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Ellis Fairbanks Davis 

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Walter Davis
1772 - 1836

Rebecca Harvey
1776 - 8/1/1852
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Ellis Fairbanks Davis
1813 - 10/10/1885
Ellis Fairbanks Davis was born about 1813 in Jackson County, Mississippi and died on October 10, 1885 in Marianna, Florida. He lived to be 72 years old.

He was named after his Father’s friend, Ellis Fairbanks. Around 1825 he moved with his family to Marianna, FL He married Ruthy about 1836 and they had seven children.
After the death of Ruthy he married Elizabeth in 1854. they had one child.
He became a member of the CSA FL Volunteer Militia and fought in the Battle of Marianna in September of 1864. He was taken prisoner and, in early November, transported to Fort Pickens on Santa Rosa Is. From there they were moved quickly to New Orleans and then to Elmira Prison in New York. He was imprisoned for three months. In February of 1865 he was releasted and returned home.

See also the history compiled by Betty L. Norem at www.rootsweb.com/~fljackso/Efdavis.htm
Records
Census1/1/1830 Marianna FL (Jackson County) 17 yrs old 
page 7: Walter Davis- males - one (-5),one (5-10),two (10-15)one (15-20),one (20-30),one (30-40),one (50-60) and females - one (-5),one (15-20),one (30-40), one (70-80).

next door son, John Davis -males - two (-5),one(20-30) and females - one (-5), one (5-10), one (20-30). 
Additional information about Jackson County, FL around 1830: Jackson County was formed in 1822 from Escambia County. Webbville, it's largest community, was started in the early 1820s and is declared the county seat. Marianna was founded in 1827 along the Chipola River and quickly begins to grow. An excerpt from an Aug. 5, 1828 letter says in the Chipola River area “lands have risen at least 300 percent in price, and are daily advancing – the tide of emigration is flowing in most rapidly, and the country still proves uninterruptedly healthy." Click here to see a map from this timeperiod.  
Census11/11/1850 FL (Calhoun County) 37 yrs old 
#132 -Ellis F. Davis (age 37, born in MS) is listed as head of household. Ruthy (age 32, born in GA), Alford D. (age 12), William E. (age 10), Walter (age 8), Laura (age 6), John (age 4), Martin (age 3 months). All of the children were born in Florida.
(next door is brother Joseph) 
Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1850: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod.  
Marriage2/2/1854 FL (Jackson County) 41 yrs old 
Name Ellis F. Davis
Spouse's Name Elizabeth Brickhouse
Event Date Feb.2, 1854
Event Place Jackson, Florida 
Census6/9/1860 Marianna FL (Jackson County) 47 yrs old 
Ellis F. Davis (age 46, born in MS) is listed on line 13 with: Elizabeth (age 32, born in S. Carolina), William (age 18), Walter (age 16) Laura (age 14), John (13), Martin (10), Franklin (7), and Ellen (3). All of the children were born in Florida. He estimates the value of his real estate at $1, 000 and personal estate at $1, 000. His occupation is recorded as farmer. 
Additional information about Jackson County, FL around 1860: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod.  
Military2/1/1865 Elmira NY (Chemung County) 52 yrs old 
Ellis Davis in Norwood's Company -- Survived Prison.   Source:  http://www.battleofmarianna.net/aftermath5.html
Census7/1/1870 Marianna FL (Jackson County) 57 yrs old 
Ellis F. Davis (age54), Laura Davis (25), John Davis (21), Elexena Davis (12), Martin Davis (18) & Franklin Davis (16).Ellis states he was born in MS, all other in FL. Ellis is a farmer, John, Martin & Franklin are farm laborers. Ellis' estate is valued at $ 600 and personal $150.  
Additional information about Jackson County, FL around 1870: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod.  

