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Cato Aristides Davis (Obion County, Tennessee, miller and farmer)

b. 1827-09-23 d. 1910-08-15

Obion County, Tennessee, miller and farmer. Virginia native. Married to Mary Brandon Lawson Davis. Father of Isaac H. Davis, Andrew Alexander Davis, Elizabeth “Sallie” Davis, William “Willie” P. Davis, Morelle Davis, Mary Tabitha Davis, Cato A. Davis, Jr., John C. Davis, Allen Ripley Davis, and Bernard Davis. Miller in Obion County in 1860. Owned ten enslaved persons in Obion County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Obion County, Civil District No 2, p. 240.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Tennessee, Obion County, Civil District No 2, p. 32.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Obion County, District No 2, p. 24.

Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Obion County, Civil District No 2, p. 20.

Find A Grave, "Cato Aristides Davis (September 23, 1827-August 15, 1910)," Memorial #136757182, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136757182 (accessed February 16, 1017).

Citation

Davis, Cato Aristides. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201300 (November 12, 2026).

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