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    1. [DAVENPORT] Dr. Fred Parks Davenport
    2. Don Crawford
    3. Thank you, Doc, for posting the belated obit and stories. Your posting helped me clear some confusion! I am a descendant of Elias Davenport son of Davis Davenport. As my ancestors migrated south and west they ended up in Arkansas. Then sometime between 1860 and 1870 most of the family migrated ("Gone To Texas") on to Erath County Texas. In the early 1900s an "oil boom" began next door in Eastland County Texas. Many of my Davenport / Devenport family left Erath County Texas for the new jobs in Eastland County. My father was a rig skidder in the 1920s. He later ended up in the oil related business in Freer, Duval County Texas, just down the road about 350 miles to the south of Eastland County. With "family" having lived in Eastland County I have visited this county many times research wise. I was always confused by other Davenports I could not fit into my family line. It looks as if you have satisfied this confusion. After reading your posting again, I pondered that surely these Martin and Elias Davenports / Devenports had met in Eastland County and little did they know they were all Pamunkey Davenports. This genealogy hobby is so fascinating! Another coincidence is that Dr. Fred resided in Boerne, Kendall County Texas which is the next count over from where I reside in Fredericksburg, Gillespie County Texas. Boerne is about 50 miles from Fredericksburg. If only I had known! Thank you again, Doc! Your friend and cousin, Don (Davenport) Crawford

    12/14/2006 08:43:42