Robert Houston Davis (1838 - 1895)

Born 16 Oct 1838 in Monroe, Overton, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Durfey) Davis — married 29 Mar 1863 in , Salem, Utah, Utah, USA

Died 2 Jun 1895 at age 56 in Salem, Utah, Utah, United States

Biography

This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.

Burial

Burial:

Date: 4 Jun 1895

Place: Salem City Cemetery, Salem, Utah, Utah, USA

Ancestral File Number

Ancestral File Number: 197P-1F

Immigration

Immigration: Samuel Gully/Orson Spencer Company

Date: 23 Sep 1849

Place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory^[1]

Census

Census:

Date: 1850

Place: , Utah, Utah Territory^[2]

Census:

Date: 1860

Place: Springville, Utah, Utah Territory^[3]

Census:

Date: 1870

Place: Pondtown, Utah, Utah Territory^[4]

Census:

Date: 1880

Place: Salem, Utah, Utah Territory^[5]

Census:

Date: 1910

Place: , Salem, Utah, Utah, USA^[6]

Event

Event:

Type: Census - State

Date: 1856

Place: Springville, Utah, Utah Territory^[7]

User ID

User ID: CABDF2C6EB9540219C63C3FCBFACDCBDE299

Data Changed

Data Changed:

Date: 27 Jun 2007

Prior to import, this record was last changed 27 Jun 2007.

Marriage

Husband: Henry Davis

PREF Y

Wife: Rachel Hunter

PREF Y

Marriage:

Date: 24 Nov 1825

Place: Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA^[8]

Child: Larkin Davis

Child: George Preston Davis

Child: James Jordan Davis

Child: Elizabeth Jane Davis

PREF Y

Child: Charles Washington Davis

Child: William Bradford Davis

Child: Levi Washington Davis

Child: Robert Houston Davis

Child: Joseph Webster Davis

Child: Julius Moses Davis

Child: Mary Jane Davis

Child: Henry Orson Davis

Data Changed:

Date: 13 May 2008

Time: 16:05

Sources

• WikiTree profile Davis-5062 created through the import of Ancestors of JaAnna Bowen Nelson.ged on May 27, 2011 by JaAnna Nelson. See the Changes page for the details of edits by JaAnna and others.

• Source: S2 Abbreviation: Family Records of JaAnna Nelson Title: Family Records of JaAnna Nelson Author: JaAnna Nelson Note: These are compiled records from many sources researched by JaAnna Jean Bowen Nelson Repository: #R494 Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y
• Repository: R494 Name: Lynn Edward & JaAnna Jean Bowen Nelson Address: Lynn Edward & JaAnna Jean Bowen Nelson CONT 3835 West 2925 South CONT West Valley City, Utah 84120 USA Name: Lynn Edward & JaAnna Jean Bowen Nelson Address 1: 3835 West 2925 South City: West Valley City State: Utah Postal Code: 84120 Country: USA Phone Number: 801-968-4206 E-Mail Address: jaanna.nelson@gmail.com
• Source: S23 Abbreviation: FamilySearch Internet - Online Ordinance Index v5.0 Title: FamilySearch Internet - Online Ordinance Index v5.0 Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Salt Lake City, UT: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 2001 Repository: #R501 Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y 3
• Repository: R501 Name: FamilySearch Internet Address: FamilySearch Internet Name: FamilySearch Internet URL: http://www.familysearch.org/
• Source: S478 Abbreviation: Utah Census, 1850-90 [database on-line] Title: Utah Census, 1850-90 [database on-line] Author: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, com Publication: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999. Note: Original data: Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes. Repository: #R490 Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y
• Repository: R490 Name: Ancestry.com Address: Ancestry.com CONT 360 W 4800 N CONT Provo, Utah 84604 Name: Ancestry.com Address 1: 360 W 4800 N City: Provo State: Utah Postal Code: 84604 Phone Number: 801-705-7000 URL: www.ancestry.com
• Source: S479 Abbreviation: Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847-1868 Title: Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847-1868 Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: SLC, UT: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 2007 Repository: #R426 Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y
• Repository: R426 Name: LDS Church Web Site Address: LDS Church Web Site CONT www.lds.org Name: LDS Church Web Site Address 1: www.lds.org
• Source: S646 Abbreviation: Ancestry Online Census Images Title: Ancestry Online Census Images Author: United States Census Office Publication: Washington, DC: The National Archives Repository: #R521 Paranthetical: N
• Repository: R521 Name: Ancestry.com Address: Ancestry.com CONT www.ancestry.com Name: Ancestry.com Address 1: www.ancestry.com

