Samuel Shelton Davenport

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Samuel Shelton Davenport 1, son of John C. Davenport and Lucinda Francis Box, was born on 20 Jun 1869 in Olmstead, Pulaski County, Arkansas, died on 17 Apr 1918 1 and was buried on 19 Apr 1918 in Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Cabot, Lonoke County, Arkansas 1.  Note: Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Cabot has no information on Samuel Shelton Davenport.  Could he have been buried at another Mt. Carmel cemetery?

Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation. Carpenter

• Census; 1900.
Listed as Sam Davenport, Head of household, born June 1864. Shows him to have been born in Arkansas and both of his parents in Alabama?
Bayou Meto Township, Jacksonville, Pulaski County, Arkansas

Samuel married Mary Belle McCraw. They had four children: Edith Irene, Azalee Blanche, Raymond L., and Gathy Page.

Noted events in her life were:

• Census; 1900.
Listed as the wife of Sam S. Davenport. Born September 1873, age 26. Has had 4 children, 3 of whom are still living. Shows her to have been born in Arkansas, her father in Tennessee and her mother in Arkansas.
Bayou Meto Township, Jacksonville, Pulaski County, Arkansas

Edith Irene Davenport 3 was born in Jul 1893 in Arkansas.

Noted events in her life were:

• Census; 1900.
Daughter of Sam S. Davenport, 6 years old, and born July 1893.
Bayou Meto Township, Jacksonville, Pulaski County, Arkansas

Azalee Blanche Davenport 3 was born on 6 Apr 1895 3 and died on 13 Jul 1897 3.  She is buried at Bethel Cemetery in Jacksonville, Pulaski County, Arkansas.

Raymond L. Davenport 3 was born in Jul 1897 in Argenta, Pulaski County, Arkansas.

Noted events in his life were:

• Census; 1900.
3 years old, born July 1897 in Arkansas.
Bayou Meto Township, Jacksonville, Pulaski County, Arkansas

Gathy Page Davenport 3 4 was born in Mar 1899 in Arkansas and was buried in Edgewood Cemetery, North Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas. Another name for Gathy was Pagie.

Noted events in her life were:

• Census; 1900.
Daughter of Sam S. Davenport, Born March 1899, 1 year old.


Bayou Meto Township, Jacksonville, Pulaski County, Arkansas

Samuel next married Neona Lewis  in Aug 1891 in Pulaski County, Arkansas .


Sources

1. Death Certificate of Samuel Shelton Davenport, (Arkansas State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas. Registration District 528, Primary District 2342. File 1449. Informant on Certificate-E.D. Cook, 615 W 18th NLR, Ar. Original in the possession of Ginger Diane (Owens) Ballard.)

2. Marriage Certificate of Samuel Shelton Davenport and Mary Belle McGraw, (May 15, 1892. Pulaski County Court House, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas. Page 484, Book 17. Transcribed by Priscillia Wyvonne (Brooks) Weathers, March 2001.)

3. Melba Ruth (Coulter) Owens, Family Group Sheets of Melba Ruth (Coulter) Owens, (Handwritten - 1983. Originals in the possession of Priscillia Wyvonne (Brooks) Weathers, 2001.)

4. Marriage Certificate of Eddie D. Cook and Pagie Davenport, (July 2, 1915, Pulaski County, Arkansas. Page 156, Book 61. Transcribed by Priscillia Wyvonne (Brooks) Weathers, February 2001.)

5. Book - Early Pulaski County Marriages, (December 1938 to January 1901. Published by The Stanley Company).