Iowa Family Group Sheet for Rosser DAVIS *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm *********************************************** =============================================================== SUBMITTED BY: Gladys M. Balogh e-mail: gmb@twin-valley.net =============================================================== HUSBAND: Rosser Davis date and place of birth: March 17, 1837 Tregar (Cardiff) Monmouthshire Wales England date and place of marriage: February 08,1858 Llanhieleth Parish, Monmouth County, Wales England other marriages: None known military service: 27 April, 1864 Co. D, 171st Regiment Union Civil War Wounded, Pensioner date and place of death: December 26, 1915 Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa Forrest Cemetery father: Thomas Davis mother: Margaret Williams ........................................................................... WIFE: Caroline Potts date and place of birth: May 11, 1840 Wales, England date and place of marriage: date and place of death: October 8, 1914 Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa Forrest Cemetery father: John Potts mother: ........................................................................... CHILD 1: Thomas Davis date and place of birth: March 17, 1859 Wales, England married: date and place of marriage: other marriages: date and place of death: ........................................................................... CHILD 2: John R. Davis date and place of birth: March 06, 1861, Wales, England married: date and place of marriage: other marriages: date and place of death: ........................................................................... CHILD 3: Priscilla Davis date and place of birth: April 04, 1862, USA married: date and place of marriage: other marriages: date and place of death: Infancy ........................................................................... CHILD 4: Marguerite Davis date and place of birth: September 04, 1864, USA married: date and place of marriage: other marriages: date and place of death: Infancy ........................................................................... CHILD 5: Rosser Potts Davis date and place of birth: October 23 1868, Orangeville, Pennsylvania married: Addie Amanda Grooms date and place of marriage: 1892 Mahaska County Iowa other marriages: date and place of death: May 11 1949, Vicksburg, Mississippi ........................................................................... CHILD 6: Samuel Davis date and place of birth: April 12, 1869, Ohio ? married: date and place of marriage: other marriages: date and place of death: ........................................................................... CHILD 7: Isaac P Davis date and place of birth: May 15, 1871 Ohio? married: date and place of marriage: other marriages: date and place of death: ........................................................................... CHILD 8: William R. Davis date and place of birth: July 05, 1872, Ohio married: Kathryn date and place of marriage: other marriages: date and place of death: ........................................................................... CHILD 9: Mary Ann Davis date and place of birth: September 12, 1876, Ohio married: M.L.Thomas date and place of marriage: other marriages: date and place of death: ........................................................................... CHILD 10: Elizabeth Davis date and place of birth: January 18, 1878, Ohio married: Edward A. Minkler date and place of marriage: other marriages: date and place of death: ........................................................................... CHILD 11: Caroline Davis date and place of birth: April 12, 1881, Ohio married: E.A. Farnsworth date and place of marriage: other marriages: date and place of death: ........................................................................... CHILD 12: Marguerita P. Davis date and place of birth: March 01, 1882, Ohio married: date and place of marriage: other marriages: date and place of death: Infancy ........................................................................... SOURCES: Rosser Birth certificate Affidavit on file at National Archives, Civil War Pensioners, Copy marriage certificate also on file at National Archives, Civil War Pensioners ........................................................................... NOTES: Rosser and Caroline Potts Davis came to USA in Spring 1861 with two small sons. Rosser wounded in Civil War at Battle of Cynthia Kentucky; right arm useless as a result of injury. Both Rosser and Caroline buried in Forrest Cemetery, Oskaloosa, IA ===============================================================