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Davis, Columbus Jackson - 8th Tennesse (Dibrell's) Cavalry

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COLUMBUS JACKSON DAVIS
8^th TENNESSEE (DIBRELL'S) CAVALRY
CSA

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Born: 8 August 1840 in Jackson County, Tennessee
Died: 7 February 1917 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Buried: West Graveyard, Putnam County, Tennessee
Parents: Henry and Susannah (Davis) West

Married: Almira Pendergrass on 29 March 1860 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Born: 12 February 1841 in White County, Tennessee
Died: 30 January 1920 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Buried: West Graveyard, Putnam County, Tennessee
Parents: Jesse W. and Ann (Witt) Pendergrass

Children:

1. Almeda Jane Davis
2. George L. Davis
3. Mary Alabama Davis
4. Maniza Ann Davis
5. Erastus Hickman Davis
6. Dempse Martin Davis
7. Lula Frances Davis
8. Milus Travis Davis
9. Henry Jesse Davis
10. Lillie Pearl Davis

RELATIVES WHO SERVED

• Nephew: Davis, Jacob Hickman - 8th Tennessee (Dibrell's) Cavalry
• Nephew: Henry Polk Davis - 13th Tennessee (Gore's) Cavalry Regiment
• Nephew: Henry Milton Davis - 25th Tennessee Infantry and 13th Tennessee (Gore's) Cavalry Regiment
• Brother-in-Law: Pendergrass, John T. - 8th Tennessee (Dibrell's) Cavalry

MILITARY INFORMATION

13^th (Gore's) Tennessee Cavalry
(also known as 8^th Tennessee Cavalry)
Company C

ABSTRACT:

• Entered the service as a Private and left the service as a 2nd Lieutenant
• Enlisted 1 September 1862 at Cookeville
• 30 June - 31 December 1864: Present
• Appointed Lieutenant 1 September 1864

PENSION APPLICATION ABSTRACT

S8829

(Download Full Pension Application)

ABSTRACT:

• Filed 2 March 1907
• Accepted
• Resident of Cookeville, TN
• Member: Co. C 13th TN Cavalry
• Born: in Jackson County in 1840
• Enlisted in 1862 in Co. C 13 TN Cavalry, Captain J. G. Woolsey's Company. Col. G. G. Dibrell's Regiment
• Battles: engaged in all battles of the company except for those after 31 December 1862. He was captured and sent to Camp Douglas, IL. Exchanged in April 1863.
• Disease: Contracted small pox in prison
• Married: Wife is 66 years old; Married for 29 years, Has 5 sons and 4 daughters
• Occupation: He was Justice of the Peace until last August
• Attest: Reagan, James Harvey - 8th Tennessee (Dibrell's) Cavalry and Judd, George Washington - 8th Tennessee (Dibrell's) Cavalry

Supporting Documents:

• C. J. Davis (10 Sep 1912) - Requests a pension

CENSUS DATA

• 1850 Census: Jackson County, TN, Page 241
• 1860 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 12
• 1870 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 112
• 1880 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 80D
• 1900 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 3A
• 1910 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 5A

OBITUARY

Putnam County Herald
18 February 1917
Vol. XV, No. 6, Page 1

• Captain C. J. Davis Dies - Capt. C. J. Davis died at his home about two miles from Cookeville Tuesday night, Feb. 6, 1917 after an illness of several weeks duration. He was about 76 years of agee and one of the best known citizens of Putnam county. Capt. Davis was a lifelong member of the Presbyterian church, a Mason and Odd Fellow. He was a justice of the peace for many years and represented this county for two terms in the legislature. He is survived by his wife and children, Demps Davis, Mrs. D. P. Peek, Mrs. H. N. Ritchey and Mrs. Alph Judd all living in Texas; M. T. Davis of Mississippi, E. H. Davis, Jesse Davis, and Mrs. John Williams of Putnam county. Captain Davis was buried at the West Graveyard Thursday afternoon with Masonic Rites, the Odd Fellow Lodge participating.

