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Thomas Davison (1784–1854)

Role

Ann Alexander Lewis, Thomas Davison's first wife, was the daughter of Fielding Lewis Jr., Bushrod Washington's cousin.

Description

Thomas Davison was born in Ireland on 11 April 1784. He immigrated to the United States and settled in Barren County, Kentucky, where he worked as a farmer. In 1808 Davison married Ann "Nancy" Alexander Lewis (17871834), the daughter of Fielding Lewis Jr. They had several children. Following Lewis’s death, Davison remarried twice: to Elizabeth Nuckols in 1835 and to Catherine/Catharine Stockton Bishop in 1849.

Citations

A Guide to the Papers of Notable Virginia Families, 17631866, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (Archival Resources of the Virginias).

Thomas Davidson in Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 17831965 (Ancestry.com).

Thomas Davidson in 1850 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com).

Thomas Davison at Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia’s Northern Neck Counties.

Thomas Davison at Find a Grave.

Thomas Davison at FamilySearch.