Davidson Genealogy

Davidson Genealogy Davidson Genealogy

Surnames connected with this line:
Bland, Boxwell, Campbell, Clark, Evans, Fant, Farmer, Fries, Haines, Hyatt, Jones, McDonald, Matheson, Pulliam, Sanford, Wingerter
Davidson is my great - great grandmother's last name. Her father changed his name from Davison to Davidson since everyone in America (well, Virginia) said it that way.
So, here is my family tree, coming from its Scottish roots upwards.

Samuel Davison
Scotland
married about 1796 to
Susanna Evans

They had two children:

William born 23 Mar, 1797 in Frederick County, Virginia
Jane born in 1798

Williammarried
Mary Fries (nicknamed Polly)
20 July, 1819

Jane married
Jacob Fries
10 Mar, 1814
(I have no further information on Jane)

William's wife Mary was born 17 Nov, 1802 in Frederick County, Virginia. She died 14 Dec, 1874 in Frederick County, Virginia. William died 13 Dec, 1849. William and Mary had 6 children: James        born in             1820     in                            Frederick County, Virginia
Samuel                   1 Dec, 1823                                    Frederick County, Virginia
David                     25 Jan, 1825     near         Cedar Grove, Frederick County, Virginia
Mary                                  1836                                    Frederick County, Virginia
Jane                                    1839                                   Frederick County, Virginia
Susanna                              1843                                   Frederick County, Virginia

James never married. He died 27 May, 1850.
All the other children married.

The civil war truly became a fight of brother against brother. Samuel joined the war and fought. David remained neutral. Samuel later became a senator in Virginia. David made a beautiful pen and ink drawing of a ship. Many of the people in northern Virginia had family roots in what became West Virginia. David is just an example of the mixed emotions people in this part of the country felt when the Civil War came.

Samuel married
Martha Jane Hyatt
2 Dec, 1845

David married
Mary Catherine Clark
20 Feb, 1851
Frederick County, Virginia

Mary married
Thomas Jefferson Clark
14 Feb, 1856

Jane married
Samuel Lee McDonald
28 Feb, 1865

Susanna married
Aaron H. Boxwell
26 Jan, 1865
Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia

Samuel died 20 Oct, 1895.

David's wife Mary was born 26 Jul, 1828 near Bunker Hill in what later became Berkeley County, West Virginia. Together they had 10 children. David died 19 May, 1913 in Washington, D.C. and Mary died 1 Apr, 1897 in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia.

Mary's husband Thomas was born 4 Nov, 1834 in what later became Berkeley County, West Virginia. He died 26 Apr, 1891. Together they had 3 children.

Jane died in 1920.

Susanna's husband Aaron was born 17 Apr, 1840 in Well Town, Frederick County, Virginia. He died 26 Dec, 1916 in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia and Susanna died in 1922. She is buried in Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia. Together they had 11 children.

David and Mary Davidson's children:

Mary Malissa            born    16 Dec, 1851     Cedar Grove, Frederick County, Virginia
James William                     24   Jul, 1853                        Frederick County, Virginia
Thomas Edgar                      3   Mar, 1857                      Frederick County, Virginia
Aljourn Hunter                     7   Oct, 1860                       Morgan County, West Virginia
George Allen                       25   Dec, 1862                      Frederick County, Virginia
Anna Edith                          12    Jan, 1865                      Frederick County, Virginia
Ida Bower                            30    Jan, 1867                      Frederick County, Virginia
Ellen Hamileen                    25    Apr, 1869                     Frederick County, Virginia
David Newton                       2    Jun, 1871                      Frederick County, Virginia
Venora                                 20    Jul, 1874                       Frederick County, Virginia

Mary and Thomas Clark's children:

Nicholas William in
Edward D.
Georgia Davidson 15 Apr, 1872

Susanna and Aaron Boxwell's children:

Richard Lee                        born    Dec, 1864    in     Virginia
Mary L.                                          Oct, 1868             Virginia
Martha Virginia                              Oct, 1868             Virginia
Ellsworth E.                                   Oct, 1870             Virginia
Rose E.                                           abt. 1873
Malissa D.                                       abt. 1875
Frances E.                                      Oct, 1876              Virginia
Alvin (Avalon) Clinton                    Jun, 1879              Virginia
Mossie                                             Jan, 1881              Virginia
Lula                                                 Aug, 1883             Virginia
John                                                Oct, 1889              Virginia

James William Davidson never married. He died 18 Jan, 1834 in Winchester, Frederick County Virginia. He is buried in Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia.

Thomas Edgar Davidson never married. He died 13 Sep, 1941 in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia and is buried in Mt. Hebron Cemetery in Winchester.

George Allen Davidson never married. He died 23 Apr, 1935 and is buried in Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia.

Anna Edith Davidson never married. She died 3 May, 1914 in Washington, D.C. She is buried in Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia.

Ida Bower Davidson never married. She died 3 Sep, 1887 in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia.She is buried in Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia.

Venora Davidson never married. She died 15 May, 1961 in Washington, D.C. She is buried in Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia.

