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Alonzo Davis

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Alonzo Davis

Birth
Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
23 May 1888 (aged 70)
Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.5796852, Longitude: -71.8038177
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8th mayor of Fitchburg and chair manufacturer

Son of George Washington Davis (1791 - 1857) and Anna Perley (1795 - 1821)

He married 1) Betsey Tameson Jackson on 21 May 1845 in Gardner, Massachusetts. Their marriage record calls him a chair maker. They had a child:

. Walter Alonzo Davis (1846 - 1921)
+ sp: Frances A. Bogart

In 1850, widowed, he lived in Fitchburg, Massachusetts in the home of James M. Comer and family. He was called a chair manufacturer. His son Walter was not with him.

At the 1855 Massachusetts State census he lived in a boarding house in Fitchburg, not far from the home of the Buttrick family, one of whose daughters he would soon marry.

After the death of his first wife, he married 2) Mary Susan Buttrick on 6 Dec 1859 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Their marriage record calls him a chair manufacturer.

At the Massachusetts State census of 1865 and in 1870 he lived in Fitchburg with wife, son and a servant.

In 1880 he lived in Fitchburg with wife, son Walter, Walter's family, and a boarder. He was called a retired chair manufacturer.

He died of liver disease at the age of 70.
8th mayor of Fitchburg and chair manufacturer

Son of George Washington Davis (1791 - 1857) and Anna Perley (1795 - 1821)

He married 1) Betsey Tameson Jackson on 21 May 1845 in Gardner, Massachusetts. Their marriage record calls him a chair maker. They had a child:

. Walter Alonzo Davis (1846 - 1921)
+ sp: Frances A. Bogart

In 1850, widowed, he lived in Fitchburg, Massachusetts in the home of James M. Comer and family. He was called a chair manufacturer. His son Walter was not with him.

At the 1855 Massachusetts State census he lived in a boarding house in Fitchburg, not far from the home of the Buttrick family, one of whose daughters he would soon marry.

After the death of his first wife, he married 2) Mary Susan Buttrick on 6 Dec 1859 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Their marriage record calls him a chair manufacturer.

At the Massachusetts State census of 1865 and in 1870 he lived in Fitchburg with wife, son and a servant.

In 1880 he lived in Fitchburg with wife, son Walter, Walter's family, and a boarder. He was called a retired chair manufacturer.

He died of liver disease at the age of 70.

Inscription

DAVIS
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ALONZO DAVIS
1817 --- 1888
BETSEY T. DAVIS
1822 --- 1847
MARY S. DAVIS
1839 --- 1907



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