~ DAVIS Family ~

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     The topic for week 11 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks writing challenge was "Large Family."  My favorite grandmother, Eleanor Davis was the first of five children born to Samuel Davis and Josephine Duper.  Her father, Samuel was the oldest of only three born to Daniel Davis and Flora Braught.  Her grandfather, Daniel, who was my 2nd great-grandfather, was one of 13 children born to William and Emily.
     My 3rd great-grandparents were both born upstate New York in Ulster County.  William H Davis was born 1832 in Milton, NY and Emily Martin was born 1836 in Lloyd, NY.  I don't know where they met but they were married in 1853 according to the 1900 federal census.  Their first born child, a daughter named Cordelia, was born in 1854 and two more children followed before my 2nd great-grandfather, Daniel made his appearance on New Year's Day in 1860.  The 1900 census shows that there were 13 children born but I have only 11 names. I'm guessing the missing two children were born and died between censuses.  Unless a baby was born in 1861, after Daniel's birth in 1860, William and Emily welcomed twin boys in 1862.  Ferris and George were born on the 20th of May in 1862.  Sadly, George died on October 16th in 1880 at the age of 18 when he fell from an apple tree near Milton, NY.  The news article stated that he fell a distance of 20 feet.  Ferris married a lady named Sarah and together they had five children.  Two of the children died as babies when they were just a few months old but the other three lived to adulthood.  Ferris died at the age of 85 on December 12, 1947.  After the birth of the twin boys, William and Emily were blessed with three girls from 1866 to 1874.  Another boy followed in 1875 and finally a girl in 1879.
     William and Emily lived in Marlborough, NY in Ulster County their whole married life.  The 1900 federal census has their residence listed as Marlborough but I wonder if they moved in with one of their children after 1900 because their place of death is across the Hudson River in Poughkeepsie, NY which is in Dutchess County.  William died 6 August 1902 and Emily died five years later on the 28th of July in 1907.  They are both buried in the Milton-Marlboro United Methodist Church Cemetery.


                                            William Davis                    Emily Martin                                     

                                                 
                                                     
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