Genealogy of the Davis Family

One of the most popular features of the Davis Papers website, these charts carry the extended family two generations beyond that of the Confederate president, and the direct line three generations past Davis.

This is all the information we have. Additional data will be added when discovered and verified.

Dates were ascertained as far as possible from primary sources, such as marriage records, tombstones, and contemporary testimony; much reliance has also been placed on family records. The genealogical charts in Volume 1 include extensive annotation which gives the sources of data and clarifies various points. Many corrections were made when Volume 1 was revised in 1991, so be sure to consult the updated edition. Members of the direct paternal line are in italics.

The charts were prepared with the help of Ernesto Caldeira and members of the Davis family.

Chart One

First and Second Generations
Evan Davis
married ca. 1716
 Mary
d. prior to May 14, 1747
Immigrants from Wales
 d. December 1758
(six children)
Benjamin
d. prior to 1762
William married Christiana
d. prior to July 24, 1771 d. prior to March 7, 1775
Samuel married Martha
d. prior to January 1, 1759 [no data]
Hannah m. January 12, 1758 Jacob Dubre, Jr.
b. 1722/23 d. prior to July 11, 1768
Joseph
[no data]
Evan married ca. 1755 Mary Emory Williams
b. 1729 [no data]
d. ca. 1758

Chart Two

Second and Third Generations
Evan Davis
married ca. 1755
 Mary Emory Williams
b. 1729 [no data]
d. ca. 1758
(one child)
Samuel Emory married 1783 Jane Cook
b. 1755-58 b. 1760/61
d. July 4, 1824 d. October 3, 1845

Chart Three

Third and Fourth Generations

Samuel Emory Davis
married 1783
 Jane Cook
b. 1755-58 b. 1760/61
d. July 4, 1824 d. October 3, 1845
(ten children)
Joseph Emory
b. December 10, 1784
d. September 18, 1870
Benjamin
b. 1787/88
d. October 22, 1827
Samuel A.
b. 1788/89
d. August 1831
Anna Eliza
b. September 1, 1791
d. August 13, 1870
Isaac Williams
b. October 1792
d. 1834
Lucinda Farrar
b. June 5, 1797
d. December 14, 1873
Amanda Jane
b. November 14, 1800
d. October 22, 1881
Matilda
b. 1801
d. in childhood
Mary Ellen
b. 1805/1806
d. March 2, 1824
Jefferson F.
b. June 3, 1807/1808
d. December 6, 1889


Chart Four

Joseph Emory Davis Family

Joseph Emory Davis
[married]
 [unknown]

b. December 10, 1784
d. September 18, 1870
(three children)
Florida Ann m. October 21, 1830 David McCaleb, Jr.
b. March 31, 1811
[no issue]
 b. October 21, 1803
d. January 18, 1891 d. May 28, 1847
m. July 17, 1848 Edmund C. Laughlin
[no issue]
 b. June 11, 1811
d. September 9, 1889
Mary Lucinda

m. February 6, 1838

 Charles Jouett Mitchell
b. May 1, 1816

-Joseph Davis Mitchell
(1839-1911; no issue)

--Mary Elizabeth Mitchell Hamer
(1842-1927; 4 children)

--Hugh Mitchell
(1843-49; no issue)

 b. May 31, 1813
d. November 22, 1846 d. January 31, 1886
Caroline m. December 27, 1842 Thomas Enoch Robins
b. 1823/24

--Jack Robins
(died young; no issue)

--Joseph Robins
(died young; no issue)

b. 1808/1809
d. July 13, 1907 d. November 6, 1850
m. December 3, 1856

Abraham Faw Leonard

--[son from Leonard's previous marriage]

(1848-59; no issue)

 b. January 11, 1820
d. December 27, 1870
{Joseph Emory Davis} m. October 4, 1827 Eliza Van Benthuysen
[no issue]
 b. January 23, 1811
d. October 24, 1863

Chart Five

Benjamin Davis Family
Benjamin Davis
married ca. 1824
 Aurelia Smith Davis Ripley Smith Woodward
b. 1787/88 b. 1802
d. October 22, 1827 d. 1866
(one child)
Mary Ann
b. August 1825
d. April 13, 1828

Chart Six

Samuel A. Davis Family

Samuel A. Davis

married March 25, 1818

 Lucinda Throckmorton

b. 1788/89

 b. 1794/95
d. August 1831 d. February 18, 1873
(five children)
Benjamin Throckmorton m. August 19, 1855 Pauline Taylor
b. July 29, 1820

