James Hamner Davis (abt. 1848 - abt. 1914)

Born about 26 Oct 1848 in Frederick County, Maryland, United States

Ancestors

Died about 20 Jan 1914 at about age 65 in Frederick, Maryland, United States

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Biography

James was born in Frederick County, Maryland (probably around Buckeystown) about 1848.^[1]

James married Lydia Delilah Jeanette Hoffman around 1889; the 1900 census says they'd been married for eleven years.^[2] In 1900 they were living in Montgomery County, Maryland; by 1910 they were back in Frederick County^[3].

As far as is known, James has no living descendants; his son and another child died in childhood, and his daughters Elizabeth and Maude never married.^[4]

Census

Date: 20 JUL 1850

Place: Buckeystown, Frederick, Maryland, USA^[1]

grandmother Sarah Delashmutt is living with the family.

Date: 1860

Place: Frederick, Maryland^[5]

Date: 17 June 1870

Place: 2nd Frederick District, Frederick County, Maryland

Brother William is head of household; mother Elizabeth Davis and grandmother Sarah Delashmutt are also in the household.^[6]

Date: 1880

Place: Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland^[7]

Date: 1900

Place: Montgomery County, Maryland^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD4F-K88 : accessed 29 July 2015), Nathan Davis, Buckeystown, Frederick, Maryland, United States; citing family 21, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M32Z-14T : accessed 30 July 2015), James H Davis, Election District 11, Barnesville Barnesville town, Montgomery, Maryland, United States; citing sheet 15A, family 270, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,625.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2F5-95X : accessed 30 July 2015), James H Davis, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 53, sheet 6A, family 108, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,577.
4. ↑ Records from Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Frederick County, Maryland
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M69C-R1T : accessed 29 July 2015), Nathan Davis, Frederick District, Frederick, Maryland, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 204, household ID 1590, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 803,475
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN3F-F4F : accessed 30 July 2015), Elizabeth Davis in household of William B Davis, Maryland, United States; citing p. 21, family 153, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,085.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNQ2-CC5 : accessed 30 July 2015), James H Davis in household of Elizabeth Davis, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district 67, sheet 41A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0509; FHL microfilm 1,254,509.

• Mount Olivet Cemetery records, Frederick, Maryland