Matilda <I>Wakefield</I> Davis

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Matilda Wakefield Davis

Birth
South Carolina, USA
Death
12 Sep 1888 (aged 82)
Wayne County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Waynesboro, Wayne County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Matilda Wakefield was the daughter of Able and Margaret Jenkins Wakefield of South Carolina.

Matilda Wakefield married David Harrison Davis on 18 Jan 1821 in Franklin, Indiana. They were the parents of seven known children:
- Sarah Elizabeth
- James Jackson
- George Wakefield
- Branson Able (1836-1865) (m. Catharine Grisson) killed in the Civil War
- Rebecca Jane "Sis"
- Mary Elizabeth "Molly"
- Joseph Noah

Matilda Wakefield Davis is found in the following US Federal Census records:
- 1850 for Lawrence Co., Tn with her spouse and five children
- 1860 for Hardin Co., Tn with her spouse and four children
- 1870 in Wayne Co., Tn with spouse
- 1880 in Wayne Co., in the home of her son, George W. Davis and his wife and family, with her spouse

The tombstone inscription is Wife of D. H. DAVIS.

- compiled by Gaynelle Hobt Morton
- revised May 2019
Matilda Wakefield was the daughter of Able and Margaret Jenkins Wakefield of South Carolina.

Matilda Wakefield married David Harrison Davis on 18 Jan 1821 in Franklin, Indiana. They were the parents of seven known children:
- Sarah Elizabeth
- James Jackson
- George Wakefield
- Branson Able (1836-1865) (m. Catharine Grisson) killed in the Civil War
- Rebecca Jane "Sis"
- Mary Elizabeth "Molly"
- Joseph Noah

Matilda Wakefield Davis is found in the following US Federal Census records:
- 1850 for Lawrence Co., Tn with her spouse and five children
- 1860 for Hardin Co., Tn with her spouse and four children
- 1870 in Wayne Co., Tn with spouse
- 1880 in Wayne Co., in the home of her son, George W. Davis and his wife and family, with her spouse

The tombstone inscription is Wife of D. H. DAVIS.

- compiled by Gaynelle Hobt Morton
- revised May 2019


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