Perry Davis fought in the Civil war on the side of the Confederacy in Taylor's Company, Georgia Infantry.
Prior L. Davis, a worthy farmer of Salisbury township MO, was the sixth of a family of sixteen children of Benjamin and Melvina (Perry) Davis, and he, himself, and wife have been made the parents of fourteen children.
Prior L. was born on the 20th of January, 1822, ten years before his parents left Claiborne county, Tennessee, and remained with them, after they came to Illinois, until 1842 when he moved to Missouri and made his home in Salisbury township, Chariton county.
There he lived and followed agricultural pursuits. In 1843 he was married to Miss Sealy, daughter of Isaac Cupp, of this county. As has been said, fourteen children have followed this union. Six of these only are living: Sarah A., Matilda, Geneva, Mary E., Benjamin I. And Robert Lee.
As a farmer Mr. Davis has been satisfactorily successful. His landed estate numbers 320 acres of good land, and his homestead in Salisbury township is substantially and comfortably improved. Mr. Davis and wife are members of the Baptist Church. [From the Chariton County Historical Society]
Perry Davis fought in the Civil war on the side of the Confederacy in Taylor's Company, Georgia Infantry.
Prior L. Davis, a worthy farmer of Salisbury township MO, was the sixth of a family of sixteen children of Benjamin and Melvina (Perry) Davis, and he, himself, and wife have been made the parents of fourteen children.
Prior L. was born on the 20th of January, 1822, ten years before his parents left Claiborne county, Tennessee, and remained with them, after they came to Illinois, until 1842 when he moved to Missouri and made his home in Salisbury township, Chariton county.
There he lived and followed agricultural pursuits. In 1843 he was married to Miss Sealy, daughter of Isaac Cupp, of this county. As has been said, fourteen children have followed this union. Six of these only are living: Sarah A., Matilda, Geneva, Mary E., Benjamin I. And Robert Lee.
As a farmer Mr. Davis has been satisfactorily successful. His landed estate numbers 320 acres of good land, and his homestead in Salisbury township is substantially and comfortably improved. Mr. Davis and wife are members of the Baptist Church. [From the Chariton County Historical Society]
Family Members
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Elizabeth "Betsy" Davis Cupp
1812–1870
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Hampton H Davis
1816–1870
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Rhodesia "Dicey" Davis Hills
1818–1878
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James Nelson Davis
1820–1898
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Caswell Davis
1824–1865
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Rebecca "Beccy" Davis Summy
1825–1908
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Andrew Jackson "Andy" Davis
1831–1909
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James Reuben Davis
1832–1870
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Mary "Polly" Davis Briggs
1833–1868
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Stanley Walker Davis
1835–1922
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Lucy Elizabeth Davis Stabler
1838–1917
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Anna "Annie" Davis Grover
1839–1927
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