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Rebecca Ann Millard
b.26 Nov 1806 Saint Mary's, Maryland, United States
d.18 Jan 1903 Baltimore (independent city), Maryland, United States
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m. 13 Mar 1836
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Rebecca Ann Millard was the third child of thirteen of Joshua and Ann Manning Millard, born 26 Nov 1806 in Washington, D.C. On 12 Apr 1836, she married Capt. Forbes N. Britton at Ft. Gibson, Arkansas which was in Indian Territory at the time. They had three children; Ann Elizabeth Britton, born 1838 at Ft. Gibson married Edmund Jackson Davis, who was elected governor of Texas in 1869 and served one term. Following Capt. Britton's service in the Army, the family moved to Corpus Christi, Texas. The house that they built in the 1860's is still there as a historical residence on the bluff overlooking the Gulf of Mexico. According to Mrs. Harriett Condon, Rebecca lived with the Davis' in the Governors mansion 1870 to 1874 and then with her daughter, Ann Elizabeth, in Austin. Following E. P Davis death in 1883, the Victorian type house was sold. Rebecca left Austin to live in Baltimore. Ann Elizabeth went to Grand Coteau, LA. where she married a childhood sweetheart, Alexander Joseph Smith. References
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