--Charles Alexander Davis
(1856-64; no issue)

--Lucy Hannah Davis Robinson Goodliffe
(1858-1919; 1 child)

--Samuel Taylor Davis
(1861-1940; 4 children)

-Robert Keary Davis
(1863-1958; 3 children)

-Helen Frances Davis
(1866-79; no issue)

-Pauline Davis Cage
(1871-1901; 1 child)

--Frances Throckmorton Brown
(adopted;c1857-1911; 6 children)

 b. January 31, 1836
d. May 1, 1899 d. January 10, 1919
Helen M. m. March 11, 1841 Patrick Foley Keary
b. 1822

--Helen Keary Stafford Barstow (adopted; 1878-1925; 6 children)

 b. 1817
d. August 13, 1913 d. July 15, 1871
Robert Hugh m. 1861 Katherine Auter
b. 1824
[no issue]
 b. ca. 1844
d. December 1865 d. 1878
Samuel A.
b. 1830/31
d. September 20, 1851
Joseph
[no data]


Chart Seven

Anna Eliza Davis Smith Family
Anna Eliza Davis
m. March 31, 1816
 Luther L. Smith
b. September 1, 1791 b. 1769/70
d. August 13, 1870 d. December 24, 1833
(six children)
Joseph Davis m. April 24, 1839 Marie Coralie Guibert
b. April 6, 1817

--Mary Coralie Smith Nugent
(1839-67; 3 children)

--Anna Davis "Nannie" Smith
(1841-1938; no issue)

--William Boyle Smith
(1845-1919; 10 children)

--Lucy Boyle Smith Balfour
(1848-1917; 7 children)

--Joseph Davis Smith Jr.
(1850-1900; no issue)

--Augustus Guibert Smith
(1852-68; no issue)

--Amanda Philander Smith Stirling
(1854-1926; 5 children)

--Luther L. Smith
(1857-61; no issue)

--Jefferson Davis Smith
(1858-1907; no issue)

--Gordon A. Smith
(1860-61; no issue)

--Helen Keary Smith
(1863-78; no issue)

--[Unnamed twin]
(1863-63)

 b. 1822
d. January 13, 1876 d. June 30, 1863
Luther L. Smith, Jr.
b. September 7, 1818
d. November 1, 1858
Gordon A.
b. March 26, 1820
d. September 19, 1883
Lucinda Jane m. May 17, 1836 William D. Boyle
b. January 20, 1822
[no issue]
 b. 1805/1806
d. August 24, 1889 d. September 21, 1847
Jedediah Davis m. November 18, 1856 Susan Madison Buck
b. July 31, 1824
[no issue]
 b. ca. 1840
d. February 23, 1891 d. after July 1900
Anna Amanda m. November 21, 1850 Philander C. Smith
b. December 6, 1826

--Anna Davis Smith Smith Gunning
(1852-1935; 7 children)

 b. 1821/22
d. November 7, 1887 d. October 2, 1853


Chart Eight

Isaac Williams Davis Family
Isaac Williams Davis
married
 Susan(nah) Gartley
b. October 1792 b. March 18, 1794
d. 1834 d. March 6, 1874
(two children)
Lewis
b. 1823/24
d. 1830/31
Joseph Robert married 1848 Frances H. Peyton
b. January 12, 1825
[no issue]
 b. ca. 1823
d. September 15, 1896 d. after 1877
(divorced in 1878)
m. March 18, 1879 Margaret Cary Green

--Varina Jefferson Davis Marret
(1880-1945; 2 children)
–Jefferson Davis
(1883-84; no issue)
–Edith Cary Davis L’Hote
(1887-1937; 1 child)

 b. 1850
d. January 15, 1939

Chart Nine

Lucinda Farrar Davis Davis Stamps Family
Lucinda Farrar Davis
m. December 12, 1816
 Hugh Davis
b. June 5, 1797 b. 1792
d. December 14, 1873 d. July 12, 1817
(one child)
Hugh Robert m. March 26, 1845 Ann Jane Boyle
b. March 3, 1818

--Hugh Landon Davis
(1846-98; 1 child)

--William John Davis
(1848-1919; 12 children)

--Lucinda Jane Davis
(1851-64; no issue)

--Mary Ellen Davis
(1853-1936; no issue)

