Brief Life History of Philetus Gould
When Philetus Gould Davis was born on 29 March 1837, in Chardon, Geauga, Ohio, United States, his father, James DeWaine Davis, was 35 and his mother, Roxana Davis, was 28. He married Lorine Osgood Hardy on 25 December 1862, in Washington, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860. He died on 17 April 1919, in Silver City, Juab, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Eureka Cemetery, Eureka, Juab, Utah, United States.
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- Philetus G Davis in household of Ephraim Green, "United States Census, 1860"
- Philetus Gould Davis, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- Philetus G Davis, "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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