My Family Tree

Narrative

1880 - farmer
1890 - veteran (Devinport, Martin S. Private Co. B, 8th TN mounted Infantry)
1900 - blacksmith
1910 - blacksmith

The 1910 census adds he was a veteran of the Civil War, UA = "Union of Army"

Civil War Pension Index has 2 dates for "Martin S Devinport" and "Sarah E Devinport":
1889? Dec 31 "Invalid" claim#746452, cert#719478
1915 Aug 12 "Widow" claim#1051686 cert#802685

Original enlistment records for Civil War contain description:
Dark eyes, Light hair, Fair complexion, and 5'8" tall.

Events

Event	Date	Place	Description
Birth	1844-12-02	Jackson, TN

Military Service			Civil War veteran - served Comp. B, 8th TN mounted Infantry
	Event Note 1910 Census, box for veteran of Civil War looks like either "VA" or "V/a". Since question is Union or Confederate Army or Navy, answer could be Ua for Union army. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 about Martin S. Davenport Name: Martin S. Davenport Side: Union Regiment State/Origin: Tennesee Regiment Name: 8 Tennessee Mtd. Infantry Regiment Name Expanded: 8th Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry Company: B Rank In: Private Rank In Expanded: Private Rank Out: Private Rank Out Expanded: Private Film Number: M392 roll 4 http://www.researchonline.net/tncw/unit296.htm SERVICE.-Duty at Nashville and Carthage, Tenn., till June, 1865. At Clifton and Savannah, Tenn., and in District of Middle Tennessee till August. Mustered out August 17, 1865. https://tngenweb.org/civilwar/8th-tennessee-mounted-infantry-regiment/ "[Captain] William S. Long, Co. “B”. Enrolled at Carthage. Men from Jackson and neighboring counties. Mustered out August 17, 1865."
Occupation			farmer and blacksmith

Death	1915-07-30	Davidson Co, TN
	Event Note Tennessee Death Index: http://www.state.tn.us/tsla/history/vital/1915-05.htm Vol 12 pg 406 Death certificate for Martin S Davenport - cause of death is heart disease & buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Location of grave is in the Richardson Plot, Section 16, Lot 405, but no visible headstone.

Parents

Relation to main person	Name	Birth date	Death date
Father	Davenport, Joseph	1818-12-25	1875-06-05
Mother	Huffines, Elizabeth	1824	after 1880
Brother	Davenport, William	1839	before 1870
Sister	Davenport, Mary Emeline	1841-10-15	1909-12-17
	Davenport, Martin S	1844-12-02	1915-07-30
Brother	Davenport, Miles Metha	1847-12-01	1921-01-25
Brother	Davenport, George	1848	1860
Brother	Davenport, Elias Job or Jefferson	1849	between 1910 and 1920
Sister	Davenport, Margret Evaline	1853-05-15	1936-12-11
Sister	Davenport, Nancy Elizabeth	1855	1917-11-22
Sister	Davenport, Louvina? A	1856-04-00	before 1910
Brother	Davenport, Sampson Alexander	1861-02-12	1919-01-03
Brother	Davenport, Wade Henry?	1861-03-00

Families

Family of Davenport, Martin S and Green, Sarah Elizabeth

Married

Wife

Green, Sarah Elizabeth ( * 1845-12-14 + 1917-04-27 )

Event	Date	Place	Description	Sources
Marriage	1866	Jackson, TN

Narrative

Note Martin and Sarah are next door neighbors in 1860 TN>Jackson>District 3
Also Sarah is not with parents in 1870 but already married to Martin Davenport AND her first daughter is named Nancy E like her mother.

Home in 1880 District 3, Jackson, Tennessee, USA
Martin Davenport 35 Self (Head)
Sarah E. Davenport 33 Wife
Nancy E. Davenport 14 Daughter
Joseph Davenport 11 Son
Thomas J. Davenport 11 Son
Milas S. Davenport 8 Son
William Davenport 3 Son

==> The 1880 Property Schedule lists both Martin and Sarah, and Sarah appears to be more wealthy:
Improved Unimproved Farm Machinery Livestock Produce(annual)
Martin 20 0 $80 $8 $65 $200
Sarah 20 15 $300 $6 $75 $200

As of 1900, Sarah was mother of 7, 5 still living - only George at 17 yrs old still living at home. Since there are no gaps in her children's names, I suspect her 7th child was born after George, prob. about 1886, and died before 1900.

1910: living next door to daughter Nancy Richardson in Davidson County, TN.

Children

Name	Birth Date	Death Date
Davenport, Nancy Elizabeth	1867-08-15	1931-08-13
Davenport, Thomas Jefferson	1869-04-08	1932-11-21
Davenport, Joseph Cephus	1869-04-08	1938-11-09
Davenport, Milas/Miles S	1872	between 1892 and 1900
Davenport, William Henry	1876-07-02	1944-07-14
Davenport, George Milton	1882-07-12	1961-03-07