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Cyrenus Wait Davis

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Cyrenus Wait Davis

Birth
Pulaski County, Kentucky, USA
Death
26 Feb 1917 (aged 79)
Mount Vernon, Faulkner County, Arkansas, USA
Burial
Mount Vernon, Faulkner County, Arkansas, USA Add to Map
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Married Gemima Ann Turpin born 25 Aug 1845, daughter of Thomas C Turpin, on 26 Apr 1861 in White County, AR.
Their children are:

Sarah Elizabeth Davis, born Feb 1867 in AR - married General Jackson Poe on 09 Dec 1886 Faulkner County, AR.

Arrena Davis, born 12 Feb 1872 in AR - married Seth A Steed, Sr

James Ambrose Davis, born 17 Apr 1875 in AR, Faulkner County, Mt Vernon - married Mary Ella Henderson

Moses Brock Davis, born 17 Nov 1876 in AR, Faulkner County, Mt Vernon - married Betty A Keathley


3RD ARKANSAS CAVALRY REGIMENT,UNION, COMPANY  G
DAVIS, WAIT C. Pvt  - Enl 28 Oct 1863 in Conway Co, AR. Ht 5' 91/2", eyes gray, hair lt, complx fair, farmer, age 26, born in Pulaski Co,KY.
 
1880 AR, Faulkner County, Muddy Bayou
Cyrus W. DAVIS, age 41 Kentucky   Married
Ann N. DAVIS  age 34 Wife  Married {Gemima Ann Turpin}
Sarah E. DAVIS  age 13 Dau
Arrena DAVIS age  8  Dau
James A. DAVIS  age 5 Son
Moses B. DAVIS  age 2 Son
 
1900
T623  Roll: 58  Page: 139
DAVIS CYRENUS W  62 M W KY AR FAULKNER MUDDY BAYON TWP 1900
 
1910
Moses B Davis 31  1878 Arkansas White  MT VERNON TWP, FAULKNER, AR Male
 
Military Pensions, 1861-1934
Company G, Third Arkansas Cavalry
DAVIS, Wait C. --------------- Filed:04 December 1916 ? Invalid
Deserter

Cyrenus Wait Davis died Feb 26, 1917.
 
1920
DAVIS BROCK  42 M W AR AR FAULKNER MOUNTAIN 1920
 
Born Pulaski County Kentucky 1838 just at end of cholera epidemic .... father Andrew Jackson Davis, mother Eppy E...{nee Turpin} mother remarried Ambrose Garland 1847 (C W D age 9) .... family moved to Conway Co Ark 1856-1859 (C W D age 18-21) ... Cyrenus lived with Thomas Turpin family in 1860 as farm hand, married G{emima} Ann Turpin in 1861 ... enlisted in Union Army in Civil War,  just after Union victory at Antietam Creek, just after Lincoln issued Emancipation Proclamation, served Oct 1862 - Oct 1863 (3rd Arkansas Cavalry, Company G) .... bought land 1869 (age 31, now married, 1 child) for $85 (NE section 10, township 7, range 11, 160 acres) on 13 JUL 1869 .... sold PCK land to cousins Baxter and John Davis for $50 ... wife Ann {Gemima Ann Turpin} died 1880-1895 ... remarried Virginia 1895... received US military pension in 1916 ... died 1917
Married Gemima Ann Turpin born 25 Aug 1845, daughter of Thomas C Turpin, on 26 Apr 1861 in White County, AR.
Their children are:

Sarah Elizabeth Davis, born Feb 1867 in AR - married General Jackson Poe on 09 Dec 1886 Faulkner County, AR.

Arrena Davis, born 12 Feb 1872 in AR - married Seth A Steed, Sr

James Ambrose Davis, born 17 Apr 1875 in AR, Faulkner County, Mt Vernon - married Mary Ella Henderson

Moses Brock Davis, born 17 Nov 1876 in AR, Faulkner County, Mt Vernon - married Betty A Keathley


3RD ARKANSAS CAVALRY REGIMENT,UNION, COMPANY  G
DAVIS, WAIT C. Pvt  - Enl 28 Oct 1863 in Conway Co, AR. Ht 5' 91/2", eyes gray, hair lt, complx fair, farmer, age 26, born in Pulaski Co,KY.
 
1880 AR, Faulkner County, Muddy Bayou
Cyrus W. DAVIS, age 41 Kentucky   Married
Ann N. DAVIS  age 34 Wife  Married {Gemima Ann Turpin}
Sarah E. DAVIS  age 13 Dau
Arrena DAVIS age  8  Dau
James A. DAVIS  age 5 Son
Moses B. DAVIS  age 2 Son
 
1900
T623  Roll: 58  Page: 139
DAVIS CYRENUS W  62 M W KY AR FAULKNER MUDDY BAYON TWP 1900
 
1910
Moses B Davis 31  1878 Arkansas White  MT VERNON TWP, FAULKNER, AR Male
 
Military Pensions, 1861-1934
Company G, Third Arkansas Cavalry
DAVIS, Wait C. --------------- Filed:04 December 1916 ? Invalid
Deserter

Cyrenus Wait Davis died Feb 26, 1917.
 
1920
DAVIS BROCK  42 M W AR AR FAULKNER MOUNTAIN 1920
 
Born Pulaski County Kentucky 1838 just at end of cholera epidemic .... father Andrew Jackson Davis, mother Eppy E...{nee Turpin} mother remarried Ambrose Garland 1847 (C W D age 9) .... family moved to Conway Co Ark 1856-1859 (C W D age 18-21) ... Cyrenus lived with Thomas Turpin family in 1860 as farm hand, married G{emima} Ann Turpin in 1861 ... enlisted in Union Army in Civil War,  just after Union victory at Antietam Creek, just after Lincoln issued Emancipation Proclamation, served Oct 1862 - Oct 1863 (3rd Arkansas Cavalry, Company G) .... bought land 1869 (age 31, now married, 1 child) for $85 (NE section 10, township 7, range 11, 160 acres) on 13 JUL 1869 .... sold PCK land to cousins Baxter and John Davis for $50 ... wife Ann {Gemima Ann Turpin} died 1880-1895 ... remarried Virginia 1895... received US military pension in 1916 ... died 1917


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