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James Jordan Davis



Birth22 October 1829Monroe, Overton, Tennessee, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for James Jordan Davis (1829-1903), memorial #8255075.

    Bureau of Vital Statistics, Utah, U.S., Death Registers, 1847-1966 (Salt Lake City, UT: Utah Department of Health), database with images, Ancestry, James J. Davis, 23 June 1903; citing Salem, Utah, Utah, United States, p.59, entry 86, series 24144; Utah State Archives and Records Service; Salt Lake City, UT.

    Endowment House (LDS Church), Sealings of couples, living and by proxy, 1851-1889 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, 1978), p. 421, entry 5465 FHL 183398.

Death23 June 1903Salem, Utah, Utah, United States
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    Bureau of Vital Statistics, Utah, U.S., Death Registers, 1847-1966 (Salt Lake City, UT: Utah Department of Health), database with images, Ancestry, James J. Davis, 23 June 1903; citing Salem, Utah, Utah, United States, p.59, entry 86, series 24144; Utah State Archives and Records Service; Salt Lake City, UT.

Burial29 June 1903Salem City Cemetery, Salem, Utah, Utah, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for James Jordan Davis, ID: KWJ7-QY6.

FatherHenry Leland J Davis
MotherRachel Hunter

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   • Eliza Heywood Hallett
Married16 June 1858Springville, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for James Jordan Davis and Eliza Heywood Hallett, ID: KWZY-M3C and ID: KWJ7-QY6.

          Children:
               James Jordan Davis
               Rachel Caroline Davis
               William Levi Davis
               Merena Davis
               Catherine Hallet Davis


   • Harriet Matilda Kelsey
Married5 May 1873Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Endowment House (LDS Church), Sealings of couples, living and by proxy, 1851-1889 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, 1978), p. 421, entry 5465, FHL microfilm 183398.

          Children:
               James Henry Davis
               Ellen Davis
               Robert Kelsey Davis
               Harriet Emma Davis
               Junius Jordan Davis
               Grace Davis
               Ray Davis
               Lettie Davis
               Ernest Edwin Davis
               Moses Davis
               Lester Earl Davis
               Floyd Homer Davis
               Iola Davis


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• 1840Overton County, Tennessee, United States
• 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1860Springville, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
• 1880Salem, Utah, Utah Territory, United States

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• 1840 Population CensusOverton County, TennesseeExtractImage
• 1860 Population CensusSpringville, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusSpringville, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusSalem Precinct, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1900 Population CensusSalem Precinct, Utah, UtahExtractImage

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Crossing the Plains

Samuel Gully/Orson Spencer CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

       Departure28 May 1849
       Arrival22-25 Sept 1849


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