William Davis
b.
about 1833 Hamilton County, Tennessee
m.
Louisa Stover
October 30, 1856
at her mother’s house by Samuel Blair
b.
December 13, 1934
d.
February 4, 1919
Birchwood,
Meigs County, Tennessee (Spivley Cemetery)
d.
April 27, 1865
Aboard
the Steam Ship Sultana
c.
Sarah Isabel Davis 3-15-1858 m. Jerry
Myers Sims in 1910
c. Leona M. Davis; Addie Trythenia Davis; William Fred Davis;
Edgar Drew Davis; Rozella (Rosie) Davis
Barbara Stover 1-21-1860 - 3-29-1955
m. John Yarnell 1860- 1925
c. Frank; Luther H.; Creed Mont; Anna; Eva; Wright William
Margaret Elizabeth “Lizzie” Davis 6-17-1861 - 10-9-1947
m. John
Williamson 1859 – 1931
c.
Thanie ; William Melvin 1882 - 1956; Huldia (Norman) 1887 - 1960; Dove J. 1888 -
1960; Courtney 1890 - 1990; Eugene 1897 - 1963; Myrtle;
Ethel Louise (Holmes) 1904 - 1971
Prior to joining the union army he was a farmer in the Snow Hill area of Hamilton County, Tennessee. In the special tax of 1862 he is listed as owning 80 acres. Most likely this was part of the estate settlement from his wife Louisa’s father Isaac Stover. William joined the Union Army, Co. G; 5th Tennessee, at age 29. His brothers-in-law Jackson Hines, William Lyon, John, Isaac and Jeremiah Stover also enlisted in Co. G. He was taken prisoner on September 15, 1864, at Marietta, Georgia, with several other men of the 5th. They were sent to Andersonville Prison in Georgia. In the last weeks of the War the men of Andersonville were paroled to Mississippi for prisoner exchange. The paroled prisoners were placed aboard the Steamship Sultana to return home. On board were other members of the 5th Robert Mincey and Samuel J. Hinds who had been with him in Andersonville. After the disaster, several men of the 5th gave a deposition in order for Louisa to receive a pension. In his deposition, Robert Mincey stated that William’s final words to him, after the explosion was “I can not swim.” Robert Mincey was from Company B, from Philadelphia, Loudon County, Tennessee.
Submitted
By Phebe Morgan
phebem@comcast.net