William
Thomas
Davis
Born in Meigs County, Tennessee, United States
Son of Samuel Davis
and Hester (Casey) Davis
Brother of
Sarah Davis, Mary E. (Davis) Bowlin, Nancy E. Davis, James Davis, Delia Ann (Davis) Smith, John Richard Davis and Mattie Lee (Davis) Daugherty
Husband of
Eliza Jane (Raines) Davis
— married
about 1890 [location unknown]
Husband of
Elizabeth Mae (Wilson) Davis
— married
7 Oct 1912 in Hamilton, Tennessee, United States [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Father of
Emma Elizabeth (Davis) Ford, John Richard Davis, Alma B. (Davis) Roberts, Cora L. (Davis) Argo, William Thomas Davis Jr., Claude Davis Sr., James Samuel Davis, Charles Ira Davis, Wilvon T. Davis, Mary Lodena (Davis) Swafford and Lois Marie (Davis) Prock
Died
at age 86
in Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Jan 2019
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Biography
William Davis was born in Appalachia, in Tennessee.
William was born in 1867.
He passed away in 1954.
- Fact: Burial Smith Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA.
Sources
- BillionGraves Holdings, Inc. BillionGraves, database with images (http://www.billiongraves.com: accessed 01 Apr 2019), Record 28091637, William Thomas Davis (20 Sep 1865-31 Aug 1954), Smith Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA; gravestone photograph by Jeffrey Lamar Dobbs.
- Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed 01 April 2019), memorial page for William Thomas Davis (30 Sep 1865–31 Jul 1954), Find A Grave Memorial no. 37305880, citing Smith Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Amy Smith-Alley (contributor 47043515).
- William Thomas Davis, Certificate of Death No. 54-17467 (1954), Tennessee Department of Health - Division of Vital Statistics, Nashville, Tennessee.
- William T. Davis household, 1900 U.S. Census, James County, Tennessee, Population Schedule, Enumeration District [ED] 74, Supervisor's District [SD] 3, Sheet 8A, Dwelling 124, Family 124, National Archives.
- W. T. Davis household, 1910 U.S. Census, Hamilton County, Tennessee, Population Schedule, Civil District 3, Enumeration District [ED] 78, Supervisor's District [SD] 3, Sheet 13A, Dwelling 220, Family 220, National Archives.
- William T. Davis household, 1920 U.S. Census, Catoosa County, Georgia, Population Schedule, Catoosa District, Enumeration District [ED] 22, Supervisor's District [SD] 7, Sheet 3A, Dwelling 46, Family 46, National Archives.
- William T. Davis household, 1930 U.S. Census, Hamilton County, Tennessee, Population Schedule, Civil District 3, Enumeration District [ED] 33-77, Supervisor's District [SD] 13, Sheet 4B, Dwelling 80, Family 82, National Archives.
- William T. Davis household, 1940 U.S. Census, Hamilton County, Tennessee, Population Schedule, Civil District 3, Enumeration District [ED] 33-19, Supervisor's District [SD] 3, Sheet 10A, Household 163, National Archives.
- William T. Davis obituary, Chattanooga Times, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, 02 Aug 1954.
- Samuel Davis household, 1880 U.S. Census, Meigs County, Tennessee, Population Schedule, 1st Civil District, Enumeration District [ED] 81, Supervisor's District [SD] 21, Page 18B, Dwelling 115, Family 115, National Archives.
- Samuel Davis household, 1870 U.S. Census, McMinn County, Tennessee, Population Schedule, Civil District 9, Athens Post Office, Page 9, Dwelling 61, Family 61, National Archives.
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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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~25.00%
~25.00%
Floretta (Ford) Wright 
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T980798 [compare], FTDNA kit #8399
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~6.25%
~12.50%
Jeff Dobbs :
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