Maj. Alfred W. Davis married Mary Temperance Lowery, 7 April 1872 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. He was a son of William Davis and Julia Thurman. He died 29 March 1915 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina. He is my 1st cousin, 4 times removed.
Maj. Alfred W. Davis served in Company E, 21st Infantry, S.C. Reg., Vols. in Civil War[1]. Succeeded to company commander upon the death of his brother, Benjamin. T. Davis in 1864. He was promoted to Major. Listed in the Census of 1870 as an "artist.
OBITUARY[2]
Maj. Alfred W. Davis
1 Jan 1838 – 29 Mar 1915
"Maj. Alfred W. Davis - Special to The State: Chesterfield. April 3.-Maj. Alfred W. Davis died Thursday afternoon at of his daughter. Mrs. A. W. Hursey. Mr. Davis was 77 years of age and had been in failing health for a long while. The funeral services were conducted by his pastor the Rev. J. R. Millard, of the Presbyterian Church, and the body laid to rest with Masonic honors. Maj. Davis saw four years service during the war. Going out as a private, by his intelligent devotion duty and sterling worth as a soldier was promoted through the various offices to that of major. Soon after the war Mr. Davis married Miss Mary Lowery, daughter of the late Col. Lowery of the Hornboro section of this county. Mrs. Davis died several years ago. Of the seven children born to Mr. and Mrs. Davis only Mrs. Hursey survives. Maj. Davis came to Chesterfield in the late '60s and began work for J. H. Perkins. Soon after this he went into business for himself and through all these years he has been one of the best known men of the county. "
[1] "Memoirs of the War of Secession, from the Original manuscripts of Johnson Hagood, Brigadier, C.S.A"; Jim Fox Books, Camden, SC 29020, 1997, page 402-403.
[2] SOURCE: "The State", Columbia, SC, April 4, 1915]. Courtesy of Russell G. Davis. Newspaper clipping on file within the genealogical archives of Charlie Purvis
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