William Davidson (1798 - 1878)

Born 7 Mar 1798 in Tennessee

Husband of Jane (Bigham) Davidson — married 13 Feb 1823 in Lawrence County, Alabama

Died 6 May 1878 at age 80 in Johnson County. MO

Biography

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Name

Name: William /Davidson/

Given Name: William

Surname: Davidson^[1]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 7 Mar 1798

Place: Tennessee^[2]

Death

Death:

Date: 6 May 1878

Place: Johnson County. MO^[3]

User ID

User ID: F2CB1FA099944FFD8B2E511FAB56BB8A6423

Note

Note: #NI2839^[4]

Marriage

Husband: William Davidson

Wife: Jane Bigham

Marriage:

Date: 13 Feb 1823

Place: Lawrence County, Alabama^[5]

Data Changed:

Date: 28 Mar 2011

Time: 13:31

Sources

• WikiTree profile Davidson-1645 created through the import of RamageRice102011.ged on Oct 12, 2011 by Molly Rice. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Molly and others.

• Source: S30 Media: Personal Abbreviation: Howard Bigham Title: Howard Bigham Date: 23 Dec 2005 Note: Howard Bigham wrote to me via email howbig@comcast.net

Notes

Note NI2839The Davidson family came from Alabama to Missouri in the early 1830's. In 1834 they settled on a farm, four miles north of where Holden now is in Johnson County, Missouri. Holden was not laid out for a town until 1858.

They cleared up the farm, made rails for fencing, built a log barn and cribs. They attended Rock Springs Cumberland Presbyterian Church which was; on the bank of Blackwater Creek, one mile to the west. They went seven miles to Ramey (now Kingsville) for their mail and forty miles to Lexington, on the Missouri River, to trade. The first steamboat came up the river as far as Lexington about 1830. Before that, canoes, bullboats etc, were used. Missouri was the twenty fourth state admitted to the Union in 1821..

Construction of the Missouri Pacific Railroad began July 4, 1851 and was completed September, 1865. The first train left St. Louis for Kansas City September 20, 1865. Sometime before the Civil War, they, the Davidsons, cut logs and hauled them with oxen, hewed them with broad ax by hand. From this they built a two room log house with shed on one side for kitchen and porch, and here resided until death.

Four of their sons were in the War. William B. was wounded, George W. failed to return home, and the men that did not go to the war had to hide out at nights to keep from being killed. Groups of men would go around over the country: at night and kill all the men they could and burn their houses. Nathaniel B. crossed the plains in 1847 and returned home in 1848.

William B: (Billy) and Mary E. Davidson bought the farm in 1874. In 1891 they built a six room frame house, made a barn out of the log house and it is still in use today. Hugh & and Llllie B. Davidson bought the farm in 1919, in whose name the farm now stands. William B., four of his brothers, his nine children and three grandchildren were born on the farm

1. ↑ Source: #S30
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