Brief Life History of John Meeks
When John Meeks Davis was born on 9 September 1825, in Luce Township, Spencer, Indiana, United States, his father, James Davis, was 32 and his mother, Margaret Elsie Meeks, was 21. He married Elizabeth J Abshire on 20 August 1846, in Spencer, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Provo, Utah, Utah, United States in 1860. He died on 16 February 1896, in Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Vernal Memorial Park, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States.
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- John Davis, "United States Census, 1850"
- John Davis, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- John Davis, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
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1827
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1845 · Oh My Father
"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."
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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WILLIAM LUCE DAVIS AND AMERICA JANE OVERLIN
William Luce Davis Sr.was born May 4, 1822 in Luce Township, Spencer, Indiana to James Davis and Margaret Meeks. He married America Jane Overlin who was born February 11, 1824 in Indiana. William died …
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