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David A. Davis (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1837? d. 1901-12-22

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Elizabeth Terhune Davis in Mercer County, Kentucky on November 30, 1857. Father of Marinda Ellen Davis, Wesley C. Davis, Amulus Davis, William Thomas Davis, and Beverly Davis. Farmer in Mercer County, Kentucky in 1860. Served in the 1st Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.) as private and quartermaster sergeant from February 28, 1862 to December 31,1864.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, p. 789.

Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States(1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Bergin, p. 89B.

Find A Grave, "David A. Davis (c1827-Dec 22, 1901)," Memorial #59240111, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59240111 (accessed April 23, 2020).

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mercer County Marriages, Film #000191863, p. 701 of microfilm.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 003.

Kentucky Advocate(Danville, Ky.), December 27, 1901, p. 4.

Citation

Davis, David A.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199429 (November 12, 2026).

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