DAVIS, James Benjamin^[1]

1838 - 1914  (76 years)

• Name	DAVIS, James Benjamin
  Birth	30 Jan 1838	Nanafalia, Marengo, Alabama, United States   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	10 Dec 1914	Nanafalia, Marengo, Alabama, United States   [2]
  Burial	Putnam, Marengo, Alabama, United States   [2]
  	Address: Putnam Cemetery
  Person ID	I10860	Pickel_Bartlett
  Last Modified	2 Aug 2015

  
  

  Father	DAVIS, Abel
  Mother	JOHNSON, Sarah
  Family ID	F3163	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	HAMMONS, Sarah Adeline,   b. 1838, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, United States d. 1865, Marengo County, Alabama, United States (Age 27 years)
  Children	1. DAVIS, William Washington,   b. Sep 1858, Marengo County, Alabama, United States d. 31 Jan 1940, Marengo County, Alabama, United States (Age 81 years)   2. DAVIS, Mary Chestena,   b. 3 Oct 1859, Alabama, United States d. 24 May 1942, Victoria, Victoria, Texas, United States (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F3162	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2022

  
  

  Family 2	DIGMAN, Margaret Ann,   b. 16 Dec 1848, Alabama, United States d. 27 Aug 1938, Sweet Water, Marengo, Alabama, United States (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	9 Oct 1873	Clarke County, Alabama, United States   [1, 2]
  Residence	8 May 1910	Nanafalia, Marengo, Alabama, United States   [3]
  	Farmer
  	They had been married for 36 years and five of seven children were still living
  Children	1. DAVIS, Margaret Elizabeth,   b. Jul 1877, Alabama, United States d. 20 Apr 1954, Nicholsville, Marengo, Alabama. United States (Age 76 years)   2. DAVIS, Katie,   b. 13 Sep 1879, Marengo County, Alabama, United States d. 2 Jun 1924 (Age 44 years)   3. DAVIS, Laura Ann,   b. 3 Dec 1881, Marengo County, Alabama, United States d. 6 Dec 1961, Marengo County, Alabama, United States (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F3161	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2022

  
  

• Notes

  "Son of Abel Davis and Sarah Johnson. Was a private in Civil War, wounded at Drury's Bluff, Va. 16 May 1864. Witness Q.S. Adams & T. W. Barley. Enlisted 22 April 1862, discharged 23 June 1865. Co. E 43rd, Ala. Inf. Reg. - Was paid $11 a month for fighting. Was captured at Hatcher's Run 25 March 1865 & released 11 June 1865 from Point Lookout, Md. In later years he had a blacksmith shop in front of his house by the road between Putnam and Nanafalia. He had a long white beard." Source: Find a Grave, Memorial 32685334

  
  

• Sources

  [S428] Email, Email from Linda Weiss (a descendant) dated 7/31/1937, Email. [S109] Find-a-Grave website, Memorial# 32685334. [S74] Ancestry.com, Nanafalia, Marengo, Alabama ED 51, Page 14B, Dwelling 199.