Son of Lorin Davis and Jerusha (Cooley) Knapp
Brother of
Alva Cooley Davis
Half brother of
Arminda Josephine (Knapp) Tripp;
Margaret Ann (Knapp) Kaplinger;
Olive F (Knapp) Moll
and James Oscar Knapp
~
David Tutje wrote in his family history the following information (at one time in the possession of Audley Weston):
William J. Davis enlisted and fought in the Civil War, was captured and imprisoned in Andersonville, was released at the end of the war and came home and died in the arms of his fiance within the year. This romantic story was confirmed by by cemetery record, Center Grove Cemetery in Union Twp., Story County. Will is in the first grave in row 13 of the south section next to five graves of the Groseclose family.
The record lists:
Davis, James W., born April 6, 1840;
entered in the 8th Iowa Cavalry July 8 1863;
was captured July 30 1864;
was released from Andersonville Prison, April 17 1865; died June 25, 1865.
American Civil War Soldiers about James Davis
Name: James Davis
Residence: Des Moines, Iowa
Enlistment Date: 8 Jul 1863
Side Served: Union
State Served: Iowa
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 8 July 1863 at the age of 22.
Enlisted in Company M, 8th Cavalry Regiment Iowa on 8 Jul 1863.
Mustered Out Company M, 8th Cavalry Regiment Iowa on 17 Jun 1865 at Davenport, IA.
Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 4
By Guy E. Logan
HISTORICAL SKETCH
EIGHTH REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER CAVALRY
COMPANY "M"
Davis, James W. Age 22. Residence Des Moines, nativity Illinois. Enlisted July 8, 1863.
Mustered July 8, 1863. Taken prisoner July 30, 1864, Newnan, Ga. Mustered out June 17, 1865,
Davenport, Iowa.
Brother of
Alva Cooley Davis
Half brother of
Arminda Josephine (Knapp) Tripp;
Margaret Ann (Knapp) Kaplinger;
Olive F (Knapp) Moll
and James Oscar Knapp
~
David Tutje wrote in his family history the following information (at one time in the possession of Audley Weston):
William J. Davis enlisted and fought in the Civil War, was captured and imprisoned in Andersonville, was released at the end of the war and came home and died in the arms of his fiance within the year. This romantic story was confirmed by by cemetery record, Center Grove Cemetery in Union Twp., Story County. Will is in the first grave in row 13 of the south section next to five graves of the Groseclose family.
The record lists:
Davis, James W., born April 6, 1840;
entered in the 8th Iowa Cavalry July 8 1863;
was captured July 30 1864;
was released from Andersonville Prison, April 17 1865; died June 25, 1865.
American Civil War Soldiers about James Davis
Name: James Davis
Residence: Des Moines, Iowa
Enlistment Date: 8 Jul 1863
Side Served: Union
State Served: Iowa
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 8 July 1863 at the age of 22.
Enlisted in Company M, 8th Cavalry Regiment Iowa on 8 Jul 1863.
Mustered Out Company M, 8th Cavalry Regiment Iowa on 17 Jun 1865 at Davenport, IA.
Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 4
By Guy E. Logan
HISTORICAL SKETCH
EIGHTH REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER CAVALRY
COMPANY "M"
Davis, James W. Age 22. Residence Des Moines, nativity Illinois. Enlisted July 8, 1863.
Mustered July 8, 1863. Taken prisoner July 30, 1864, Newnan, Ga. Mustered out June 17, 1865,
Davenport, Iowa.
Son of Lorin Davis and Jerusha (Cooley) Knapp
Brother of
Alva Cooley Davis
Half brother of
Arminda Josephine (Knapp) Tripp;
Margaret Ann (Knapp) Kaplinger;
Olive F (Knapp) Moll
and James Oscar Knapp
~
David Tutje wrote in his family history the following information (at one time in the possession of Audley Weston):
William J. Davis enlisted and fought in the Civil War, was captured and imprisoned in Andersonville, was released at the end of the war and came home and died in the arms of his fiance within the year. This romantic story was confirmed by by cemetery record, Center Grove Cemetery in Union Twp., Story County. Will is in the first grave in row 13 of the south section next to five graves of the Groseclose family.
The record lists:
Davis, James W., born April 6, 1840;
entered in the 8th Iowa Cavalry July 8 1863;
was captured July 30 1864;
was released from Andersonville Prison, April 17 1865; died June 25, 1865.
American Civil War Soldiers about James Davis
Name: James Davis
Residence: Des Moines, Iowa
Enlistment Date: 8 Jul 1863
Side Served: Union
State Served: Iowa
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 8 July 1863 at the age of 22.
Enlisted in Company M, 8th Cavalry Regiment Iowa on 8 Jul 1863.
Mustered Out Company M, 8th Cavalry Regiment Iowa on 17 Jun 1865 at Davenport, IA.
Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 4
By Guy E. Logan
HISTORICAL SKETCH
EIGHTH REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER CAVALRY
COMPANY "M"
Davis, James W. Age 22. Residence Des Moines, nativity Illinois. Enlisted July 8, 1863.
Mustered July 8, 1863. Taken prisoner July 30, 1864, Newnan, Ga. Mustered out June 17, 1865,
Davenport, Iowa.
Brother of
Alva Cooley Davis
Half brother of
Arminda Josephine (Knapp) Tripp;
Margaret Ann (Knapp) Kaplinger;
Olive F (Knapp) Moll
and James Oscar Knapp
~
David Tutje wrote in his family history the following information (at one time in the possession of Audley Weston):
William J. Davis enlisted and fought in the Civil War, was captured and imprisoned in Andersonville, was released at the end of the war and came home and died in the arms of his fiance within the year. This romantic story was confirmed by by cemetery record, Center Grove Cemetery in Union Twp., Story County. Will is in the first grave in row 13 of the south section next to five graves of the Groseclose family.
The record lists:
Davis, James W., born April 6, 1840;
entered in the 8th Iowa Cavalry July 8 1863;
was captured July 30 1864;
was released from Andersonville Prison, April 17 1865; died June 25, 1865.
American Civil War Soldiers about James Davis
Name: James Davis
Residence: Des Moines, Iowa
Enlistment Date: 8 Jul 1863
Side Served: Union
State Served: Iowa
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 8 July 1863 at the age of 22.
Enlisted in Company M, 8th Cavalry Regiment Iowa on 8 Jul 1863.
Mustered Out Company M, 8th Cavalry Regiment Iowa on 17 Jun 1865 at Davenport, IA.
Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 4
By Guy E. Logan
HISTORICAL SKETCH
EIGHTH REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER CAVALRY
COMPANY "M"
Davis, James W. Age 22. Residence Des Moines, nativity Illinois. Enlisted July 8, 1863.
Mustered July 8, 1863. Taken prisoner July 30, 1864, Newnan, Ga. Mustered out June 17, 1865,
Davenport, Iowa.
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