Hi Cousins: I got this from the Davis-L List. If I'm not mistaken this could be the father or grandfather of Thomas Davis who married Priscilla "Aurella" Pennington; daughter of Richard and Eleanor Pennington. Let me know what you think. I'm unsure. Debbie HISTORY OF THE ROBERT NEWTON DAVIS FAMILY > > > The Davis forefathers immigrated to America from Wales. One of them >was killed in the wilderness of Virginia by the Indians. > Thomas Davis, one of the descendants, who was one of the pioneer >settlers of Lincoln > county, KY., fought against the Indians with Daniel Boone. He >reared a family of > eight children. After they were grown he moved to Hardin County, >KY. where he died. > Isaac Froman, a maternal ancestor, was born in Bullitt county, KY., >where he spent > his entire life. He reared 12 children, seven daughters and five >sons. Tandy J. > Davis, a son of Thomas, was born March 22, 1789 in Lincoln County, >KY. > He enlisted in the War of 1812 but was rejected because of a >disability. In 1829 > he moved to Hardin County, KY, where he was married in 1839 to >Susan Froman. She > was born August 31, 1812 in Bullitt County, KY. > In 1845 Tandy J. Davis purchased 160 acres of government land in >Mississippi County, > MO. He lived with William Huff that year until his crops were made >and he had > completed the building of a log house, then he returned for his >family. > In March 1846 Tandy Davis had a flat boat built at his woodyard and >launched it on the > Salt River, and brought his family, stock and goods down the Ohio >River to Cairo, ILL. > .after unloading his family and things on the Missouri side of the >river rear Birds > Point, he sold the boat and took his family to their new home. He >soon acquired > much property in Mississippi County. > Tandy J. Davis and Susan, his wife, had twelve children: > (1) Elizabeth Susan, the oldest was born December 8, 1839. On the >10th day of May’ > 1857, she married a widowed named William D. Huff, a. native of >Breckenridge County, > KY. He was the son of Benjamin Huff and a Miss Hardin of Hardin >County,KY. William > D. Huff had four children by his first wife, Elizabeth Walls and >one son, Tandy > Davis Huff; by his second wife. William D. Huff died in 1860 and >Mrs.. Elizabeth > Davis-Huff,’married a second time’ on October 20, 1863 to Louis >Martin. He was born > December 21, 1828 in Davis County, KY. the son of John Martin and >Elizabeth Atkins > of Virginia —, the daughter of Abner Atkins. Joseph Martin and >Abner Atkins both > located in Mississippi County, MO. Louis Martin was married in 1854 >to Alice Norris, > she died February 8, 1863. Leaving three children,- Martha, >Barbara, and Jesse S. > Martin. Elizabeth Davis and Louis Martin bad seven children. >Lethia, Alice, Louis, > Julia, Addle (Mrs.. Edgar Swank), Charles and on infant. > (2) Thomas Froman Davis, was born December 24, 1840; died December >2, 1870. He was in the Battle of Fredericktown in 1861. > (3) Isaac W. Davis was born January 4, 1842; died June 9, 1842. > -(‘4) Jane Davis, born January 16, 1843; died March 9, 186— She >married a man named Bartlett. > (5) Robert Newton Davis, born May’ 3, 1845; died March 3, 1925. > (6)Tandy J. Davis, born June 10, 1846; .died September 17, 1846. > (7) Eliza Davis, born July 4, 1847; died January 1857. > (8) John C. Davis, born October 9, 1848; died January 27, 1886. > (9 — 10) TwIns: Eugene, born and died January’ 27, 1850. Eugenia, >born January 27; > died December 28,’1871. > (11) Tandy Davis, born. October 27, 1851; died September 1, 1870 of >peritonitis, > - caused by a fall from his burning home. He injured a shoulder in >the fall which lead > to complications and finally his death. > (12) Naomi W. Davis, was born November 25, 1852; died September >4, 1859. > >David Hilary Lee >3581 Alston Chapel Rd >Pittsboro, NC 27312 > >[email protected] > > >