Mary Malissa Davidson married
David Wingerter
26 Sep, 1871
Cedar Grove, Frederick County, Virginia

Aljourn Hunter Davidson married
Emma E. Campbell
8 Apr, 1903
Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia
he later married
Arabelle Pulliam
11 Oct, 1917

Ellen Hamileen Davidson married
Oscar M. Haines
1 Jan, 1896
though they later divorced

David Newton Davidson married
Taliferro Bland

Georgia Davidson Clark married
John Matheson
9 Apr, 1891
she later married
W.R. Jones
in 1896

Richard Lee Boxwell married
Nellie May Farmer
19 Dec, 1895

Martha Virginia Boxwell married

Ellsworth E. Boxwell married
Bertha L. Louise Fant
15 Feb, 1905
Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia

Alvin (Avalon) Clinton Boxwell married
Daisy Alberta Sanford
9 Oct, 1902
Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia

Mary Malissa and David Wingerter's children:

Rudy Andrew     born    2 Oct, 1874        Frederick County, Virginia
stillborn son                  22 Apr, 1879        Frederick County, Virginia
Ada May                        7 May, 1883         Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia

Ellen Hamileen and Oscar M. Haines' children:

Hamileen
Oscar M., Jr.

Georgia and John Matheson's children:

Ethel
Grace Clark

Georgia and W.R. Jones' children:

Glenn Clark
Callie

Mary Malissa Davidson died 1 Jun, 1935 in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia. She was buried in Mt. Hebron Cemetery in Winchester on 4 Jun, 1935. This is my great-great grandmother, the woman that inspires this page. She was a very religious woman and wrote several religious poems. She spent the last several years of her life an invalid, cared for by her only living child, Ada, and her oldest grandchild, Dellitt (my namesake). I have seen her in family photographs. She has a fine and beautiful smile. You can easily feel the warmth she brought to the world. Her husband, David Wingerter, preceeded her in death by nearly 20 years. He died 22 May, 1916 in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia and was buried 25 May, 1916 in Mt. Hebron Cemetery in Winchester. He was the oldest of 6 children and born 23 Apr, 1849 in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania to Barbara Dellit (for whom my grandmother was named) and John Wingerter. John had immigrated to the U.S. with his mother Catherine and his sister Mary. His father Peter had died in Bavaria, where they were from. David and Mary Malissa were married in her father's home in Cedar Grove.

Aljourn Hunter Davidson died 6 Jan, 1951 in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia and was buried 9 Jan, 1951 in Mt. Hebron Cemetery in Winchester. Aljourn's 2nd wife Arabelle Pulliam was born 14 Jun, 1869 and died 10 Oct, 1951 in Winchester. She was buried 13 Oct, 1951 in Mt. Hebron Cemetery in Winchester.

Ellen Hamileen Davidson died 26 Nov, 1948 in Washington, D.C. She was buried in Mt. Hebron Cemetery in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia.

David Newton Davidson died 9 Dec, 1943 in Newport News, Virginia.

Rudy Andrew Wingerter died of spinal meningitis 19 May, 1900. He was buried in Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia.

Mary Malissa Davidson's stillborn son was buried 22 Apr, 1879 at the Old Stone Chapel in Frederick County, Virginia.

Ada May Wingerter married
Oscar Miller Jenkins
26 Apr, 1905
Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia

Hamileen Haines married
Irving Koch

Glenn Clark Jones was last known to live in Topeka, Kansas as of 1967.

Ethel Matheson married
Mr. Holt

Grace Clark Matheson married
Mr. Webster

Callie Jones married
Mr. Capps

Ada May and Oscar Miller Jenkins' children:

Dellitt Elizabeth     born    23 Mar, 1906    Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia
Wilbur Harold                    2 Nov, 1908     Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia
LIVING
LIVING
Frances Anita                     28 May, 1921    Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia
LIVING

Dellitt Elizabeth Jenkins married
William James Lockhart, Sr.
30 May, 1929
Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia

Wilbur Harold Jenkins married
LIVING?
they were later divorced and Wilbur married
LIVING

Frances Anita Jenkins married
Ellsworth Holmes Newcome
9 Aug, 1946
Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia

William James Lockhart was born 15 May, 1903 in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia. He is my grandfather. He died 1 Aug, 1975 in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, so I never knew him. He was buried 5 Aug, 1975 in Mt. Hebron Cemetery in Winchester. Grandma I knew. She was an avid genealogist. In her last years, bedridden and unable to know her children's faces, she maintained her sense of humor. She was a lovely woman. She died 7 May, 1998 in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia. She was buried 11 May, 1998 in Mt. Hebron Cemetery next to her husband. I laid flowers on her grave this summer, and though they are doubtless gone by now, they are in my heart always. I know a great many people loved, trusted, and respected Grandma and feel the same. My mother fondly remembers Grandpa, for she loved, trusted, and respected him as well.

Wilbur Harold Jenkins served during WWII in Italy. He was among the medical personnel and took xrays. I never met this great-uncle, but his widow speaks fondly of him. He had a kindness and gentleness about him. He died 28 Mar, 1995 in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Vienna, Wood County, West Virginia.

Frances Anita Jenkins, a fine woman my mother remembers fondly, beautiful and kind, died 16 Jul, 1985 in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia. She is buried in Macedonia Cemetery, Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia. Her husband Ellsworth Holmes Newcome was born 12 Feb, 1919 in Frederick County, Virginia. He died 29 Dec, 1974 in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia and was buried 31 Dec, 1974 in Macedonia Cemetery, in Winchester.

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