Person:Anthony Davis (4)

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Anthony Davis
d.11 Nov 1873
m.
  1. Anthony Davis1800 - 1873
  2. Phebe DavisBef 1800 -
  3. William DavisBef 1800 -
  • HAnthony Davis1800 - 1873
  • WSusan Shaw1806 - 1854
m. 11 Nov 1824
  1. William S. Davis1826 -
  2. Dexter A. Davis1827 -
  3. Sylvester James Madison Davis1829 - 1891
  4. Susan M. Davis1830 - 1831
  5. Anne Elizabeth Davis1832 - 1832
  6. Catherine S. Davis1833 - 1834
  7. Catherine S. Davis1836 - 1851
  8. Edward Payson Davis1838 - 1908
  9. Francis C. Davis1842 - 1844
  10. Francis Erving Davis1849 - 1849
  11. Caroline Davis1850 - 1903
Facts and Events
Name Anthony Davis
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1 Jan 1800 North Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
Marriage 11 Nov 1824 Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United Statesto Susan Shaw
Death[1] 11 Nov 1873 noted as "Plainville, Massachusetts", but there are several places with that name.

Partial transcription from Cutter

He received a common school education, and learned the trade of ship carpenter and followed the sea a short time.  Soon after his marriage, he settled in Cumberland, Rhode Island, where he bought a farm in the settlement known as Abbott's Run and followed farming.  After the death of his wife he made his home with Columbus Tingley, of Cumberland.  In politics he was a Whig, and later a Republican.  In religion, he was a Methodist and a member of the church of that denomination at Arnold's Mills, Cumberland.  He was a useful and respected citizen.  He died at the home of his daughter, Caroline Coombs, at Plainville.
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 V and VI (left column), in Cutter, William Richard, and William Frederick Adams. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts. (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1910)
    Volume 2, pg. 932.