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Leroy Thomas Davis

Birth: 2 Oct 1843
Harrison County, Mississippi, USA
Death: 16 Sep 1922 (aged 78)
Harrison County, Mississippi, USA
Burial: Davis Cemetery

Stone County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 40247580 View Source

LEROY THOMAS DAVIS IS THE SON OF JAMES DAVIS,3rd., AND JANE SWETMAN. HE IS THE HUSBAND OF AMANDA BATSON DAVIS WHO IS BURIED BY HIS SIDE, HE WAS A LOVING HUSBAND AND FATHER. HE LOVED GOD, FAMILY, COUNTRY AND HIS FELLOW MAN. HE WAS A CONFEDERATE WAR VETERAN, AND GAVE AWAY MOST OF HIS PENSION AND OTHER WORLDLY GOODS. HE AND HIS WIFE AMANDA ARE DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM DAVIS, BORN 1720 IN GIVEN, NORTH CAROLINA AND WIFE ISSABELLA GREENWOOD. WILLIAM AND ISSABELLA HAD ONLY TWO CHILDREN, JAMES SHIP CAPTAIN DAVIS AND SARAH DAVIS. LEROY'S ANCESTOR, JAMES SHIP CAPTAIN DAVIS, WAS SISTER TO SARAH DAVIS WHO MARRIED THOMAS BATSON, SR., THE ANCESTOR OF AMANDA BATSON DAVIS. LEROY IS BURIED BY THE SIDE OF AMANDA, THE WIFE THAT HE LOVED. THEY ARE BURIED SIDE BY SIDE AS THEY LIVED FOR 32 YEARS UNTIL HER DEATH.

LEROY THOMAS DAVIS IS THE SON OF JAMES DAVIS,3rd., AND JANE SWETMAN. HE IS THE HUSBAND OF AMANDA BATSON DAVIS WHO IS BURIED BY HIS SIDE, HE WAS A LOVING HUSBAND AND FATHER. HE LOVED GOD, FAMILY, COUNTRY AND HIS FELLOW MAN. HE WAS A CONFEDERATE WAR VETERAN, AND GAVE AWAY MOST OF HIS PENSION AND OTHER WORLDLY GOODS. HE AND HIS WIFE AMANDA ARE DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM DAVIS, BORN 1720 IN GIVEN, NORTH CAROLINA AND WIFE ISSABELLA GREENWOOD. WILLIAM AND ISSABELLA HAD ONLY TWO CHILDREN, JAMES SHIP CAPTAIN DAVIS AND SARAH DAVIS. LEROY'S ANCESTOR, JAMES SHIP CAPTAIN DAVIS, WAS SISTER TO SARAH DAVIS WHO MARRIED THOMAS BATSON, SR., THE ANCESTOR OF AMANDA BATSON DAVIS. LEROY IS BURIED BY THE SIDE OF AMANDA, THE WIFE THAT HE LOVED. THEY ARE BURIED SIDE BY SIDE AS THEY LIVED FOR 32 YEARS UNTIL HER DEATH.

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Amanda Batson Davis

1845–1899

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Maintained by: L.B. Davis
Originally Created by: Cameo
Added: Aug 3, 2009
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40247580/leroy_thomas-davis: accessed ), memorial page for Leroy Thomas Davis (2 Oct 1843–16 Sep 1922), Find a Grave Memorial ID 40247580, citing Davis Cemetery, Stone County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by L.B. Davis (contributor 47658822).

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