Judith Ann Davis

Brief Life History of Judith Ann

When Judith Ann Davis was born on 9 September 1828, in Fauquier, Virginia, United States, her father, Robert Andrew Davis, was 38 and her mother, Augusta Anne Shumate, was 25. She married John Price Owen Sr. on 19 November 1849, in Davidson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in District 8, Grainger, Tennessee, United States in 1880 and Civil District 8, Williamson, Tennessee, United States in 1900. She died in October 1902, in Williamson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 74.

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Family Time Line

John Price Owen Sr.
1828–1901
Judith Ann Davis
1828–1902
Marriage: 19 November 1849
Robert E Owen
1850–
Mandorah W Owen
1853–1916
Mary A Owens
1854–1900
James W. Owen
1857–1923
Sandy G Owen
1859–1932
Augusta Owen
1861–1916
Sarah Elizabeth Owen
1867–1919
John Price Owen Jr.
1869–1923

Sources (15)

  • Julie A Owens in household of John P Owens, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Judith Ann Davis, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Judith Davis, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"

World Events (8)

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.

1835 · The Hermitage is Built

The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.

1861 · The Battle of Manassas

The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run. 

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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