Jefferson County TN Archives Biographies.....Davis, Rachel August 15, 1802 - 
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Source: Inter-state Publishing Company (Chicago, Ill.). History of Wayne County, Indiana Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns ... and Biographies of Representative Citizens : History of Indiana and Northwest Territory. Chicago: Inter-state Pub. Co, 1884.
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Rachel Davis was the daughter of Elihu and Sarah (Mills) Swain, and was born on 
Lost Creek, in Jefferson County, Tenn., Aug. 15, 1802.  She removed with her 
parents to Perry Township, Wayne Co., Ind., in 1815, where she attended the 
early schools of the settlement under the tuition of John Canady, Thomas R. 
Stanford and John Underhill.  She acquired a better education than most persons 
of her time and followed teaching for some years.  Jan. 18, 1826, she was 
married to John Thornburgh, son of Walter Thornburg, and resided near by and in 
the town of Econmy till his death, Dec. 10, 1841.  The fruit of this marriage 
was seven children -- Sarah Jane, born Nov. 12, 1826, married Reuben Evans, who 
afterward died in Michigan, now resides in Texas; Mary Eliza, born March 19, 
1829, married Larkins Maulsby and lives in Iowa; Milton E., born Aug. 7, 1831, 
married Margaret Calhoun, served three years in the Thirty-sixth regiment of 
Indiana Volunteers in the late war, resides now in Missouri; Orlistas W., born 
Jan. 8, 1834, married Genette Deputee, served also in the army, was discharged 
at the close of the war, resides in Richmond; Martha E., born May 22, 1836, 
married Aaron Conley, after his death married John W. Good; Elihu S., born July 
14, 1838, died Sept. 4, 1839; Cynthia Emeline, born July 6, 1840, married John 
R. Allen, who died and she then married James Allen; died in Kansas, March 22, 
1875.  Mrs. Thornburgh married Elihu Davis March 10, 1843.  They resided in 
Economy and vicinity till his death, April 10, 1875.  Rachel Davis was a 
birthright member of the Society of Friends.  When the separation took place in 
that society in 1842-'3 on the subject of slavery, she cast her lot with the 
division known as Anti-Slavery Friends.  When the barriers to anti-slavery work 
which caused the division were removed so that most returned to the ancient 
fold, she chose to identify herself with the Weslyan Methodist church, of which 
she is an honored and consistent member.  She has heard the proclamation of 
emancipation from the highest officer in the nation, and her own sons have aided 
in making that proclamation a reality to the slave. And further, she has lived 
to see a generation arrive at manhood and womanhood that never can know the 
odium once attached to Abolitionist.  The temperance cause has received no small 
part of her attention during life, and her zeal and interest seem to increase 
with years.  Rachel Davis is now in the eighty-second year of her age, and her 
mind is clear and vigorous.  She does her own housework, and lives an active, 
cheerful, and contented life.  Her society is sought and enjoyed by a large 
circle of friends and all classes and ages.

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