1787 - 1853 (65 years)
| 1. | John DAVIS was born on 2 May 1787 in Wrightsborough Twp., Columbia, GA, USA; died on 4 Mar 1853 in West Milton, Miami, OH, USA; was buried about 7 Mar 1853 in , Miami, OH, USA. John married Lydia COATE on 7 Nov 1810 in , Miami, OH, USA. Lydia (daughter of Henry COATE, * and Mary Ann HASKETT) was born on 23 Oct 1793 in Bush River M.M., Newberry, SC, USA; died on 12 Aug 1826 in West Milton, Miami, OH, USA; was buried in West Branch Quaker Burial Grounds, Union Twp., Miami, OH, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Elizabeth HAWORTH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 2. | Henry DAVIS  (1.John1) was born on 18 Aug 1811 in , Miami, OH, USA; and died. Notes: Henry was an M.D. (Medical Doctor) Family/Spouse: Eve UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
| 3. | Samuel DAVIS (1.John1) was born on 2 Aug 1813 in , Miami, OH, USA; and died. Family/Spouse: Sarah UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Family/Spouse: Eleanor C. JONES. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
| 4. | Isaac DAVIS (1.John1) was born on 22 Mar 1815 in , Miami, OH, USA; died on 9 Jun 1897. |
| 5. |  Jonathan DAVIS (1.John1) was born on 18 Mar 1817 in , Miami, OH, USA; and died. Notes: One of Jonathan's sons was named Elwood in the attached picture. Elwood's wife had in her possession a striped rose, supposedly passed down from the War of the Roses in England, possibly through the Coate side. She gave starts to her children. This tradition has occurred clear up to the present with the striped rose being in the hands of the current day descendants, Gene and Nancy Stormer. They have passed on some of these rose starts to me. Family/Spouse: Eleanor C. JONES. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
| 6. |  Mary DAVIS (1.John1) was born on 26 Oct 1820 in , Miami, OH, USA; died on 3 Mar 1853 in West Milton, Miami, OH, USA; was buried about 6 Mar 1853 in , Miami, OH, USA. Notes: Mary is the grandmother to President Hoover. Mendenhall says that this Mary was named Mary Coate and was the daughter of Joseph Coate and Lydia (Embrea) Davis). Joseph was the son of Moses and grandson of Marmaduke according to this same source. (C-1430) Mary married Eli HOOVER on 20 Feb 1840 in , Miami, OH, USA. Eli (son of Jesse HOOVER and Rebecca YOUNT) was born on 6 Oct 1820 in West Milton, Miami, OH, USA; died on 24 Jul 1892 in Hubbard, Harden, IO, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 7. | Lydia E. DAVIS (1.John1) was born on 13 Dec 1835; and died. Lydia married Aaron COPPOCK on 14 May 1857 in , Miami, OH, USA. Aaron (son of James COPPOCK and Jane HUNTSMAN) was born about 1829 in , , OH, USA; died on 29 Oct 1894 in Piqua, Miami, OH, USA; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Piqua, Miami, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
| 8. | Eunice HOOVER (6.Mary2, 1.John1) was born in 1842; died in Mar 1853 in , Miami, OH, USA. |
| 9. | Allen HOOVER (6.Mary2, 1.John1) was born in 1844; and died. |
| 10. | Jesse Clark HOOVER (6.Mary2, 1.John1) was born on 2 Sep 1846 in West Milton, Miami, OH, USA; died on 13 Dec 1880 in West Branch, Cedar, IA, USA. Notes: Jesse was the village blacksmith. He died when Herbert was 6 years old when he was killed by a falling tree. The home where he was born is located on Butter Rd, 1/2 mile from West Milton, Ohio (C-91, 1430, 2251c) Family/Spouse: Hulda Randall MINTHORN. Hulda was born in 1848 in Burgersville, Ontario, Canada; died on 22 Feb 1884 in West Branch, Cedar, IA, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 11. | Rebecca HOOVER (6.Mary2, 1.John1) was born in 1849; and died. |
| 12. | Henry Davis HOOVER (6.Mary2, 1.John1) was born in 1852 in , Miami, OH, USA; and died. |
| 13. | Herbert Clark HOOVER (10.Jesse3, 6.Mary2, 1.John1) was born on 10 Aug 1874 in West Branch, Cedar, IA, USA; died on 20 Oct 1964 in New York, New York, New York, USA; was buried on 25 Oct 1964 in West Branch, Cedar, IA, USA. Notes: President Hoover was born in a 7 by 13 foot, bare floor bedroom. The only other room, about the same size, was kitchen, parlor and dining room combined. He grew to the age of ten in the community of the West Branch of the Quakers' Red Cedar Meeting at nearby Springdale. It had been settled only a generation earlier by Quakers including Hoover's grandparents. By age 10, both of Hoover's parents had died and he was sent to live with relatives in Oregon. Of his childhood home, he said: "The most vivid and joyous recollections of my Iowa boyhood days are of patient angling in Iowa streams for the very occasional fish with willow pole and a properly spatupon worm." By the time he was President he had become a self-made millionaire businessman and public official. Seven months after he took office, the stock market crashed, and the rest of his presidency revolved around the depression. Many of the proposals he made to counteract the depression were thrown out by congress, only later to be accepted and successful policies under President Roosevelt. He was a reserved man with a quiet sense of humor. He enjoyed fishing, hiking, and reading biographies. His family of Quaker background. (C-113) In a newspaper article of the Sunday, New York Times, dated Oct. 24, 1964, it describes our country's preparations and mourning for the death of the 31st President of the U.S., Herbert Hoover. He was to be buried the next day at the 28 acre home that is the site of his library, his pine clapboard cottage home and his father's blacksmith shop. The Republican Presidential nominee, Barry Goldwater, was expected to attend the funeral, a turnout of 50 Persons of state including President Taft's two sons, as well as a complete turnout of the townspeople who have special memories of Herbert Hoover. (C-271) Herbert married Lou HENRY on 10 Feb 1899. Lou was born on 29 Mar 1875 in Monterey, Monterey, California, USA; died on 7 Jan 1944 in New York, New York, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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