I have long looked for the whereabouts after 1860 of a Job Davenport [my great grandfather], born in RI in about 1810. Yesterday I ran into an individual with that name living alone , according to the 1870 census, in Ravenna Michigan. According to the Census, he had been born in NY state which is where my Job had spent his adult life. Unfortunately, his age was given as 69 or about ten years older than my Job would have been. Two questions... Is anyone aware of or can claim this Michigan Davenport? Do people lie to the census about their ages to make themselves older? Bob Davenport

Hello.... I'm going to copy some information here that I found and wonder if you are aware of it. I found it thru the google search engine, and obviously its Morrow County, Ohio. Here it is There's more information about the Co., but don't know if there is on Job or not.... stopped at this so I could send it. Bonnie __________________________________________ 512 - HISTORY OF MORROW COUNTY. He worked a year, and, having accumulated a little farm of fifty-two acres, married and moved on to his land. It was situated in the northern part of the township, and is now owned by Christian Stovenaur. This farm was subsequently bought by Christian Stovenaur Sr., and Dillingham bought, and improved somewhat, the property now owned by L. M. Cunard. In 1820, Marquis Gardner, Joseph Philbric and Stephen Doty, Sr., with a son of the same name, came into Lincoln. Gardner had come to Peru in 1816 with his father, John Gardner, from Virginia. The head of the family was a Scotchmar), and came over as one of the British troops in the war of the Revolution, and was with Cornwallis at the surrender of Yorktown. Pleased with the country, lie determined to make it his home, and did not return to his native land. He settled in Virginia 1 and afterward emigrated to Peru, where he died. About 1820, Joseph Philbric, a native of Maine, came into this township and bought some two hundred acres of land in the southern part of the township; soon after, Marquis Gardner, who was related to Philbric by marriage, came to the latter's place, and, later, bought the property, where his son Robert now lives. This part of the township at that time was sparsely settled, and it is related that the Gardners were obliged to invite the settlers living within a radius of eight miles about, to raise their buildings. Doty was a native of Maine, and first "squatted" on the school lands in Harmony, but in a short time bought the land now owned by Collins Buck. Appleton Snell, from Maine, and James McConica, an Irishman, came into the settlement, and, marrying daughters of Mrs. Hubbell, built cabins and became members of the little community. The Pompey section, as it is called, was settled, about 1828, by a number of families that came originally from Pompey, N. Y. Prominent among these were the families of Leander Benson and his brothers Darius and Almeran; Job Davenport, Ephraim Davenport, John H. Warner, Lyman Wheeler and Job Liggett. A little later, in the southeastern part of the township, came Peter Powell and T. P. Ashbrook. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert E. Davenport" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 12:19 PM Subject: [DAVENPORT] Job Davenport > > I have long looked for the whereabouts after 1860 of a Job Davenport [my > great grandfather], born in RI in about 1810. Yesterday I ran into an > individual with that name living alone , according to the 1870 census, in > Ravenna Michigan. According to the Census, he had been born in NY state > which is where my Job had spent his adult life. Unfortunately, his age was > given as 69 or about ten years older than my Job would have been. > Two questions... Is anyone aware of or can claim this Michigan Davenport? > Do people lie to the census about their ages to make themselves older? > Bob Davenport > > > > ==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== > The Pamunkey Davenport Chronicles are available on CD. > Visit the link below for a free preview and instructions on ordering. > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nvjack/davnport/chronicles.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > _____________________________________________________ > This message scanned for viruses by CoreComm >

One more bit.... Bonnie EARLY SETTLERS OF SANGAMON COUNTY - 1876 By John Carroll Powell These biographies were submitted by a researcher and evidently abstracted from the 1876 History of Sangamon County, IL. Errors could occur, so one should always verify the correctness by obtaining copies of vitals and performing all necessary research to document what is contained herein. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- MOSTELLER, CHRISTOPHER , was born in Buncombe county, North Carolina, went to Butler county, Ohio, when a young man; and was there married to Phoebe Sackett. They had two children in that county, and moved to Union county, Ind., where they had two children; returned to Butler county, Ohio, and from there came to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the spring of 1830, in what is now Salisbury township. Of their children-- THOMAS, born Oct. 8, 1807, in Butler county, Ohio, was married in Franklin county, Ind., July 21, 1827, to Charlotte Morris. They moved with his parents to Ohio, where they had two children, and came in the spring of 1830 to Sangamon county, where six children were born. Of their eight children--PHOEBE A. died, aged fifteen years. ALICE J., born Nov. 29, 1829, in Butler county, Ohio, was married Dec. 4, 1845, to Job Davenport. See his name. DORCAS, born Feb. 14, 1832 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert E. Davenport" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 12:19 PM Subject: [DAVENPORT] Job Davenport > > I have long looked for the whereabouts after 1860 of a Job Davenport [my > great grandfather], born in RI in about 1810. Yesterday I ran into an > individual with that name living alone , according to the 1870 census, in > Ravenna Michigan. According to the Census, he had been born in NY state > which is where my Job had spent his adult life. Unfortunately, his age was > given as 69 or about ten years older than my Job would have been. > Two questions... Is anyone aware of or can claim this Michigan Davenport? > Do people lie to the census about their ages to make themselves older? > Bob Davenport > > > > ==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== > The Pamunkey Davenport Chronicles are available on CD. > Visit the link below for a free preview and instructions on ordering. > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nvjack/davnport/chronicles.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > _____________________________________________________ > This message scanned for viruses by CoreComm >