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About Mary Louise Davis
(see group photograph for an example of how she looked as a younger woman.... she seemed to have been a stunning beauty... the portrait does not do justice to her beauty at a younger woman, even though it is quite nice)
See her at right in this photo
She bore her first child, Mary, at 19 and then her son Henry a few years later. The family lived on W. 14th St.
Mary Louise suffered the premature death of her husband, the able judge John Davis. He died at the large country estate of the extended van Beuren/Davis family in Morristown in the Loantaka aka Lowantica ††† valley. It was there that family gained respite from the confines of City life.
During the race riots at the time of Gettysburg, the extended van Beuren/Davis family hid in the top of 21 w. 14th. Their black servant hid in a shed as he was warned that blacks were being killed on sight by the mobs roaming the streets. Indeed, it was feared that the van Beuren house was in danger of being set on fire. (see the Mitchell Family History at the NYPL) The story goes on that one in the crowd of would-be arsons said something like"these are good people". This may refer to the fact that the van Beurens were Democrats of the Tammany Hall persuasion and one-time proponents of politicians such as Henry Clay and Fernando Wood, that is, non-Lincoln supporters.
As her husband was involved in international trade with his siblings, the following trading vessel may have been named for her{ https://www.newspapers.com/image/843838771/?terms=%22Mary%20Louise%... & https://www.newspapers.com/image/843802248/?terms=%22Mary%20Louise%...
It was her husband John and his brother James B. Davis who established a trading operation†† around South America to the Pacific. This operation by older inlaws may have inspired Mary Louise's younger brothers to venture out to California and Arizona to seek love, fame, and fortune albeit without much success. Love was a success for brother Frederick who married in San Francisco, Henry became involved with the ill-fated Walnut Grove Water Storage Company and the Piedmont Cattle Co.
~• of obscure genealogical interest: Both Mary and her husband are direct descendants of Joris Jansen Rapalje and Catalyntje Trico who came to New Netherland in 1624.
more tangled genealogy
Two of Mary Louise's sisters were married to Dr. James Banks Reynolds AND.. Mary Louise's husband is Dr. James Banks Reynolds first cousin.
The Reynods, Banks, and van Beuren go back two generations to Bowery Hill, which is what the Union Square was known as before the expansion of the City.
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†† John W. Davis, Davis & Co., 19 South William St., Manhattan
note: As and atty. John "did a large South American business, representing interests of merchants in Chile and Peru. He was a member of the Manhattan Club.
the Loantaka aka Lowantica ††† valley. : for an historical appreciation of that area of Morris County, see: http://www.chathamtownshiphistoricalsociety.org/uploads/3/4/5/6/345...
It might be noted that, as the first born child of Mary Spingler Fonerden van Beuren, Mary Louise was culturally connected with John Jacob Astor. Both the Astors and the Spinglers started as families of modest means in Colonial Manhattan. The Spingler surname is now mostly forgotten as there were no male heirs.
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Mary Louise Davis's Timeline
| 1832 |
November 11, 1832
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For a map of NYC in 1936, see https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3804n.wd000155/?r=0.715,0.326,0.085,0... Topographical map of the city and county of New-York, and the adjacent country : with views in the border of the principal buildings, and interesting scenery of the island. |
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| 1855 |
February 15, 1855
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New York, New York, United States
~• some confusion about her DOB: She appears int he family photo of c. July 1861 where she is clearly older than her twin brothers (so she cannot have been born in 1865 (!)
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| 1857 |
August 5, 1857
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New York, New York, United States
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| 1858 |
July 18, 1858
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New York, New York County, New York, United States
1900 census reads July 1858 |
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| 1859 |
July 15, 1859
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July 15, 1859
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New York, NY, United States
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