1. ↑ Source: #S479 Data: Text: Email from Church Service Missionary accepting family being listed in the right year & company. CONT CONT ChurchHistoryLibrary@ldschurch.org <ChurchHistoryLibrary@ldschurch.org> Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 2:16 PM CONT To: jaanna.nelson@gmail.com CONT You have helped us identify and place eleven people in a company with your question. Thank you. We had a "Widow Davis" listed in an unprocessed roster of the 1849 Samuel Gully/Orson Spencer company. We didn't know who she was until your question prompted me to do further research. There was no vital or church event to help me add Rachel Hunter Davis's family to the database using circumstantial evidence. I did find obituaries for three of her children that mentioned that the family came together as a unit to Utah in 1849. One of the obituaries (for James J. Davis) identified the company as the Gully/Spencer company and that he drove an ox team for Spencer. It gave the family's date of arrival in Salt Lake as 23 Sep. 1849 which fits nicely with the arrival date of the company. All of this research is very time-consuming but it's great when we can document and add more individuals to the database. CONT CONT Mel Bashore CONT CONT P.S.: That DUP "Heart Throbs" source you cited is so full of mistakes (like people listed as arriving in Utah after they had died) that we do not accept it as a source. It does not cite where they obtained the information from to warrant putting them on the list. Your Rachel Hunter Davis is a case in point--it lists her as coming in 1848, yet we have wonderful documentary proof from several primary sources that she came in 1849. This is why we have established rigid documentation requirements. There are too many errors in the secondary sources. CONT CONT >>> jaanna.nelson@gmail.com 4/22/2007 2:26:20 PM >>> CONT Subject: Re: Pioneer Submission CONT [Quoted text hidden] CONT ---------------------- CONT <CaseID:394357>
2. ↑ Source: #S646 Page: film M432_919; pg. 123; dn 60/fn 60 Quality or Certainty of Data: 3 Data: Text: Benjamin F. Stewart; age 33; m; w; Miller; b. OH; md. in yr. CONT Polly Stewart; age 33; f; w; b. KY; md in yr CONT Almeda Stewart; age 10; f; w; b. IA CONT Benj. F. Stewart; age 4; m; w; b. IA CONT Sarah Stewart; age 1; f; w; b. Deseret CONT Elizabeth Stewart; age 19; f; w; b. TN CONT Rachel Stewart; age 40; f; w; weaver; b. NC; can't r/w CONT Charles Davis; age 18; m; w; b. TN; none; school CONT Levi Davis; age 15; m; w; b. TN; school CONT Robert Davis; age 12; m; w; b. TN CONT Joseph Davis; age 10; m; w; b. TN CONT Mary J. Davis; age 6; f; w; b.Ill CONT Orson Davis; age 3; m; w; b. IA CONT 61/61 CONT Sarah Stewart; age 65; f; w; b. Mass.
3. ↑ Source: #S646 Page: Film M653_1314; pg. 986; dn 2412/fn 1896 Quality or Certainty of Data: 3 Date: 3 Sep 1860 Data: Text: ln 8; Rachel Davis; age 50; f; w; Seamstress; $175/$75; b. Car. CONT ln 9; Robt. Davis; age 19; m; w; D. L.; b. TN CONT ln 10; Orson Davis; age 13; m; w; b. UT CONT ln 11; Lucinda Davis; age 10; f; w; b. UT; school
4. ↑ Source: #S646 Page: film M593_1612; pg. 258B; dn 12/fn 12 Quality or Certainty of Data: 3 Date: 29 Jul 1870 Note: Payson PO Data: Text: ln 15; Davies, Robert; age 37; m; w; no occupation; b. TN; can't r/w CONT ln 16; Davies, Sarah; age 37; f; w; keeping house; b. Canada; parents foreign born; CONT ln 17; Davies, Robert; age 6; m; w; at home; b. UT; mother foreign born CONT ln 18; Davis, Alma; age 3; m; w; at home; b. UT; mother foreign born
5. ↑ Source: #S646 Page: film T9_1338; FHL film 1255338; ED 86; pg. 242B; dn 70/fn 70 Quality or Certainty of Data: 3 Date: 5 Jun 1880 Data: Text: ln 6; Davis, Robt. H.; w; m; age 41; head; md.; farming; sineraff...; b. TN; parents b. TN CONT ln 7; Davis, Sarah; w; f; age 42; wife; md.; keeping house; b. NY; parents b. Canada CONT ln 8; Davis, Robt. H.; w; m; age 16; son; single; at home; can't r/w; b. UT; Fb TN; Mb NY CONT ln 9; Davis, Alma W.; w; m; age 12; son; single; can't r/w; b. UT; Fb TN; Mb NY CONT ln 10; Davis, Sarah O.; w; f; age 10; dau.; single; UT; Fb TN; Mb NY CONT ln 11; Davis, Kenion T.; w; m; age 7; son; single; UT; Fb TN; Mb NY CONT ln 12; Davis, Wesley P.; w; m; age 2; son; single; UT; Fb TN; Mb NY
6. ↑ Source: #S646 Page: Film T624_1610; ED 197; pg. 132A; dn 125/fn 121 Quality or Certainty of Data: 3 Date: 4 May 1910 Note: Royal & Davis Rd. Data: Text: ln 21; Davis, Sarah; head; f; w; age 71; wd.; 10 children/7 living; b. NY; parents b. Canada CONT ln 22; Davis, Willie L.; son; m; w; age 26; single; b. UT; fb TN; Mb NY; farm laborer/mother's farm; wage CONT ln 23; Davis, Ellen P.; granddau.; age 16; single; b. UT; parents b. UT
7. ↑ Source: #S478 Data: Text: Utah Census, 1850-90 CONT about Robert H. Davis CONT Name: Robert H. Davis CONT State: UT CONT County: Utah County CONT Township: Springville City CONT Year: 1856 CONT Page: 1023 CONT Database: UT 1856 Statehood Census Index
8. ↑ Source: #S23