Almon Davis
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Almon Davis (1799 - 1855)

Almon Davis
Born in Cavendish or Reading, Windsor, Vermontmap
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Husband of — married 18 Mar 1823 (to 15 Feb 1831) [location unknown]
Husband of — married 15 Feb 1832 (to 4 Apr 1845) in Cavendish, Vermontmap
Husband of — married 29 Jun 1845 in Reading, Windsor, Vermontmap
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Died at age 56 in Reading, Windsor, Vermontmap
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Biography

Almond Davis, son of Ezekiel Davis and Bethia Grandy, was born at Reading, Vermont on March 24, 1799. [1] [2] [3]

Almon was thrice married, first to Semira Pratt on March 18, 1823. [2] Semira was born at Reading on October 12, 1802 daughter of Luther Pratt and Susanna/Sukey Childs. [4] Semira died, aged 28, at Reading on February 15, 1831.[5]

He married second, Susan Pratt on February 18, 1832. [6] [2] She was the sister of his first wife, Semira, born at Reading on October 16, 1805, daughter of Luther and Susanna Pratt. [7]

His wife Susan died at Reading on April 4, 1845, aged 39. [8] After her death he married third Grace Stearns. [2] His wife Grace was born on October 4, 1806, daughter of Paul Stearns and his second wife Lucy Kneeland. [3] [9]

Almon died at Reading on September 30, 1855. [10] [2] He is buried with his wives and several children in the Amsden Cemetery, Reading, Windsor County, Vermont. His inscription reads: Almon Davis Died Sept. 30, 1855 AE 56 years [11]

His widow Grace died there on August 4, 1863, they had no children. [3] [9]

Children

by wife Semira

  1. Semira Pratt, born on August 3, 1824; died August 3, 1844. [2] [12]
  2. Almond, born June 17, 1826; died June 21, 1826. [2] [13]
  3. Wentworth A., born August 15, 1829; died July 5, 1830. [2] [14]

by wife Susan

  1. Susan Maria, born [2] in 1833; died aged 8 months on September 18, 1833. [15]
  2. David P., born November 26, 1835; married Lucinda Fletcher on November 28, 1858 [2] ; died April 30, 1907 at Clinton, Massachusetts. [16]
  3. Victoria, born February 28, 1843; died September 16, 1843. [2] [17]
  4. Aurora, born February 28, 1843; died May 15, 1844. [2] [18]
Research notes

Vermont Births

Almon Davis
Birth: 24 Mar 1799 Reading, Vermont, United States
Recorded Place: Reading, Vermont Vol. 1 P. 28
Father: Ezekiel Davis
Mother: Bethiah Grandy (Image Source) [1] [19]

Vermont Marriages

Almon Davis Residence: Reading, Vermont
White Male
Marriage : 15 Feb 1832 Cavendish,, Vermont, United States
Official: Warren Skinner, Minister
Spouse: Susan Pratt (Image Source- Groom) [20] (Image Source - Bride) [21] [22]

Vermont Marriages

Almond Davis
Marriage: 29 Jun 1845 Reading, , Vermont, United States
Clergy: Abel Adams. Minister
Spouse: Grace Stearns (Image Source- Groom) [23] [24] (Image Source- Bride) [25] [26]

Vermont Deaths

Almond Davis
Male Age: 56 Estimated Birth Year: 1799
Death : September 30, 1855 Reading, Windsor , Vermont, United States
Name of Cemetery: Abel Amsden
Recorded Place : Reading, Windsor , Vermont
Name of Wife: Susan [10]

Children

Almond Davis

Death: 21 Jun 1826 Reading, Vermont
Cemetery: Abel Amsden
Age: 4 days Birth Year 1826
Father: Almond Davis
Mother: Semira Davis [13]

Semira P Davis

Death: 03 Aug 1844 Reading, Vermont
Cemetery: Abel Amsden
Age: 20 Birth (Estimated): 1824
Father: Almond Davis
Mother Semira Davis [12]

Wentworth A Davis

Death: Jul 1830 Reading, Vermont
Male Age: 10 mos 20 days
Cemetery: Abel Amsden
Birth Year : 1829
Father: Almond Davis
Mother: Semira Davis [14] [27]

Aurora Davis (twin of Victoria)

Death: 20 May 1844 Reading, Vermont
Cemetery: Abel Amsden
Age: 14 mos 20 days
Birth Year: 1843
Father: Almond Davis
Mother: Susan Davis [18]

Victoria Davis (twin)

Death: 07 Sep 1843 Reading, Vermont
Cemetery: Abel Amsden
Age: 6 mos 7 days
Birth Year: 1843
Father: Almond Davis
Mother: Susan Davis [17]

Susan M Davis

Death : 18 Sep 1833 Reading, Vermont
Cemetery: Abel Amsden
Age: 8 mos
Birth Year : 1833
Father: Almond Davis
Mother: Susan Davis (Image Source) [15]