Putnam County Herald
12 February 1920
Vol. XVIII, No. 1, Page 5

• Mrs. Almira Davis - Again the death angel has come to our community and claimed for its own our dearly beloved sister. Almira Pendergrass was born February 12, 1841 and died January 30, 1920 age 78 years 11 months and 18 days. She was married to C. J. Davis on March 29, 1860. To the union was born ten children, nine of whom are still living, Lillie Pearl having died infancy. Those surviving are: Mrs. H. N. Ritchey of Hale Center, Texas, Demps Davis of Boving, Texas, Travis Davis of Grenada, Mississippi; George Davis and Mrs. Peyton Peek and Mrs. Alpheus Judd of Lubbock, Texas; Mrs. John Williams of Algood; Jesse and Erastus Davis of Cookeville. Mrs. Davis leaves 54 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren and one brother who is now 86 years old. Sister Davis professed hope in Christ at an early age. She joined the church and lived a faithful member until her death. There is none who labored more faithfully and earnestly than she. She bore her afflicatoins patiently and always net every duty with a smile. The home is made lonely be her absence. A place is vacaant that can never be filled. But we shold not grieve for we earnestly believe that she is resting peacefully in the arms of Jesus. Though we cannot hear her sweet voice or feel the touch of her gently hand, we know she is happy with God and his holy angels. She always had a kind word for everyone. She was a great neighbor and loving mother, indeed. She will be sadly missed by her children, especially the one who so faithfully cared for her these past three years. Cheer up sad hearts; mother cannot come back to you but you can go to her if you will only follow the example that she has left for you. She paid the debt that we all soon must pay. Oh not in cruelty nor in wrath, the reaper came that day. It was an angel that visited the home and took our dear mother away. Lonely is the path and sad the home, Since thy sweet face is gone, But Oh a brighter than ours in Heaver is now thine home. Rev. W. B. Gentry.

ADDITIONAL DATA

• Death Certificate: Putnam County, TN (1917) - #378 - Columbus Jackson Davis
• Death Certificate: Putnam County, TN (1920) - #313 - Mrs. Almira Davis
• Pendergrass Family Bible Records, Cookeville, TN
• TN Confederate Widows Application: #6680 Almira (Pendergrass) Davis
• Putnam County Herald, 27 October 1910, Vol. VIII, No. 43, Page 1
  C. J. Davis Chosen - The Putnam county Democrats meet in mass convention last Saturday afternoon to name a candidate for representative and after a brief session unanimously nominated Hon. C. J. Davis. Mr. Davis is too well known in the county to need any introduction at our hands. He was a gallant Confederate soldier in Dibrell's famous brigade, and since the war has been one of our best and most public spirited citizens. He served one term in the legislature, in 1895, and will be a valuable member of that body next winter. From all the information we have, there is no doubt but Mr. Davis will be elected.
• Putnam County Herald, 27 August 1914, Vol. XII, No. 34, Page 3
  Honorable C. J. Davis has nearly recovered from the effect of a large carbuncle on the back of his neck that for a time assumed a dangerous condition.
• Putnam County Herald, 14 February 1915, Vol. XIII, No. 5:
  CAPT. JACKSON DAVIS
  Putnam County's Representative to the State Legislature -- Is an Ex-Confederate Soldier and Good Citizen
  Mr. Columbus Jackson Davis was born in Putnam county in 1840, and was named in honor of Gen. Andrew Jackson by his father, Henry Davis, who fought under "Old Hickory" in the battle of New Orleans in 1815. Henry Davis was born in Virginia in 1794, and his parents moved to Tennessee when he was quite young. He lived the life of a farmer, and died in 1866. Capt. Davis' mother was nee Miss Susannah West, whose parents moved from North Carolina to Overton county, this state, when she was yet in her girlhood, and she died in 1885 at the age of eighty seven years. She had a sister that lived and died in Todd county, Kentucky, at the age of ninety-five years, and a brother, Stephen West, who died in Pickett county in 1905 at the age of ninety-six.
  Capt. Davis was married in 1860 to Miss Elmira Pendergrass, and nine of their children are married and prosperous in life. The youngest off their ten children died in infancy. Capt. Davis has been an Odd Fellow for eighteen years, a Mason for forty-four years, and an Elder in the Presbyterian church since 1868. He was eighteen years justice of the peace, and was elected to the state legislature in 1894 and 1812 (sic - 1912) being Putnam county's Representative at this writing. In the Civil War he was Captain of Co. C, Eighth Tennessee Cavalry.

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