--Joseph Emory Davis
(1855-75; no issue)

 b. 1823
d. March 1, 1871 d. June 17, 1882
{Lucinda Farrar Davis} m. March 5, 1820 William Stamps
b. November 3, 1797
d. March 4, 1878
(four children)
Jane Davis m. February 27, 1845 William Wilson Alexander
b. December 21, 1820

--William Stamps Alexander
(1846-86; no issue)

--John Robert Alexander
(1848-96; 1 child)

--Hugh Davis Alexander
(1850-1927; no issue)

--Isaac Stamps Alexander (1855-after 1886)

--Lucinda Davis Alexander Anderson
(1858-1929; no issue)

--Joseph Davis Alexander
(1860-61; no issue)

--Richard Alexander
(1862-1921; no issue)

 b. March 2, 1819
d. September 14, 1884 d. July 21, 1874
Anna Aurelia m. January 17, 1856 Claiborne Farish
b. February 2, 1823

--Hazlewood Farish
(1856-after 1910; no known issue)

--Lucinda Stamps Farish Bradford
(1859-92; 4 children)

--Isaac Stamps Farish
(1861-after 1897; no known issue)

--Elizabeth Jane Farish Brown
(1865-after 1916; no known issue)

 b. 1820/21
d. June 10, 1895 d. November 18, 1889
William, Jr. d. February 9, 1843
b. December 28, 1825
Isaac Davis m. May 11, 1854 Mary Elizabeth Douglas Humphreys
d. July 3, 1863 d. May 9, 1900


Chart Ten

Amanda Jane Davis Bradford Family
Amanda Jane Davis
m. November 6, 1820
 David Bradford
b. November 14, 1800 b. February 2, 1796
d. October 22, 1881 d. March 13, 1844
(ten children)
David, Jr.
b. July 25, 1821
d. August 15, 1831
Benjamin Franklin
b. 1822/23
d. 1885
Mary Jane m. April 3, 1849 Richard Brodhead
b. 1825-27

--Richard Brodhead, Jr.
(1850-1908; no issue)

--Joseph Davis Brodhead
(1859-1920; 3 children)

 b. January 5, 1811
d. 1877 d. September 16, 1863
m. January 12, 1871 Robert Heysham Sayre
[no issue]

b. October 13, 1824

d. January 5, 1907
Anna Matilda m. May 17, 1848 Edward Leo Miles
b. July 6, 1827
[no issue]
 b. August 15, 1825
d. October 29, 1904 d. August 23, 1905
Elizabeth Porter m. June 12, 1855 Maunsel White, Jr.
b. November 1828

--Maunsel White, III
(1856-1912; no issue)

--Lucinda Mitchell White Wilkinson
(1858-1932; 4 children)

--David Bradford White
(1860-76; no issue)

--Mary Bradford White Brousseau
(1861-1934; 5 children)

--Carl Bradford White
(1863-1933; 7 children)

--De La Ronde White
(1865-65)

--Albert Sidney Johnston White
(1866-1934; 5 children)

--Heloise White
(1867-72)

--Elizabeth Porter White Rodd
(c1871-1936; no issue)

--Anna Miles White Anderson
(1873-1946; 2 children)

--Jeanne White
(1876-77)

 b. January 26, 1830
d. May 3, 1916 d. March 1, 1896
Lucinda Stamps m. December 13, 1850 Charles Jouett Mitchell
b. November 11, 1831

--Amanda Davis Mitchell Ganier
(1852-1910; 3 children)

--Mary Mitchell
(1853-54)

--Charles Jouett Mitchell, Jr.
(1855-1918; no issue)

--Edward Miles Mitchell
(1858-64)

--Maunsell Mitchell
(1860-93; 1 child)

--Anna Mitchell
(1863-63)

--Alexander Taylor Mitchell
(1865-1905; no issue)

--Francis Xavier Mitchell
(1868-70)

--David Vincent Mitchell
(1870-72)

 b. May 31, 1813
d. February 7, 1919 d. January 31, 1886
David, Jr. m. December 18, 1883 Ada Eliza Pottenger
b. 1835
[no issue]
 b. September 11, 1854
d. July 10, 1903 d. September 11, 1884
Sarah Davis

[some sources place her birth in 1833, before David's]
b. 1837/38
d. September 27, 1852
Jefferson Davis m. July 21, 1868 Helen Payson Sumner
b. 1838-40
[no issue]
 b. Feb. 5, 1836
d. July 31, 1910 d. December 18, 1887
m. 1892 Virginia L. Patterson
[no issue]
 b. 1850
Unnamed Infant d. before 1911
b. 1840
d. 1840


