Col. Joseph DAVIS & Sarah Elizabeth GREEN

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Col. Joseph DAVIS
Sarah Elizabeth GREEN

Husband: Joseph "Jo" DAVIS
Birth: 14 Jan 1804, Christian Co., KY
Death: 7 Oct 1871, Fayette, Howard Co., MO
Transhumance: 1818, KY to Howard Co., MO, with parents
Occupation: lawyer
Father: Edward DAVIS
Mother: Mary ADAMS

Marriage: 2 Feb 1839, Howard Co., MO

Wife: Sarah Elizabeth GREEN
Birth: 22 Jul 1821, Cairo, Sumner Co., TN
Death: ca. 1902, Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO

Children — born in Fayette, Howard Co., MO:

1. Joella DAVIS, b. 1840
2. Winchester DAVIS, b. 21 Jun 1844
3. Ida DAVIS, b. 9 Oct 1847
4. Sarah Bell DAVIS, b. 16 Nov 1852
5. Joseph Smith DAVIS, b. 26 Dec 1855
6. Pope DAVIS, 22 Aug 1862

Keywords for search engines: USA, US, United States, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee

Sources:

1. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. Missouri Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-227):

Davis, Joseph Green, Sarah Elizabeth Feb 2, 1839 Howard Co., MO

2. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1840 (Broderbund CD-316):

1840 Davis, J.C. MO Howard Co. Franklin Twp. p. 47

I suspect this is not our subject. There was no Joseph DAVIS in Howard Co. There was an Edward DAVIS and several GREENs, and I suspect the newlyweds were living with one or the other of their parents.

3. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1850 (Broderbund CD-317):

1850 Davis, Joseph MO Howard Co. p. 50

4. 1860 Census.

5. Family Quest Archives: Missouri 1870 Census Index. Heritage Quest ACD-0019.

Surname Given name Age Sex Race Birth Place County Locality Roll Page

DAVIS JOSEPH 66 M W KY HOWARD RICHMOND TWP 780 441

6. Anon. 1883. History of Howard and Cooper Counties. National Historical Co., St. Louis, MO (online at the Howard County MOGenWeb site), pp. 370-371. Biographical sketch of Winchester Davis.

7. WorldConnect (online at RootsWeb.com).

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