David Pratt Davis

White Male Married Carpenter
Age: 71 yrs, 5 mos 4 days
Birth Date: 1836 Reading, Vermont
Death: 30 Apr 1907 Clinton, Massachusetts
Burial: May 2, 1907 Woodlawn Cemetery, Clinton, Massachusetts
Father: Almond Davis Mother: Susan Pratt
Informant: Lucinda Davis [16]

Census Data

  • 1830 US Census [28]
  • 1850 US Census [29]

Entered by Chris Hoyt, Dec 27, 2011

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-10046-33233-24?cc=1784223
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 Chandler Seth, History of the Town of Shirley, Massachusetts: From Its Early Settlement to A.D. ,Shirley, Massachusetts, 1883, p. 377-9
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Davis, Gilbert Asa, Centennial Celebration Together with an Historical Sketch of Reading, Windsor County, Vermont and Its Inhabitants: From the First Settlement of the Town to 1874, Volume 1, Press of A.N. Swain, Bellows Falls, Vermont, 1874 p. 128; 154, 143
  4. ↑ Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908, index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8L7-G4M ), Lemira Pratt, 12 Oct 1802; citing READING TWP,WINDSOR,VERMONT, reference ; FHL microfilm unknown
  5. ↑ Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954 index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFJ8-4N5), Almond Davis in entry for Semira Davis, 15 Feb 1831, Death; citing State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27528. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-10030-4172-94?cc=1784223
  6. ↑ Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFJC-4M9), Almon Davis and Susan Pratt, 15 Feb 1832, Marriage; citing State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27526. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-10046-33463-72?cc=1784223 https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-17921-85632-16?cc=1784223
  7. ↑ Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908, index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8L7-G4W), Susanna Pratt, 16 Oct 1805; citing READING TWP,WINDSOR,VERMONT, reference ; FHL microfilm unknown
  8. ↑ Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954, index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFJ8-HX8), Susan Davis, 04 Apr 1845, Death; citing State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27528. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-10030-1018-73?cc=1784223
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Van Wagenen , Avis Stearns, Stearns Genealogy and Memoirs, Volume 2, Courier Press Company, 1901, p. 138
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954, index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFJC-4M6), Almond Davis, 30 Sep 1855, Death; citing State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27526. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-10046-34536-76?cc=1784223
  11. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 132126080
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954, index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFJ8-4NT ), Almond Davis in entry for Semira P Davis, 03 Aug 1844, Death; citing State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27528. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-10030-3927-87?cc=1784223
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954, index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFJC-4M8), Almond Davis in entry for Almond Davis, 21 Jun 1826, Death; citing State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27526 https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-10046-34546-82?cc=1784223
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954, index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFJ8-8PD) Almond Davis in entry for Wentworth A Davis, Jul 1830, Death; citing State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27528.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954, index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFJ8-HNG ), Almond Davis in entry for Susan M Davis, 18 Sep 1833, Death; citing State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27528.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915, index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NWRS-S93 ), Almond Davis in entry for David Pratt Davis, 30 Apr 1907; citing Clinton,,Massachusetts, 6, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2217169. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11133-165258-18?cc=1463156
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954, index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFJ8-C4F ), Almond Davis in entry for Victoria Davis, 07 Sep 1843, Death; citing State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27528. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-10030-23269-61?cc=1784223
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954, index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFJC-CMS), Almond Davis in entry for Aurora Davis, 20 May 1844, Death; citing State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27526. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-10046-32154-22?cc=1784223
  19. ↑ Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954, index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFJC-WR7, Almon Davis, 24 Mar 1799, Birth; citing State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27526.
  20. ↑ https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-10046-33463-72?cc=1784223
  21. ↑ https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1 /TH-1-17921-85632-16?cc=1784223
  22. ↑ Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFJC-4M9), Almon Davis and Susan Pratt, 15 Feb 1832, Marriage; citing State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27526.
  23. ↑ https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-10046-34548-80?cc=1784223
  24. ↑ Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFJC-4MH ), Almond Davis and Grace Stearns, 29 Jun 1845, Marriage; citing State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27526.
  25. ↑ https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-17919-32806-7?cc=1784223
  26. ↑ "Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V89S-2MR ), Almond Davis and Grace Stearns, 29 Jun 1845, Marriage; citing State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27697.
  27. ↑ https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-10030-18666-43?cc=1784223
  28. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHG2-PYV ), Almon Davis, Reading, Windsor, Vermont; citing "1830 United States Federal Census," Ancestry.com; p. 57, NARA microfilm publication M19, roll 187, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 0027453.
  29. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MC2V-J28), Almond Davis, Reading, Windsor, Vermont, United States; citing family 194, NARA microfilm publication M432.

See also:

  • Daughter Semira P Davis Find A Grave Memorial# 132126004
  • Son Wentworth A Davis Find A Grave Memorial# 132125644
  • Twins Aurora and Victoria Davis Find A Grave Memorial# 132125442 & Find A Grave Memorial# 132125429
  • Daughter Susan M Davis Find A Grave Memorial# 132126004
  • Find A Grave Memorial# 132125533




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