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Personal data Joseph Emory Davis 


Household of Joseph Emory Davis

He is married to Eliza van Benthuysen.

They got married on October 4, 1827, he was 42 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Florida Ann Davis  1811-1891
  2. Mary Lucinda Davis  1816-1846
  3. Caroline Davis  ????-1907


Notes about Joseph Emory Davis

Joseph Emory Davis was Jefferson Davis' eldest brother and mentor. Originally a lawyer in Vicksburg, he made his fortune as a planter and was one of the richest men in Mississippi at the onset of the

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Joseph Emory Davis

Evan Davis
1729-± 1758
Mary Emory Williams
????-
Jane Cook
1760-1845

Joseph Emory Davis
1784-1870

1827

Eliza van Benthuysen
1811-1863

Florida Ann Davis
1811-1891
Mary Lucinda Davis
1816-1846
Caroline Davis
????-1907

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Birthday December 10, 1784

  • The temperature on December 10, 1784 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1784: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 14 » American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States - Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain.
    • March 11 » The signing of the Treaty of Mangalore brings the Second Anglo-Mysore War to an end.
    • June 4 » Élisabeth Thible becomes the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon. Her flight covers four kilometres in 45 minutes, and reached 1,500 metres altitude (estimated).
    • August 17 » Classical composer Luigi Boccherini receives a pay rise of 12000 reals from his employer, the Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón.
    • August 23 » Western North Carolina (now eastern Tennessee) declares itself an independent state under the name of Franklin; it is not accepted into the United States, and only lasts for four years.
    • October 22 » Russia founds a colony on Kodiak Island, Alaska.

Day of marriage October 4, 1827

  • The temperature on October 4, 1827 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer half bewolkt bui. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1827: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 7 » Shrigley abduction: Ellen Turner is abducted by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a future politician in colonial New Zealand.
    • April 7 » John Walker, an English chemist, sells the first friction match that he had invented the previous year.
    • July 4 » Slavery is abolished in the State of New York.
    • August 17 » Dutch King William I and Pope Leo XII sign concord
    • August 22 » José de la Mar becomes President of Peru.
    • October 1 » Russo-Persian War: The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination of Armenia.

Day of death September 18, 1870

  • The temperature on September 18, 1870 was about 15.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 10 » John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
    • July 1 » The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.
    • August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.
    • August 16 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
    • September 18 » Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn.
    • December 12 » Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman.


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