Reuben Easton Davis (1813 - 1890)

Born 18 Jan 1813 in Franklin County, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Theodosia Halbert — married 7 Sep 1829 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States

Died 14 Oct 1890 at age 77 in Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, United States

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Biography

Reuben Davis was a Tennessean.

Reuben Davis was an Alabamian.

Reuben Easton Davis

Birth: January 18, 1813 in Franklin County, Tennessee

Death: 14 Oct 1890 Huntsville, Madison, Alabama

Parents:

John Davis and Mary Easton.

Reuben was passionate about becoming a lawyer at an early age. However, his father was against his career choice and convinced him to study medicine with his brother in-law George Higgason. His father felt that "lawyers were wholly given up to the devil even in this world and that it was impossible for any one of them to enter the kingdom of heaven" (A Genealogy of the Davis Family, page 12). Therefore, Reuben went on to study medicine and practiced as a doctor briefly, but he never lost his passion for the law and did eventually become a lawyer. In 1832, he opened his own law office in Monroe County, Mississippi. Reuben was very successful as a Lawyer and became a Judge in 1842. He was elected to Congress in 1857 and served until 1861. Upon his resignation from Congress, he served for a short time as a Major General of the Mississippi State Militia in the Civil War. He was then elected to the Confederate Congress and served until 1864.

Book

• He wrote the book "Recollections of Mississippi and Mississipians" a year before his death.

Burial

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7320379/reuben-davis: accessed 21 August 2022), memorial page for Reuben Davis (18 Jan 1813–14 Oct 1890), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7320379, citing Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery, Aberdeen, Monroe County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.

Sources

• 1850 US Census: Western Division, Monroe, Mississippi, page 102B
• 1860 US Census: Western Division, Monroe, Mississippi, page 512
• Clark, Henry William. A Genealogy of The Davis Family, Montgomery, AL, 1905.
• Dictionary of American Biography, Volume 4, Charles Scribner's Sons: New York, 1928-1944, page 144.
• Alabama Marriage Collection, 1800-1969 (Ancestry.com)