William McComas Davis

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William McComas Davis

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Nicholas, West Virginia, United States
Death: October 19, 1864 (33)
Cedar Creek, Middletown, Frederick County, Virginia, United States (Killed at the Battle of Cedar Creek)
Place of Burial: Elk City, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Henry Robert Davis and Margaret Sands
Husband of America Nutter
Father of William Henry Davis; Thomas C. Davis and Mary Elizabeth Davis
Brother of Lucinda Smith; Henry Clinton Davis; James Vinton Davis; Thamer Ann Wood Davis and Robert Hamilton Davis

Managed by: Robert Scott Mills
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About William McComas Davis

Enlisted August 15, 1862 at Charleston, (W) Va in Company A, 13th Regiment, Virginia Volunteers for three years.

Killed Oct. 19, 1864 at the Battle of Cedar Creek near Middletown, VA.

His father came from Charleston, WV, recovered his body from the battlefield grave site and took it for burial at Winchester National Cemetery.

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William McComas Davis's Timeline

1831
April 23, 1831
Nicholas, West Virginia, United States
1858
January 1, 1858
Kanawha, WV, United States
1859
March 8, 1859
Kanawha, WV, United States
1862
August 18, 1862
Elk City, Kanawha, WV, United States
1864
October 19, 1864
Age 33
Cedar Creek, Middletown, Frederick County, Virginia, United States
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Elk City, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States