Leanora (McFadden) Davis (abt. 1808 - abt. 1852)

Born about 11 Apr 1808 in Sumter District, South Carolina

Ancestors

Died about 4 May 1852 at about age 44 in Georgia

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Biography

Leanora was born about 1808. She was the daughter of Robert McFadden and Leanora Lenoir. She first married Thomas Samuel McClary on 16 May 1825. ^[1] They had two sons, Robert and Samuel. After Thomas' passing on 7 Sep 1831, she married Major Lemuel Bunn "Lamb" Davis. Together they had at least six more children: Francis Eudora, Margaret C. Elizabeth, Abbie Marie, Henry Arthur,, Wentworth M., Leonora McFaddin. In the 1840 census, ^[2] which is a tally-style census, L B Davis is shown living with 5 boys 10-15 years old, and one male between 60-70 (possibly his father), 3 girls under 5 years old, and one teenage girl.

Leanora passed away about 1852 and is buried next to her husband "L B" Davis in Pachitla Cemetery, Morgan, Calhoun County, Georgia. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Thomas Samuel McClary, Rootsweb world connect project | http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rkprivette&id=I166879, accessed on May 27, 2017.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTZ-PD2 : 24 August 2015), L B Davis, Sumter, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 10, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 515; FHL microfilm 22,511.
3. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 50576463 | https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=50576463