COL Zebulon Pike Davis Sr. (1816-1882)

COL Zebulon Pike Davis Sr. Veteran

Birth

16 Jan 1816

Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA

Death

3 Jan 1882 (aged 65)

Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, USA

Burial

Maple Hill Cemetery

Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, USA Add to Map

Plot

Block 7, Row 2

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Col. Zebulon P. Davis died at this residence in this city, on the morning of the 3rd of January, 1882. The deceased was born near Lexington, in the State of Kentucky, on the 16th day of January, 1816, and would, in a few days, have been sixty-six years old. Col. Davis has held several public positions of honor and trust, and was, we believe, faithful and honest in the discharge of the duties devolving upon him. He was an Elector for this Congressional District on the Whig ticket in 1848, a Lieutenant in the Greek war, and was Mayor of this city two or three times before the war, and for four successive terms since the war. In all of these different relations to the public, he was kind and courteous to those with whom he was brought in contact, yet firm and decided in the discharge of his official duties. Col. Davis was, pre-eminently, a charitable man - always ready and prompt to aid the poor and the helpless. In his family relations, he was a considerate and tender father and a devoted husband. His illness was protracted, and his suffering great, yet he bore his affliction without murmur or complaint. Peace to his ashes!" (Editor's note: the data conversion may have said "Greek war" instead of "Creek war". There was a second Creek War in 1836.) - Huntsville Weekly Democrat

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Zebulon was the son of Nickolas Davis Sr. (1781-1855) & Martha Hargrove Davis (1790-1853)

Zeb's paternal grandparents:

John Dabney Davis (1743 Middlesex Co. VA - 1817 Hanover Co. VA)
Catherine Anne Ragland Tinsley Davis

Zeb's siblings:

Edwin Rodney Davis (abt 1807)
Anne Bradley Davis (1810-1860)
Philip Davis (abt 1812)
Martha Nickolas Davis Lane (abt 1814)
Lawrence Ripley Davis (1818-1892)
DeWitt Clinton Davis (abt 1820)
Eliza James Lockard Davis (1823-1849)
Nickloas Davis Jr (abt 1825)
Hector Davis
Mary Pleasants Davis
Virginia Dudley Davis (abt 1836)

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Zeb married on December 20, 1840 in Huntsville AL to Williametta D. Eason (17 Aug 1822 - 4 Apr 1889)

Zeb and Etta's children:

William Ripley Davis (1841-1841)
Martha Hargrave Davis (1843-1865)
George Lane Davis (1845-1900)
Effie Davis (1847-1865)
Annie Lavinia Eason Davis Shelby (1849-1917) w/o Judge David Davis Shelby
Henrietta Eason Davis (1851- )
Nickolas Davis Sr. (1853-1886)
Zebulon Pike Davis Jr (1856-1898)
Williametta Eason Davis (1859-1867)
Norah Clinton Davis (1861-1936)
Robert Lane Davis (1863-1863)

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