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Click on any of the News, Events, or Discoveries buttons above to see historical things that happened during Ellis Davis's life. These are only some of the major events that affected the life and times of Ellis, his family, and friends. For example, Ellis is 7 years old when The Act of April 24, 1820 abolished the land purchase credit system, fixed the price of public lands at $1.25 per acre, and set the minimum purchase at 80 acres. After a person purchased land, a final certificate was issued by the land office and sent to Washington DC to be verified and signed by the President -- a time consuming process. Public lands were most typically available through US treaties with Indians who agreed to be removed from their homelands.
AgeDateEvent
5 1818 First Seminole Indian War takes place when Andrew Jackson brings his troops into northern Florida.
8 1821 Spain formally cedes Florida to the United States in 1821, according to terms of the Adams-Onís Treaty. Spanish colonists as well as settlers from the newly formed United States begin to pour into the new territory. Prior to this change, Florida was a wilderness sparsely dotted with settlements of native Indians, escaped/freed slaves and Spaniards.
9 1822 Florida Territory is purchased
10 1823 The Treaty of Moultrie Creek pushes the Seminole Indian towns into the interior of the Florida peninsula.
11 1824 Tallahassee is established at the capital of Florida because it is half-way between the two government centers in St. Augustine and Pensacola. The Legislative Council meets in November in a log house erected in the vicinity of today's capitol.
22 1835 The Second Seminole Indian War keeps the United States and Seminoles Indians fighting in North & Central Florida.
24 1837 NEWS HEADLINES: In October, Chief Osceola of the Seminole Indians is captured when he arrives for supposed truce negotiations at Fort Payton. He is imprisoned at St. Augustine, FL where he refuses to eat and attempts to escape several times. In December he is moved to a prison in SC where he dies on January 20, 1838. At the time of his death, Osceola was the most famous American Indian.
29 1842 Congress passes the Armed Occupation Act of 1842. It entitles persons willing and able to bear arms against the Indians and establish themselves in villages along the borders of Indian territory ownership of their land after 5 years.
29 1842 Second Seminole Indian War ends and some of the Seminole Indians living in FL are moved to the Indian Territory
32 1845 Florida becomes the 27th state to join the United States. William Moseley becomes the first governor and David Yulee the first senator.
37 1850 Florida's total population has grown to 87,445. This includes about 39,000 slaves and 1,000 free blacks. Indians were not counted.
42 1855 Third Seminole Indian War begins and war breaks out with most of the battles occurring in Central Florida. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
48 1861 No Floridian's voted for Lincoln during the 1860 election. On Jan. 10, 1861, Florida seceded from the U.S. and joined the Confederate States of America a few weeks later.
51 1864 Battle of Olustee is a Confederate victory. Union troops pull back
52 1865 Battle at Natural Bridge (Wakulla County) is a Confederate victory.
52 1865 May 10th -- Union troops occupy Tallahassee. While Tallahassee was the only Confederate state capital east of the Mississippi River that had not been captured, Union troops occupy the capitol following the surrender of the major Confederate armies in the east.
57 1870 During the 1870s, the remaining Seminole Indians begin establishing trading posts and other economy with local settlers.
69 1882 The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads.
70 1883 Three railroad companies are merged to form the Florida Transit and Penisular Railroad Company. Thee are: Florida Transit Railroad Co., Peninsular Railroad Co, and the Tropical Florida Railroad Co.
71 1884 Most railroads in Florida are passed into the hands of a single company owned and operated by a single management, under the name of The Florida Railway and Navigation Company. It has more that 500 miles of main track in operation and about 300 miles of track under construction. The longest route was the "Western Division" which ran from Tallahassee to Jacksonville - 209 miles.
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1 1814 The first locomotive engine was created by Stephenson
17 1830 The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England
26 1839 Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products.
31 1844 The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code
40 1853 The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S.
43 1856 The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany
46 1859 Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory.
52 1865 Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public.
56 1869 Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France
64 1877 Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed.
66 1879 Edison invents the electric light bulb.
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15 1828 Gold is discovered in Georgia.
21 1834 July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah
48 1861 NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA.
49 1862 NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
69 1882 NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity.
72 1885 NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen.
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7 1820 The Act of April 24, 1820 abolished the land purchase credit system, fixed the price of public lands at $1.25 per acre, and set the minimum purchase at 80 acres. After a person purchased land, a final certificate was issued by the land office and sent to Washington DC to be verified and signed by the President -- a time consuming process. Public lands were most typically available through US treaties with Indians who agreed to be removed from their homelands.
17 1830 Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins.
22 1835 Second Seminole Indian War begins.
24 1837 The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned.
27 1840 Oregon Trail is established
29 1842 Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi.
42 1855 Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
47 1860 Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south.
49 1862 May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
50 1863 Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves.
52 1865 American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South"
55 1868 An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees.
62 1875 Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law.
63 1876 The National League of Baseball is founded
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20 1833 Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico


Marriages
Ruthy Weathington
Born about 1818 and died on an unknown day in March 1853.
They were married 1/1/1836.

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Elizabeth Brickhouse
Born about 1832 and died about 1862.
They were married 2/2/1854.

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The Children of Ellis Fairbanks Davis

William Davis
Born in Blountstown, Florida on December 17, 1841 and died in Marianna, Florida on March 16, 1919. He was 77 years old.

He enlisted in the Confederate Army on August 11, 1862, at Merrill’s Bridge in Marianna, FL. He was in the 11th Infantry Co. A of Florida, under Captain W. J. Robinson. In September 1864, he was sho...
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John Green Davis
Born in Blountstown, Florida on September 16, 1843 and died in Bay County, Florida on May 29, 1907. He was 63 years old.

He married Sarah Elizabeth Porter (10/8/1860 - 2/9/1901). They had 11 children:
  1. Laura E. (9/1876)
  2. William Walter (1/1879) married Jessie Gainer
  3. Franklin R. (1/1881) <...
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Walter B. Davis
Born in Blountstown, Florida about 1844 and died in Petersburg, Virginia on June 28, 1862. He was about 18 years old.

He was a Private in the FL 15th Cavalry CSA Co. A Marianna Dragoons. Died of Diseases....
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Laura Davis
Born in Blountstown, Florida about 1845 and died in an unknown location about 1920. She was about 75 years old.

She married Jack Tanner on Feb. 28, 1880....
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71 years old
Martin Davis
Born in Blountstown, Florida on March 12, 1849 and died in Parker, Florida on December 29, 1930. He was 81 years old.

Martin was a store owner and operator in St Joe, FL. He was known for his cured hams. He had cured so many the hooks the hams hung on had turned yellow. When a Yellow Fever epidemic hit the St. Joe a...
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43 years old
Franklin Angus Davis
Born in Jackson Co., Florida on December 15, 1852 and died in Blountstown, Florida about 1937. He was 84 years old.

He was a farmer. He was married 2-3-1877 in Jackson Co, FL.
Their daughter Roxie (1898) died as an infant and the youngest child's is name is unknown, she/he also died as an infant in 1905....
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Frances Elexena Davis
Born in Jackson County, Florida on October 20, 1857 and died in an unknown location about 1940. She was about 82 years old.

She was called Ellen. She married Warren Frederick Laramore on (May 25, 1876), and they had six children....
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