Stewart Archibald DAVIS & Amanda J. DE VINNEY

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Stewart Archibald DAVIS
Amanda J. DE VINNEY

Please Note: Our subject is being mixed up with the Stewart DAVIS (b. 1848/9), who was son of Chester C. DAVIS. These are two different persons.

Husband: Stewart Archibald DAVIS
Birth: 9 Jul 1839, Blairsville, Indiana Co., PA
Death: 7 Jun 1897, Blairsville, Indiana Co., PA
Occupation: butcher
Military Service: Civil War: Co. H, 10th Rgmt., Pennsylvania Militia
Father: Archibald DAVIS
Mother: Matilda KURTZ

Marriage: 1864

Wife: Amanda J. De VINNEY
Birth: May 1842, PA
Occupation: homemaker

Children — born in Blairsville Borough, Indiana Co., PA:

1. John D. DAVIS, b. 1863/4
2. Stewart Archibald DAVIS (Jr.), b. 21 Jul 1867
3. William Leroy "Roy" DAVIS, b. 23 Jul 1879

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Sources:

1. John Alexander Caldwell. 1880. History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania, 1745-1880. Wadsworth Publ. Co., Newark, OH (online at freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~treasures/pa/indiana/):

Chap. 55
p. 369 ARCHIBALD DAVIS... m. first to Matilda Kurtz... [His] children were... Stewart, m. in 1864 to Amanda Devinney... Stewart and William have been in company of their father since 1861. Stewart was a member of Co. H, 10th Pa. militia for thirty days. His children are: John D. and Stewart Archibald....

The book was published in 1880 (doubtless written earlier), so the author missed the child born in 1879.

2. 1850 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Steuart DAVIS (æ 11, b. PA) is living in Blairsville, Indiana Co., PA, with his father, Archibald DAVIS, and stepmother (q.v.)

3. 1860 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Stewart DAVIS (æ 20, b. PA) is living in Blairsville, Indiana Co., PA, with his father, Archibald DAVIS, and stepmother (q.v.).

4. 1870 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #15 of 27 — indexed "Herat Dans"): Blairsville P.O., Blairsville Borough, Indiana Co., PA, Roll M593_1350, p. 104A, PN 15, 115/124, enumerated 24 Jun 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Davis Stewart 29 M W Butcher 300 Penna

_____ Amanda 27 F W "

_____ John D 4 M W "

_____ Stewart A 2 M W "

This enumerator's handwriting is an illegible scrawl. My extraction isn't verbatim because there's nothing to copy exactly. Listed next to C.C. DAVIS (æ 52) and his family.

5. 1880 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #20 of 24): Market Street, Blairsville, Indiana Co., PA, Roll 1135, p. 79D, PN 20, SD 8, ED 130, enumerated 8 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 21 24 25 26

* 214 242 Davis Stewart D W M 40 / Butcher Penna Penna Penna

_____ Amanda J W F 37 Wife / Keeping House Penna Penna Penna

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* 214 242 Davis John D W M 14 Son / Going to School / Penna Penna Penna

_____ Archibald S W M 12 Son / Going to School / Penna Penna Penna

_____ Wm Leroy W M 11/12 July Son / Penna Penna Penna

*Market Street

. Public Member Trees (online at Ancestry.com).

. 1900 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #26 of 95): Vandergrift Borough, Allegheny Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA, Roll 1496, p. 119B, SD 16, ED 75, enumerated 8 Jun 1900, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1900: for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 19 20 22 23 24 25 27

238 262 Davis Amanda J Head W F May 1842 58 W 3 3 Penna Penna Penna Y Y Y R H

_____ William L Son W M Jul 1879 20 S Penna Penna Penna Ass't Sup't Steel Mill 0 Y Y Y

_____ Thomas Cousin W M Aug 1875 24 S Penna Penna Penna Clerk Sheet Mill 0 Y Y Y

. 1910 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #22 of 32): 129 Tarragut Ave., Vandergrift Borough (Pct. 1), Westmoreland Co., PA, Roll T624_1432, p. 139B, SN 11B, SD 20, ED 209, enumerated 2 May 1910, official enumeration date 15 Apr 1910 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1910: for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 27 28

* 129 197 219 Davis Amanda J Head F W 67 Wd 3 3 PA PA PA Eng Own Income Y Y O F H

Shook Mary A Servant F W 27 S PA PA PA Eng Servant Private family W N 0 Y Y

*Tarragut Ave

. Find-a-Grave: Entries (online at findagrave.com):

Name Stewart Davis Amanda Davis

Birth 1839 1842

Death 1897 1915

Note h/o Amanda

Burial Blairsville Cemetery
Blairsville
Indiana Co., PA
Plot: Section A

Memorial # 142361316 142361277

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. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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