Brief Life History of Charles Wilburn
When Charles Wilburn Davis was born on 23 August 1878, in Bristol, Ellis, Texas, United States, his father, Benjamin D Davis, was 28 and his mother, Mary Ann Elizabeth "Bettie" Gober, was 23. He married Clara Minerva Fisher on 24 December 1902, in Ellis, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Justice Precinct 3, Ellis, Texas, United States in 1940 and United States in 1949. He died on 14 April 1952, in Ennis, Ellis, Texas, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Myrtle Cemetery, Ennis, Ellis, Texas, United States.
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- Chas W Davis, "United States Census, 1920"
- C W Davis, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
- Charles Wilburn Davis, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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World Events (8)
1881 · Construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway
Grenville M. Dodge oversaw the construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway. Work began at Hodge Junction, and eventually extended to the New Mexico border by 1888. Service began on April 1, 1888, with trains travelling between Fort Worth and Denver.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
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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