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Jane Simpson Cook Davis

Birth: 1759
South Carolina, USA
Death: 3 Oct 1845 (aged 85–86)
Burial: Davis Family Cemetery

Woodville, Wilkinson County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 18709253 View Source

Confederate President Jefferson Finis Davis was the youngest of the 10 children of Samuel Emory Davis (Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania, 1756 – July 4, 1824) and wife (married 1783) Jane Simpson Cook (Christian County, (later Todd County), Kentucky, 1759 – October 3, 1845).
(Bio: STEVE BEATY)

[NOTE: Col William Cooke( of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania at time of death) clearly states in his 1804 Last Will and Testament that his daughter Mary "Polly" Cooke is intermarried with Robert Brady. He also states that his daughter Jane Cooke is intermarried with William P Brady. Both Brady men are sons of Capt John Brady of the same area. Link to Col Cooke's Will: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89SM-788V?i=181&wc=9PMK-YWL%3A268495501%2C268509701&cc=1999196 ]

Confederate President Jefferson Finis Davis was the youngest of the 10 children of Samuel Emory Davis (Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania, 1756 – July 4, 1824) and wife (married 1783) Jane Simpson Cook (Christian County, (later Todd County), Kentucky, 1759 – October 3, 1845).
(Bio: STEVE BEATY)

[NOTE: Col William Cooke( of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania at time of death) clearly states in his 1804 Last Will and Testament that his daughter Mary "Polly" Cooke is intermarried with Robert Brady. He also states that his daughter Jane Cooke is intermarried with William P Brady. Both Brady men are sons of Capt John Brady of the same area. Link to Col Cooke's Will: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89SM-788V?i=181&wc=9PMK-YWL%3A268495501%2C268509701&cc=1999196 ]

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Wife of Samuel Davis. Aged 84 years.

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Maj Samuel Emory Davis

1756–1824

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Maintained by: J. B. Williams
Originally Created by: Michelle Woodham
Added: Apr 1, 2007
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18709253/jane_simpson-davis: accessed ), memorial page for Jane Simpson Cook Davis (1759–3 Oct 1845), Find a Grave Memorial ID 18709253, citing Davis Family Cemetery, Woodville, Wilkinson County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by J. B. Williams (contributor 50712061).

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