andrew J. Neff, William A. Boyd, William Burres, John C. Taylor, Martin B. Miller, George N. Carter, Robert M. Grubbs.
  This regiment was organized at Richmond and was mustered in Sept. 3, 1862. It left the state on the 8th for Covington, Ky., where it was assigned to the defenses against the threatened invasion of Kirby Smith's forces.
  On Oct. 1 it moved by rail for Point Pleasant, W. Va., and moved from there on the 13th for Guyandotte where it remained until Nov. 14. It was then in the vicinity of Cassville and Catlettsburg, Ky., until Feb. 7, 1863, when it left Catlettsburg for Louisville, which place was reached on the 17th and the regiment was assigned to the 2nd brigade, 3d division, Army of Kentucky.
  It was first ordered to Nashville, then to Franklin, where it remained until June 3, being engaged in several skirmishes. It marched for Triune and was assigned to the 1st brigade, 1st division, reserve corps, Gen. Granger commanding.
  It was in the fight at Triune and pursuit of Bragg, the regiment marching to Middleton, Shelbyville and Wartrace, remaining there until Aug. 12. It moved to Estill Springs on the 20th thence to Tullahoma, Stevenson, Bridgeport and Chattanooga, arriving at the latter place Sept. 13.
  It participated in the battle of Chickamauga, where its division held the extreme left, on the first day, repeatedly repulsing desperate assaults, and on the next day materially aided Gen. Thomas in saving his army from the massed assault of the enemy, losing in the two days 125 in killed, wounded and missing.
  The regiment moved to Lookout Mountain, thence to Moccasin point, and on Nov. 1, to Shell Mound, where it remained until Jan. 26, 1864. It was then assigned to the 2nd brigade, 1st division, 4th army corps, and moved towards Georgia via Cleveland, being engaged at Buzzard Roost.
  It returned to Cleveland and remained there until May 3, when it moved with the army for Atlanta. It was engaged at Tunnel Hill, Rocky Face Ridge, Dalton, Resaca, Kingston, Pumpkin Vine Creek, Pine Mountain, Kennesaw Mountain, Kolb's farm and Peachtree Creek.
  It participated in the operations about Atlanta and in the battles of Jonesboro and Lovejoy's Station, afterward being transferred to the 2nd brigade, 3rd division, and left Atlanta on Oct. 3, for Chattanooga, moving thence to Athens, Ala., and thence to Pulaski, Tenn., Columbia and Franklin, being present at the battle at the latter place on Nov. 30.
  It moved to Nashville, and in the battle there participated in a charge on the enemy's skirmish line, and later in a charge upon the main works of the enemy, carrying his position and driving him from the field. It moved in pursuit as far as Huntsville, Ala., and remained there until March 13, when it was ordered to eastern Tennessee, operating about Knoxville, Strawberry plains and Bull's Gap, until it moved to Nashville on Apr. 18.
  It was mustered out June 14, 1865, when the recruits were transferred to the 57th Ind. with which they served until its muster out in November.
  The original strength of the regiment was 949; gain by recruits, 78; total, 1,027. Loss by death, 207; desertion, 53; unaccounted for, 9.
  Source: Union Army, vol. 3, p. 163
  Battles Fought
  Fought at Chattanooga, TN. Fought on 19 September 1863 at Chickamauga, GA. Fought on 20 September 1863 at Chickamauga, GA. Fought on 24 September 1863 at Lookout Mountain, TN. Fought on 02 October 1863 at Lookout Mountain, TN. Fought on 15 October 1863 at Chattanooga, TN. Fought on 25 February 1864 at Buzzard's Roost, GA. Fought on 09 May 1864 at Tunnel Hill, GA. Fought on 31 May 1864 at Dallas, GA. Fought on 18 June 1864 at Pine Mountain, GA. Fought on 23 June 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA. Fought on 24 June 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA. Fought on 14 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA. Fought on 02 September 1864 at Lovejoy Station, GA. Fought on 12 December 1864 at Nashville, TN. Fought on 16 December 1864 at Nashville, TN. Fought on 13 March 1865. Fought on 09 April 1865.



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