Samuel D. Davis

Samuel D Davis
BIRTH
10 Feb 1819
DEATH
23 May 1882 (aged 63)
BURIAL
Black Oak Cemetery
Braymer, Caldwell County, Missouri, USA
PLOT
MEMORIAL ID
18200653 · View Source
MEMORIAL
PHOTOS 3
FLOWERS 2
s/o Dennis Davis & Johanna Thomas; h/o Margaret Owen; Black Oak Cemetery Records indicate Samuel was a Confederate Soldier

Family Members
Parents

Dennis Davis
1791–1879

Johanna Thomas Davis
1791–1852

Spouse

Margaret S. Owen Davis
1821–1905

Siblings

John Thomas Davis
1812–1882

Joshua Davis
1820–1902

Elizabeth Ann Davis Shrum
1823–1893

Lewis F Davis
1825–1884

Children

Dennis W Davis
1842–1906

Infant Davis
1843–1843

Paulina Davis Holder
1845–1922

Payton L Davis
1847–1911

John H Davis
1851–1871

Margaret Davis Stumpf
1857–1924

Samuel Price Davis
1861–1941

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GEDCOM Note

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Samuel Davis and wife, Margaret Owen, left Adams County, Illinois soon after their marriage in Nov. 1838. A copy of this marriage certificate exists in Adams County, Illinois. However, the County Clerk of Adams County, Illinois, George E. Schrage III stated that there was no family information on the certificate. This was in response to an inquiry made January 23, 2000.

The coulple arrived in Caldwell County, Missouri in the spring/summer of 1839. It is known from a Vanderpool Newsletter that, John T. Davis, older brother of Samuel, came with them to Caldwell County, Missouri. It is unknown whether other brothers came with them at this time, as well.

Lewis F. and George M. Davis are probably, also the brothers of Samuel D. Davis but this has not been verified, although all these Davis men are buried in the same area of Black Oak Cemetery. On the 1850, 1860 and 1870 Federal Census's they are living in the same area with the Dennis Davis and son's Samuel D. and John T., and several Vanderpool and Owen families. The elder brother, George, was born in Kentucky as was John T. The younger brother, Lewis F., was born in Illinois as was Samuel D. Davis. Lewis F. and wife, Parmela Davis are buried in Black Oak Cemetery near Dennis and Samuel D. Davis.

Samuel and Margaret prospered on their farm in the southern part of Caldwell County, Missouri. The following information on Samuel Davis and Black Oak, Missouri is from the book, Caldwell County, Missouri History, Volume I, published in 1985 by the Caldwell County Historical Society. The village of Black Oak was laid out by Samuel D. Davis in Febraruy 1871. It was incorporated on September 05, 1880. It had a post office, hotel, saloon, jail, newspaper called "Black Oak Comet", several stores and shops, school house and a Methodist Church was organized in 1845 and the current building built in 1874. The church still stands in the Black Oak Cemetery, but has not been an active church since 1983. The school was a subscription school in 1851, as there was yet no school district in the county, meaning that the parents paid the teacher tuition for their children to be taught. In 1887, the Milwaukee railroad was built through southern Caldwell County, but went north of Black Oak. The Milwaukee Land Company, then sold land in the new town of Braymer, Missouri which soon drew most of the trade away from Black Oak and became the dominant town in that area.

Samuel D. Davis became a county Judge and Davis Township, in which both Black Oak and Braymer Missouri were located, was named after him. The History of Caldwell and Livingston Counties, published in 1886 states " Mr. Davis was a person of much natural ability, of decided and pronounced views regarding politics and religion, and held during his lifetime many positions of honor and trust, the confidence and respect of all who knew him following him to the grave."

According to Dorothy Vanderpool McClure (interview on May 1, 1999 and June 27, 1999), great granddaughter of Samuel Davis, Samuel Davis and his brother John Davis, were in the Battle of Lexington during the Civil War. One was a Confederate and the other a Union soldier. The Battle of Lexington took place at Lexington, Missouri in neighboring Ray County.

The dates of birth and death for Samuel Davis are taken from family history notes in the Vanderpool Newsletter and the tombstone for both Samuel and wife, Margaret. The tombstone is located in Black Oak Cemetery, 5-6 miles south of Braymer Mo., in Caldwell County. The information was recorded on May 22, 1998 by Brenda Vanderpool Brockman.

GEDCOM Source

BBrock.FTW Other Date of Import: Aug 4, 2000

GEDCOM Source

BBrock.FTW Other Date of Import: Aug 4, 2000