Name: vrpeterson -- Milton Reese Davis family

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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Sarah Ann Davis: Birth: 18 Dec 1824 in Indiana.

  2. William Davis: Birth: 18 Dec 1824 in Indiana.

  3. John Davis: Birth: 27 Feb 1827 in Clark County, Indiana. Death: Bef 1880

  4. Milton Reese Davis: Birth: 23 Feb 1829 in Scottsburg, Scott County, Indiana. Death: 27 Oct 1906 in Underwood, Clark County, Indiana

  5. Henderson Davis: Birth: 14 May 1832 in Clark County, Indiana. Death: 15 Nov 1902

  6. Thomas Davis: Birth: 14 Nov 1834 in Clark County, Indiana.

  7. James H. Davis: Birth: 20 May 1837 in Clark County, Indiana.

  8. Silas Davis: Birth: 1 Sep 1839 in Clark County, Indiana. Death: 13 Apr 1870 in Clark County, Indiana

  9. Eliza Jane Davis: Birth: 3 Mar 1842 in Clark County, Indiana.

  10. Elizabeth Ann Davis: Birth: 27 Mar 1845 in Clark County, Indiana.


Sources
1. Title:   Vernon R. Peterson
2. Title:   'The Evening News', Clark County, Indiana
Publication:   30 May 1907
Text:   This is a transcribed article from the "The Evening News", Clark County, Indiana 30th of May 1907.
  YELLOW PAPER IN OLD BIBLE
  Depended Upon By Veteran to Secure Immediate Increase of Pension.
  SAYS HE IS SEVENTY
  James Davis, a veteran of the Fourth-ninth Indiana Volunteers is depending on an old record sewed into a Bible which was printed in 1829 to bringing an increase of pension at once instead of in three years time.
  According to his discharge papers Mr Davis is 67 years of age, his age at enlistment on that document appearing as 25 in the year 1865. The paper in the Bible, however, shows that he was born on May 20, 1837, making him 70 years old a few days ago. Capt. Coward, who is presenting his claim under the new pension law, expects the record will be accepted as proof of age.
  The paper is a double sheet of writing paper sewed into the Bible and is yellow with age, the writing being much faded. It contains the marriage of Henry Davis, father, and his wife, each born in 1804 [and their marriage in 1823] with the names and dates of birth of ten children dated from 1824 to 1845. Mr Davis says the record was written two weeks after the birth of the youngest now Mrs Elizabeth Ann Watson. Two brothers bothers now deceased, Milton and Hendershot, received pensions as old soldiers but besides James Davis only the two sisters, who were the youngest in the family, still survive. The other sister is Mrs Eliza Jane Slayden whose husband fought in the Confederate army.
3. Title:   http://www.familysearch.org v.2.5.0 Search on Henry Davis
Text:   FamilySearch� International Genealogical Index v5.0 North America
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  Husband Henry Davis
 Birth: 1808 , , Virginia
 Christening: 1
 Marriage: Before 1827 , Clark, Indiana
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  Wife Elizabeth
 Birth: 1806 , , South Carolina
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 Marriage: Before 1827 , Clark, Indiana
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  Children
 1. John Davis Male
 Birth: 1828 , Clark, Indiana
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  2. Henry Davis Male
 Birth: 1833 , Clark, Indiana
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  3. James Davis Male
 Birth: 1837 , Clark, Indiana
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  4. Silas Davis Male
 Birth: 1838 , Clark, Indiana
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  5. Jane Davis Female
 Birth: 1840 , Clark, Indiana
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  6. Elizabeth Davis Female
 Birth: 1842 , Clark, Indiana
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4. Title:   Federal Census
Page:   1840 Indiana
5. Title:   Federal Census
Page:   1850 Indiana
6. Title:   Federal Census
Page:   1860 indiana
7. Title:   Military Pension Papers
Page:   James H. Davis
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  Husband Henry Davis
 Birth: 1808 , , Virginia
 Christening: 1
 Marriage: Before 1827 , Clark, Indiana
 Death:
 Burial:
  Wife Elizabeth
 Birth: 1806 , , South Carolina
 Christening:
 Marriage: Before 1827 , Clark, Indiana
 Death:
 Burial:
  Children
 1. John Davis Male
 Birth: 1828 , Clark, Indiana
 Christening:
 Death:
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  2. Henry Davis Male
 Birth: 1833 , Clark, Indiana
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  3. James Davis Male
 Birth: 1837 , Clark, Indiana
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  4. Silas Davis Male
 Birth: 1838 , Clark, Indiana
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  5. Jane Davis Female
 Birth: 1840 , Clark, Indiana
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  6. Elizabeth Davis Female
 Birth: 1842 , Clark, Indiana
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9. Title:   Indiana Marriages 1805-1850

Notes
a. Note:   Family legends held that the the father of Milton Reese Davis was Harry Davis. This is dismissed by the 1907 article concerning James Davis age as relating to his civil war pension.
 There is a Henry Davis born 1804 who is the son of Henry Davis Sr. and Fanny Randall. While the informaiton we have identifed make this our only possible connection, thus far we are unable to either prove or disprove that Henry Davis, the father of Milton Reese Davis, was the son of Henry and Fanny.

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