Brief Life History of James M.
When James M. Davis was born on 20 April 1855, in Windsor, Morgan, Ohio, United States, his father, Ezekial Joshua Davis, was 27 and his mother, Margaret Franklin Smith, was 19. He lived in Deerfield Township, Ross, Ohio, United States for about 10 years and New Holland, Marion Township, Fayette, Ohio, United States in 1922. He died on 27 July 1922, in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in New Holland, Marion Township, Fayette, Ohio, United States.
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- James M Davis in household of Margaret F Dean, "United States Census, 1870"
- James Davis, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001"
- James M Davis in household of Margaret F Dean, "United States Census, 1880"
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World Events (8)
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
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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