John Louis Davis

1839 - 1864  (25 years)

• Name	John Louis Davis
  Birth	13 Apr 1839	Bedford County, TN
  Gender	Male
  _UID	5E0BF91B6E81D61182D400E0299EDC4E7AEA
  Death	17 Oct 1864	Atlanta, GA
  Person ID	I21025	sorrells
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2002

  
  

  Father	Goodrum Davis,   b. 22 Sep 1812, Halifax or Nash County, NC d. 29 Mar 1889, Bedford, Bedford County, TN (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Henrietta Lee Smith Pryor,   b. 18 Jan 1815, Bedford Co., TN d. 19 Feb 1866, Bedford Co., TN (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	14 Sep 1834	Rutherford County, TN
  Family ID	F7744	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Notes for JOHN LOUIS DAVIS, C.S.A.: JOHN LOUIS DAVIS WAS BORN APRIL 13, 1839. HE WAS VERY APT TO LEARN AND STRIVED HARD FOR AN EDUCATION. HE WAS NOT A STOUT MAN. HE WAS THE SMALLEST ONE OF THE BOYS AND HAD SOME HARD SICKNESS IN HIS BOYHOOD DAYS. THIS UNDERMINED HIS CONSTITUTION AND HE NEVER WAS A STOUT MAN, YET HE TOOK UP HIS SHARE OF THE WORK ON THE FARM AND MADE A FAITHFUL HAND. HE PREPARED HIMSELF FOR TEACHING, BUT WHEN THE WAR BROKE OUT HE ENLISTED. HE WAS UNDER GENERAL BRAXTON BRAGG AND WHILE THE ARMY WAS STATIONED AT ATLANTA, GA. HE WAS TAKEN SICK WITH THE FLUX AND DIED IN THE ARMY HOSPITAL IN 1863. HE WAS ABOUT 25 YEARS OLD WHEN HE DIED. HE WAS LOW AND CHUNKY, WEIGHED ABOUT 130 LBS. HE WAS THE FIRST ONE OF THE FAMILY TO DIE. THE BALANCE OF THE BOYS ALL LIVED TO BE OVER 63. HE WAS OF A KIND DISPOSITION AND MADE MANY FRIENDS WHEREVER HE WAS, A GREAT LOVER OF HIS MOTHER AND WAS ALWAYS READY TO HELP HER AND TOOK ANY HARDSHIP OFF HER THAT HE COULD. MILITARY ANNALS OF TENNESSEE (CONFEDERATE) BY LINDSLEY PAGE 491 DAVIS, J.L. PRIVATE, CO. E, 34TH TENN. INFANTRY DIED OCT. 17, 1863. Enlisted with Tenn. Co. E. 34th Inf. Died while serving in Atlanta, Ga. (C.S.A.) More About JOHN LOUIS DAVIS, C.S.A.: Cause of Death: Flux, Atlanta, Ga. 1864