James Buford Davis

Birth Date

1843

Death Date

1926

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmhand. Kentucky native. Son of Caswell Davis and Mary A. Davis. Married to Laura B. Phelps Davis in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on September 7, 1865. Student in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmhand in Princeton in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 349A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 86.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000546374.
"James Buford 'J B' Davis (1843-1926)," Find A Grave, Memorial #85670157, accessed June 2, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85670157.

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