James Richardson Davis was borne 24 May 1838 in Tennessee, a son of David Davis and Margaret Fowler. James relocated to the Napa Valley, California in the year 1857.
In 1865, he married Aria Frances Fawver, age 16, daughter of Thomas Dawson Fawver and his wife Frances S. Dunn. They would raise two sons; William Allan and Dee Thomas Davis.
James Richardson Davis, age 63, died 7 April 1901.
Death of James R. Davis
James R. Davis, for the past fourteen years an attendant at the Napa State Hospital, died Sunday morning at the home of his son, William A. Davis, on Coombs street. He had been in failing health for over a year.
Deceased was a native of Rutledge, Tenn., and 63 years of age. He came to California in 1857, and with the exception of a few years spent in the mines in Oregon, has lived most of the time in Napa county. He engaged in the butcher business in St. Helena, and after farmed near Yountville.
In 1865 he married Miss Frances Fawver, who survives him with their two sons, Wm. A. and Dee T.
The funeral will be held from the family residence on Coombs street at ten o'clock this morning.
Napa Journal, April 9, 1901
James Richardson Davis is my 1st Cousin 5X Removed
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1. "Death of James Richardson Davis," obituary, Napa Journal, Napa, California, 9 April 1901, Page 2, Column 3; Digital On-Line Archives, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/:viewed 11 July 2023).
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