Chart Eleven

Mary Ellen Davis Davis Family
Mary Ellen Davis
m. February 5, 1820
 Robert Davis
b. 1805/1806 b. 1790/91
d. March 2, 1824 d. ca. 1825-30
(two children)
Jane Lucinda m. May 3, 1842 Hazlewood M. Farish
b. 1820

--William Stamps Farish
(1843-99; 6 children)

--Robert Davis Farish
(1845-1900; 5 children)

--Frances Ann Farish
(1852-1883; 2 children)

 b. 1809/1810
d. November 23, 1851 d. May 5, 1851
Ellen Mary m. March 1, 1853 Thomas Salmond Anderson
b. 1824

--Jennie Anderson
(1854-after 1889; no issue)

--Robert Davis Anderson
(1855-after Oct. 1889; no issue)

 b. 1819
d. 1915 d. February 22, 1861

Chart Twelve

Jefferson F. Davis Family
Jefferson F. Davis
m. June 17, 1835
 Sarah Knox Taylor
b. June 3, 1807/1808 b. 1813/14
d. December 6, 1889 d. September 15, 1835
m. February 26, 1845
 Varina Banks Howell
b. May 7, 1826
d. October 16, 1906
(six children)
Samuel Emory
b. July 30, 1852
d. June 13, 1854
Margaret Howell m. January 1, 1876 Joel Addison Hayes, Jr.
b. February 25, 1855 b. March 4, 1848
d. July 18, 1909 d. January 26, 1919
Jefferson, Jr.
b. January 16, 1857
d. October 16, 1878
Joseph Evan
b. April 18, 1859
d. April 30, 1864
William Howell
b. December 6, 1861
d. October 16, 1872
Varina Anne
b. June 27, 1864
d. September 18, 1898


Chart Thirteen

Margaret Howell Davis Hayes Family
Margaret Howell Davis
m. January 1, 1876
 Joel Addison Hayes, Jr.
b. February 25, 1855 b. March 4, 1848
d. July 18, 1909 d. January 26, 1919
(five children)
Jefferson Davis Hayes
b. March 22, 1877
d. June 24, 1877
Varina Howell Davis Hayes m. July 30, 1904 Gerald Bertram Webb
b. March 12, 1879

--Varina Margaret Webb Bennett Stewart
(1905- ; 2 children)

--Gerald Bertram Webb, Jr.
(1906-47; no issue)

--Frances Robine Webb Farnsworth
(1908-88; 3 children)

--Eleanor Lelia Constance Webb Collins Davidson
(1911- ; 2 children)

--Joel Addison Hayes Webb
(1913-89; 2 children)

 b. Sept. 24, 1871
d. February 23, 1934 d. January 27, 1948
Lucy White Hayes m. December 8, 1910 George Bowyer Young
b. January 2, 1882

--Margaret Josephine Young Graves
(1912-79; 4 children)

--Harvey Otis Young II
(1914- ; 1 child)

--George Mike Young
(1918- ; 4 children)

--Lucinda White Hayes Young Sullivan
(1922- ; 6 children)

--Nancy Clemence Anne Young Haller
(1924- ; 4 children)

 b. July 18, 1874
d. March 23, 1966 d. December 31, 1941
Jefferson Addison Hayes-Davis m. December 28, 1910 Doree W. DeWitt
b. October 2, 1884

--Jefferson Hayes-Davis, Jr.
(1911-12)

--Addison Hayes-Davis
(1913-83; 2 children)

--Adele Hayes-Davis Sinton Davis
(1915-91; 2 children)

 b. August 6, 1886
d. March 8, 1975 d. October 9, 1970
(divorced)
m. June 12, 1941 Ruth McCorkle Martin
[no issue]
 b. September 13, 1897
d. January 2, 1977
William Davis Hayes married 1913 Elizabeth McKewan Davis
b. June 9, 1889

--Elizabeth Frances Davis Hayes
(1915-16)

--Elise Davis Hayes Train
(1917-74; 1 child)

--William Davis Hayes, Jr.
(1919-29; no issue)

 b. December 20, 1891
d. May 25, 1955 d. November 23, 1959
(divorced)
m. July 30, 1954 Alfrieda Henjes
[no issue]
 b. 1905
d. 1984

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