David Jeremy Davis

Brief Life History of David Jeremy

When David Jeremy Davis was born on 28 August 1867, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, David Lazarus Davis, was 26 and his mother, Esther Jeremy, was 21. He married Laura Agnes Matheson on 2 January 1889, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910. He died on 29 August 1911, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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David Jeremy Davis
1867–1911
Laura Agnes Matheson
1870–1943
Marriage: 2 January 1889
Dewey Jeremy Matheson Davis
1892–1964

Sources (22)

  • David J. Davis in household of David S. Davis, "United States Census, 1900"
  • David Jeremy Davis, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • David J Davis, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"

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1868 · Impeach the President!

Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.

1868 · The Fourteenth Amendment

As one of the Reconstruction Amendments, the Fourteenth Amendment addresses the rights and protections that all citizens of the United States have. The amendment also limits actions of state and local officials in all states.

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.

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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