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John Napoleon Davis

J.N. Davis
Full Name: John Napoleon Davis
Birth date: November 17, 1853
Death date: November 17, 1932

Terms of Service

  • House, 39th (2) (3) (6) Legislature
    1/13/1925 - 1/11/1927
    Democrat
  • House, 38th (1) (4) (5) Legislature
    1/9/1923 - 1/13/1925
    Democrat
(1) Quitman. House Journal .
(2) Quitman. House Journal .
(3) Peach, Wood County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(4) Quitman, Wood County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(5) Peach. Texas Legislative Manual .
(6) Peach. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

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  • John Napoleon Davis, birth date 11/17/1853 in Cherokee County, Alabama; death date 11/17/1932 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; marriage to Emma Adelia Golightly (1865-1940) on 10/5/1890 in Alabama. John Napoleon Davis appointed postmaster at Peach, Wood County, Texas, 12/9/1920; and John N. Davis appointed postmaster at Peach on 8/21/1900, 9/2/1902, 12/19/1916. Carlisle Family Tree; U.S., Appointments of U.S. Postmasters, 1832-1971. Ancestry.com .
  • Census of 1900 - John N. Davis, Wood County, married, age 46, born November 1853 in Alabama, teacher, daughters Lexie, Pluma, Winnie, and Dosia, sons Perry and Homer.
    Census of 1910 - John N. Davis, Wood County, married, age 56, born circa 1854 in Alabama, fruit farm, daughters Plumes S., Winnie E., and Dosia, sons Perry L., and Homer L.
    Census of 1920 - John N. Davis, Wood County, widowed, age 66, born circa 1854 in Mississippi, living with son-in-law Church R. Young and Dosia Young, and Perry L. Davis.
    Census of 1930 - J.N. Davis, Kaufman County, widowed, age 76, born circa 1854 in Alabama, living with son-in-law Julius H. Cox, Pluma Cox, and daughters. FamilySearch . 1930 1910
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  • John N. Davis, birth date 11/17/1853 in Alabama, death date 11/17/1932 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; farmer, married to Minnie Davis, father William Davis, mother Nancy Lee. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
  • John N. Davis, birth date 11/17/1853, death date 11/17/1932, burial in Shady Grove Cemetery, Winnsboro, Wood County. Find a Grave .
  • Candidate announcement, "Hon. J.N. Davis for Representative," Quitman Wood County Democrat, 6/2/1932, p. 4. "Mr. Davis represented this county in the 38th and 39th sessions of the Texas Legislature, and is too well known to the voters of the county to need any introduction here." NewspaperARCHIVE.com .
  • 39th Legislature (1925) - J.N. Davis, postoffice Peach, nativity Alabama, age 71 (born circa 1854), farmer, member former legislatures: 38th. Texas Legislative Manual .
  • John N. Davis, appointed Postmaster for Peach, Texas, on 9/2/1902. A Brief Genealogical History of Wood County. Wood County, TXGenWeb Project .
  • Obituary, Homer L. Davis, son of John Napoleon Davis and Emma (Golightly) Davis, Corsicana Daily Sun, 3/3/1924. Navarro County, TXGenWeb Project .

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