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« Thread Started on Oct 31, 2004, 8:33pm » | |
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Josehine Wingfield Henry nee Davis
10 May 1842 ~ 28 October 1899
". . . an estimable lady, a descendant of an old and honorable family of middle Georgia, daughter of Milton Grant Davis, who was a prosperous planter of antebellum days and cousin of ex-Governor Hubbard of this State [Texas]."
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The year is 1842, and Josephine Wingfield Davis is born on the 10th of May, in Morgan County, Georgia. As the youngest of five children, Josephine grows up in and around Madison, which has since been defined as "Gone With the Wind" country.
A page from a family Bible lists birth dates and names for 42 slaves, with dates ranging from 1805 to 1858. Her father, Milton Grant Davis, is listed on the 1850 Slave Schedule in Morgan County along with 29 black and mulatto slaves.
Josephine's mother, America James Davis nee Fears, dies 22 April 1857, shortly before Josephine's 15th birthday.
In 1859 Josephine's entire immediate family -- her father, three brothers, and her married sister and her family -- leave Georgia, and head west to Texas. In July of 1860 they are enumerated on the Census in Columbia, Brazoria County, Texas.
Josephine marries William Paschal Henry on 1 March 1864 in Brazoria County, Texas.
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« Reply #1 on Feb 29, 2008, 3:17pm » | |
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Burial: Murray Cemetery, Milam County, Texas
Kinship: To Vickie :: 2nd great-grandma (via Edgar)
Timeline 1: 10 May 1842, GA Birth: in Morgan County
Timeline 2: 1850, GA Age: 8 = b. 1842 in Georgia
Timeline 3: 1850, GA Census: District 62, Morgan County
Timeline 4: 1850, GA Head of Household: Milton G. Davis
Timeline 5: 1850, GA Name: Josephine W. Davis
Timeline 6: 22 April 1857, GA Death: of Mother (Josephine is 14)
Timeline 7: 10 May 1857, GA Event: 15th birthday
Timeline 8: Abt. 1859, Gone to Texas
Timeline 9: 1860, TX Age: 18 = b. 1842 in Georgia
Timeline 10: 1860, TX Census: Not Stated, Brazoria County
Timeline 11: 1860, TX Head of Household: M. G. Davis
Timeline 12: 1860, TX Name: indexed as Josephine M Dans
Timeline 13: 1860, TX Post Office: Columbia
Timeline 14: Bet. 1861 - 1865, War Between the States
Timeline 15: 10 May 1862, TX Event: 20th Birthday
Timeline 16: 01 March 1864, TX Marriage: in Brazoria County
Timeline 17: 03 November 1864, TX Death: of Father
Timeline 18: 30 October 1865, TX Birth: of daughter, Margaret, in Brazoria County
Timeline 19: 19 April 1868, TX Death: of daughter, Margaret
Timeline 20: 03 October 1868, TX Birth: of son, Will, in Grimes County
Timeline 21: 1870, TX Address: Brenham
Timeline 22: 1870, TX Age: 28 = b. 1842 in Georgia (says Texas, but she's off one line)
Timeline 23: 1870, TX Census: Washington County
Timeline 24: 1870, TX Head of Household: W. P. Henry
Timeline 25: 1870, TX Occupation: at home
Timeline 26: 10 May 1872, TX Event: 30th Birthday
Timeline 27: 03 October 1876, TX Event: visited sister, Maggie, in Rockdale
Timeline 28: 1880, TX Age: 37 = b. 1843 in Georgia
Timeline 29: 1880, TX Census: Milam County
Timeline 30: 1880, TX Head of Household: William P. Henry
Timeline 31: 1880, TX Name: Josphine W. Henry
Timeline 32: 1880, TX Occupation: keeping house
Timeline 33: 10 May 1882, TX Event: 40th Birthday
Timeline 34: 01 March 1889, TX Event: 25th wedding anniversary
Timeline 35: 10 May 1892, TX Event: 50th Birthday
Timeline 36: 28 January 1899, Date of death on tombstone (wrong!)
Timeline 37: 28 January 1899, Tombstone: Wrong death date (28 Oct 1899 according to 1 Nov 1899 Rockdale Reporter)
Timeline 38: Abt. March 1899, Family Photo & Portrait of Wm. P. & Josephine
Timeline 39: 01 March 1899, TX Event: 35th wedding anniversary
Timeline 40: 28 October 1899, TX Death: Milam County
Timeline 41: 29 October 1899, TX Funeral: at Murray School House, Milam County
Timeline 42: 01 November 1899, TX News: Rockdale Reporter coverage of her tragic death
Timeline 43: Aft. 28 October 1899, Tombstone: Her happy soul has winged its way to one pure, bright eternal day
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