William
B
Davis
Born in Alabama, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Davis
and Hannah (Barnett) Davis
Brother of
Matilda Martha Ann Davis
Husband of
Elizabeth A (McClure) Davis
— married
13 Oct 1852 in Lauderdale County, Alabama
Descendants 
Father of
William T Davis
Died
at about age 38
in Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 4 May 2018
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Biography
When William B. Davis was born in 1829 in Alabama, his father, Thomas, was 44 and his mother, Hannah, was 35. He married Elizabeth A. McClure on October 13, 1852, in Lauderdale, Alabama. They had seven children in 11 years. He died on December 20, 1867, in Lauderdale, Alabama, at the age of 38.
MILITARY, Civil War:
- Name W B Davis
- Death Date 20 Dec 1867
- Military Branch Cavalry
- Regiment or Unit 11th Alabama Regiment
- Company Unit G
- Enlistment Info Private
- Remarks Pension applicant E. A. Davis, widow.
- Author Pension application, Lauderdale County 1899/08/07.
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Sources
- Year: 1850; Census Place: Division 2 East of the Military Road, Lauderdale, Alabama; Roll: M432_7; Page: 319B; Image: 650
- Year: 1860; Census Place: District 1, Lauderdale, Alabama; Roll: M653_13; Page: 240; Image: 246; Family History Library Film: 803013
- Alabama Marriage Collection, 1800-1969; Source Information Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research
- Alabama, Civil War Soldiers, 1860-1865
- Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, Alabama; Alabama Confederate Pensioner Records (Auditor Files), 1881-1943; Collection Number: SG023007; Folder Number: 45
- U.S., Confederate Pensions, Pension File Number 4095, Application Type Widow
- "Thomas C. Davis - Five Generations" by Julia Holmes Beasley
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~3.12%
Penn Hall
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A5288737 [compare], Ancestry member calamintha
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~1.56%
p Hall :
23andMe, GEDmatch A685688 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Calamintha
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Rejected matches › William H. Davis (abt.1830-abt.1865) › Charles C William Davis (1829-1865) › William H Davis (1829-1868) › William Davis (abt.1829-1867)
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