Austin Davis

1838 - 1899  (61 years)

• Name	Austin Davis  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Born	2 August 1838  [2]
  Occupation	Farmer
  Cemetery	Mock Cemetery, Sect. 4, Row 4  [1]
  Death Notice	Elkhart Daily Review, August 15, 1899, p. 3 and August 16, p.2 Austin Davis, of Warsaw, was born in Elkhart county Aug. 2, 1838, and died at his home in Kosciusko county Aug. 7, 1899, at the age of 61 years. He had been confined to his room since last April with cancer, but was during that month removed to Chicago for treatment. While there three cancers were removed from his face. He returned home but was in a critical condition. A postmortem examination showed that his liver was covered with cancers.
  Residence(s)	1850-80: Benton, Elkhart Co., Indiana 1889: North Webster, Tippecanoe twp., Kosciusko, Indiana
  Died	7 August 1899  [1, 2]
  Buried	North Webster, Kosciusko Co., Indiana, USA   [1]
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  Person ID	I9448	Angus Saline's Genealogy
  Last Modified	28 September 2012

  
  

  Father	Hiram Davis,   b. about 1812, Ohio, USA
  Mother	Frances,   b. about 1813, Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F6624	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family/Spouse	Susannah E. Juday,   b. 19 May 1848, Indiana, USA ,   d. 13 March 1932  (Age 83 years)
  Married	26 December 1867	Elkhart Co., Indiana, USA   [3]
  Wedding Details	Married by E. G. Chamberlain
  Children	1. Frances R. Davis,   b. 14 December 1869, Indiana, USA + 2. Zoro Melvin L. Davis,   b. 19 May 1872, Benton Twp., Elkhart Co., Indiana, USA ,   d. 9 August 1935, Elkhart, Elkhart Co., Indiana, USA  (Age 63 years)   3. Lillie May Davis,   b. 21 May 1875, Indiana, USA ,   d. 10 April 1907  (Age 31 years)   4. Emma Gertie Davis,   b. 21 February 1878, Elkhart Co., Indiana, USA   5. Liza Loella Davis,   b. 11 May 1881   6. Chloie Bertha Davis,   b. 24 April 1885, Kosciusko Co., Indiana   7. Hiram Austin Davis,   b. 24 March 1888,   d. 20 May 1888  (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F6578	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Private and Sergeant in the Civil War. 74 Indiana Infantry, Co. I Enlisted on 12 Aug 1862. Promoted to Full Sergeant. Mustered out on 9 Jun 1865 at Washington D.C. Pension certificate 956878 Widow’s certificate 487330 . Pension application 653713, Widow’s application 704223. Law J. Elkhart Daily Review, September 19, 1889 The 74th Indiana Veterans The following is the roster of the 74th Indiana Veterans now present at the reunion in this city: ...Austin Davis, N. Webster, I Alfred Juday, b ca 1835, living in Noble Co., Indiana in 1889 signed an affidavit for Austin Davis. [4]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1404] Find A Grave. [S2616] . [S2510] Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959. [S2525] Organization index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900.