CAMPBELL COUNTY, VA - HISTORY - Campbell Chronicles and Family Sketches
			Family  Sketches - Davis
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                   CAMPBELL CHRONICLES and FAMILY SKETCHES

              Embracing the History of CAMPBELL COUNTY, VIRGINIA
                                  1782-1926
                                By R. H. EARLY
                              With Illustrations
                              J. P. BELL COMPANY
                           LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 1927


Davis

  John Davis of Louisa county married Susannah Smithson; their son, William,
born in 1755, married in 1774, Mary, the daughter of Henry and Mary
Shelton-Gosney, Mary Shelton being the daughter of Ralph and Mary
Pollard-Shelton of King William county. Davis died in 1853; both he and his wife
were buried at South River burial ground. Children: 

—William, Jr., m. Zalinda, dau. of John Lynch, founder of Lynchburg.

—John, m., 18O5, Mrs. Hannah Johnson, nee Anthony, the dau. of Christopher
Anthony, and moved to Cincinnati, Ohio,, in 1814; died 1830.

—Thomas, born 1777, m. Rachel Davis; children:-Annis Elizabeth, m. Pleasant
Preston,—Micajah, m., 1st, Mary E. Phillips, m., 2nd, Sallie W. Selden; died
1884; Zalinda Lynch Davis m. Frazier O. Stratton.

—Henry, born 1779, m., 18O1, Sarah, dau. of Christopher Anthony and wife, Mary
Jordan. Henry Davis conducted a hardware store in Lynchburg. Children were:
—Mary M., born 18O4, married Hobson Johns. —Sarah A., born 1811, m., 1st,
William Ward Smith; son, Wm. W. Smith, Jr. Married, 2nd, Franklin Gillette
Smith, rector of St. Paul's church, Lynchburg, 1824-1838, and teacher of a
school there; moved to Columbia, Term., where he conducted the Female Institute;
founded Columbia Athanaeum, which became a factor in Columbia's system of public
education; published "The Guardian."

—Robert Jordan, born 1815, m. Anne Carrington, dau. of Paul C. and Mary B.
Irvine-Cabell (dau. of Wm. Irvine of Bedford). Robert J. Davis was educated at
Washington College, where he took his B. A. degree; was a graduate in
engineering at the University of Virginia, and graduate of law at Harvard; was
for many years a prominent lawyer at Lynchburg and represented the city in the
Virginia Legislature. His four daughters, Mary Irvine (dec.), Sallie Anthony,
Ann C. and Lucy Lee, have been successful educators; the last named holds the
position of Supervisor of Methods in Lynchburg schools and, Ann C. Davis
conducts an industrial school at Tullulah Falls, Georgia. These two were
formerly associated with William and Mary College. Their only surviving brother,
Wm. Knickle Davis, for some years engineer in bridge construction, is now
located in Roanoke and is engaged in insurance business.

—Lucy  Elizabeth, born 1822, m. William Tudor Yancey, a prominent lawyer of
Lynchburg; their son, Robert D. Yancey, holds office of Commonwealth's Attorney
for Lynchburg. 

—Benjamin, born 1785, married Catherine Gilbert, of Pittsylvania county.

—Mary, born 1790, m. Cornelius Pierce; children, Mary, m. Benjamin Brown of
Amherst; Susan m. James D. Taylor; Louisa m. Lunsford Lomax Loving; Robinson m.
_____.

—Nancy, born, 1792, m., 1814, Peter Dudley; children, John W. married Andusia
Fourquerean: Mary E. m. Capt. Thomas W. Johns; Fannie J. m. James F. Payne;
Peter L. m. Elizabeth Saunders; Deborah A. m. (2nd wife) Rev. W. H. Kinkle;
Maria Rose m. J. Edward Calhoun.

—Mary Annis, born 1805, m. Robinson Stabler of Alexandria in 1828.


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