Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Davis was born about 1829, in Knox, Tennessee, United States, his father, William Davis, was 42 and his mother, Elizabeth Martha Hunter, was 25. He married Parthenia Elizabeth Hudspeth on 19 December 1865, in Williamson, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Williamson, Illinois, United States for about 10 years. He died on 16 January 1891, in Marion, Williamson, Illinois, United States, at the age of 63.
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- Thomas Davis, "United States Census, 1880"
- Thomas Davis, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"
- Thomas Davis, "Find A Grave Index"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1839
Historical Boundaries: 1839: Franklin, Illinois, United States 1839: Williamson, Illinois, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: patronymic meaning ‘Dafydd's (son)’, equivalent to Welsh ap Dafydd, the Welsh form of David . The spelling Davis is more typical in southwestern England northwards as far as Lancashire, where the frequency of the surname largely reflects Welsh migration, but may sometimes represent a native English surname based on Davy (compare Davies ). Davis (including in the sense 2 below) is the eighth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans.
Irish and Scottish: adopted for Gaelic Mac Daibhéid ‘son of David’; see McDevitt . Compare Davies .
History: John Davis or Davys (c. 1550–1605) was an English navigator who searched for the Northwest Passage. — By the 18th century there were numerous persons named Davis in America, including the jurist John Davis, born in 1761 in Plymouth, MA, and Henry Davis, a clergyman and college president, who was born in 1771 in East Hampton, NY. — Jefferson Davis, born in 1808 in KY, was president of the Confederate States of America from 1861 to 1865.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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