In 1850 he is listed as a Carriage Manufacturer for a Railroad equipment company. He was married first to Mary L. (b. 1825 KY-between 1880-1896).∼Alternate date of birth July 13, 1821
Alternate date of Death April 8, 1900
Occupation: Farmer
Private/Regimental Postmaster/Orderly
Company 'I' The Tullahoma Guards (The Cowan Guards AKA The Jo Lane Company)
1st Tennessee Infantry Volunteers (Turney's Regiment)
Enlisted on April 1861 at Winchester, Tennessee. Detached as Colonel Peter Turney's Orderly 12 May 1861. Served as Regimental Postmaster. Hospitalized May 1862 with jaundice and then honorably discharged 27 July 1862 by reason of being overage and a non-conscript (when enlisting he gave his birthdate as 1835).
Member of the board of Trustees for the Winchester Normal School in May 1878
Alternate date of Death April 8, 1900
Occupation: Farmer
Private/Regimental Postmaster/Orderly
Company 'I' The Tullahoma Guards (The Cowan Guards AKA The Jo Lane Company)
1st Tennessee Infantry Volunteers (Turney's Regiment)
Enlisted on April 1861 at Winchester, Tennessee. Detached as Colonel Peter Turney's Orderly 12 May 1861. Served as Regimental Postmaster. Hospitalized May 1862 with jaundice and then honorably discharged 27 July 1862 by reason of being overage and a non-conscript (when enlisting he gave his birthdate as 1835).
Member of the board of Trustees for the Winchester Normal School in May 1878
In 1850 he is listed as a Carriage Manufacturer for a Railroad equipment company. He was married first to Mary L. (b. 1825 KY-between 1880-1896).∼Alternate date of birth July 13, 1821
Alternate date of Death April 8, 1900
Occupation: Farmer
Private/Regimental Postmaster/Orderly
Company 'I' The Tullahoma Guards (The Cowan Guards AKA The Jo Lane Company)
1st Tennessee Infantry Volunteers (Turney's Regiment)
Enlisted on April 1861 at Winchester, Tennessee. Detached as Colonel Peter Turney's Orderly 12 May 1861. Served as Regimental Postmaster. Hospitalized May 1862 with jaundice and then honorably discharged 27 July 1862 by reason of being overage and a non-conscript (when enlisting he gave his birthdate as 1835).
Member of the board of Trustees for the Winchester Normal School in May 1878
Alternate date of Death April 8, 1900
Occupation: Farmer
Private/Regimental Postmaster/Orderly
Company 'I' The Tullahoma Guards (The Cowan Guards AKA The Jo Lane Company)
1st Tennessee Infantry Volunteers (Turney's Regiment)
Enlisted on April 1861 at Winchester, Tennessee. Detached as Colonel Peter Turney's Orderly 12 May 1861. Served as Regimental Postmaster. Hospitalized May 1862 with jaundice and then honorably discharged 27 July 1862 by reason of being overage and a non-conscript (when enlisting he gave his birthdate as 1835).
Member of the board of Trustees for the Winchester Normal School in May 1878
Inscription
Son of Travis & Mary Davis
Gravesite Details
There is a duplicate for him in Decherd City Cemetery but he is not buried there. He is buried here next to his 2nd wife and son, James, Jr.
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