Brief Life History of George W.
When George W. Davis was born about 1852, in Christian, Kentucky, United States, his father, Earl Washington Davis, was 28 and his mother, Mary Ann Adkins, was 28. He married Lucy A. Clark on 26 November 1873, in Christian, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Morehead, Rowan, Kentucky, United States in 1880 and Magisterial District 1 Morehead, Rowan, Kentucky, United States in 1900. He died on 18 July 1921, in Webster, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Marion, Crittenden, Kentucky, United States.
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Sources (14)
- George W. Davis, "United States Census, 1880"
- Geo. W. Davis, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- George Washington Davis, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1852–1921 Male
1852– Female
Children (1)
1877–1965 Female
Parents and Siblings
1825–1899 Male
1825–1872 Female
Siblings (6)
1844–1844 Male
1849–1907 Male
1850– Female
1852–1921 Male
1855–1864 Male
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World Events (8)
1861
Age 9
1863
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1872 · The First National Park
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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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