A Wilson Family Tree
Notes for William Cunningham Davis
From the Parks manuscript:
William was a most estimable man, beloved and respected by all who knew him. He was nearly of the age with his cousin B. H. Reeves, but he had not the turn for public business or the attractive address which the latter possessed, but was a man of good business capacity, enterprising and deeply interested in the general welfare of the country. He was a man whose influence was felt in the community in which he lived. When about twenty-five years of age, he married Miss Anne North, a lady much younger than himself. They had six daughters, the youngest an infant at the time of his death, which occurred in the spring of 1826 from pneumonia. William Cunningham Davis was a warm-hearted, sincere, generous friend and an affectionate relative.
Dr. Parks (above) says that he was about the same age as B.H. Reeves, but also says that he was younger than Ben, which would imply that he was probably born around 1787 or '88. Diane's Genealogy web site (http://dgmweb.net/genealogy/FGS/D/DavisJames-DeborahMiller.shtml, downloaded 20 Feb 2007) and the Trewolla Moskop Haas Mansfield Tree give his birth date as 13 Oct 1796, which would be ten years younger than B.H. Reeves. The earlier birth also fits better with Parks’ statements that William was about 25 when he married and that William’s wife was “much younger than himself” (she was born about 1799).
He had six daughters. -- WFT 22 # 1690
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