Mourning Davis

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Mourning Davis (Guffey)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Amherst County, Virginia, United States
Death: 1805 (36-37)
Wayne County, Kentucky, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Ephraim Guffey, Jr. and Nancy Guffey
Wife of Pvt. John Wyatt Davis, Sr., of Clinton County
Mother of Polly Davis; Nancy Mayes; Sarah Hopkins; John Davis, III; Elizabeth McCollom and 2 others
Sister of Anna Peyton; Ephraim Guffey; Henry "Hal" Guffey; Phoebe Choate; William Guffey and 2 others

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About Mourning Davis

Ephraim Guffey, Jr and his wife Nancy had 8 children: Anne, Ephraim, Mourning, Henry, Phoebe, Constantine, Richard, William.

Mourning married John Davis.

Disputed Origins

Mourning's parents were James Guffey and Margaret Kerns. This is according to Early Times In Clinton County, Kentucky, Vol. II page 208. Table Sixteen line 21 is Mourning. The sources come from Hazel Brummett and Bill Burchett Guffey's research.

However, according to https://www.wikitree.com/photo.php/e/ee/Guffey-3.pdf, her parents were Ephraim Guffey Jr & his wife Nancy.


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Mourning Davis's Timeline

1768
1768
Amherst County, Virginia, United States
1792
1792
Tennessee, United States
1794
1794
Tennessee, United States
1796
April 12, 1796
Tennessee
1798
1798
Tennessee, United States
1800
July 20, 1800
Wayne County, Kentucky, United States
1802
December 12, 1802
Clinton, Hickman County, Kentucky, United States
1805
1805
Age 37
Wayne County, Kentucky, United States
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