Descendants of Benjamin F. Davis, Sr.

contributed by Bob Davis <bdavis3@att.net>


Benjamin F. Davis, Sr.
Born: 1771 in NC
Married: Abt. 1799 in: North Carolina
Died: 11 Oct 1843 in: Woodburn, Ill
Wife: Cloa aka Clora or Chloe
Born: 1777 in: North Carolina
Died: 1858 in: Macoupin County, Illinois (lived with Benjamin Jr. after husband died)

CHILDREN
David Davis
Born: 1799 in: North Carolina
Died: Aft. 1858 in: Cass County, Missouri
Married: 1823 in: White County, Tennessee
Spouse: Dicy

Isaac Davis
Born: 10 Jul 1803 in: Ashville, North Carolina (?)
Died: 04 Jul 1841 in: Woodburn, Illinois
Married: Abt. 1825 in: Tennessee
Spouse: Rosana Crowell Davis Gore

Cynthia S. Davis
Born: 1804 in NC
Died: Aft. 1860 in White County, TN
Married: Abt.1822 in White County, TN
Spouse: Charles Smith III

William Jefferson Davis
Born: 03 Mar 1806 in: Ashville, Buncombe County, North Carolina
Died: 24 Feb 1865 in: Woodburn, Macoupin County, Illinois
Married: Abt. 1828 in: White County, Tennessee
Spouse: Margaret McPeak

Jane Davis
Born: Abt. 1811 in: North Carolina
Died: 29 Apr 1880 in: Macoupin County, Illinois
Married: Abt. 1828 in: Tennessee
Spouse: Amos B. Culp

Alfred Davis
Born: 07 Sep 1812 in: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Died: 28 Jan 1860 in: Woodburn, Macoupin County, Illinois
Married: Abt. 1832 in: Illinois
Spouse: Ann M.

Lydia Davis
Born: Bef. 1818
Married: Spouse: Deck

Barbara Davis
Born: 12 Mar 1818 in: White County, Tennessee
Died: 12 Mar 1845 in: Woodburn, Macoupin County, Illinois
Married: 21 Apr 1836 in: Woodburn, Illinois
Spouse: David Bush Wood

Samual J. Davis
Born: 1819 in: White County, Tennessee
Died: 1842 in: Madison County, Illinois; Cholera was cause of death.
Married: 04 Oct 1837 in: Madison County, Illinois
Spouse: Zerilda Gore

Benjamin F. Davis, Jr.
Born: 12 Aug 1819 in: Tennessee
Died: 12 Jun 1876 in: Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois
Married: 18 Jul 1841 in: Woodburn, Illinois
Spouse: Eleandor King

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Bio: Information on him and some sons in History of Macoupin Co., Ill, pg 143
    Published by Brink, McDonough & Co. Philadelphia (1879) BUNKER HILL TOWNSHIP
"Jonathan L. Wood came in 1830. In the year 1830, also, Benjamin Davis and his sons, Jefferson, Isaac, Alfred and David Davis made a settlement in the north-west corner of the township. The Davis family was originally from North Carolina, but came to Illinois from Tennessee. James Woods, in 1831, settled the farm in section 30, now owned by his son, David Wood. He was born in Loudon County, Virginia. He had five sons, three of whom, Samuel, David B., and James E. Wood, are now living in the township. A Tennessean, named William McPike, settled in section 30, in 1831, and died there after a residence of a number of years."