Davis, Amos, Jr., 1811-1877
Dates
- Existence: 1811 - 1877
Biography
(Amos Davis, Jr.; born May 29, 1811 in Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania; died December 8, 1878 in Joseph, Sevier County, Utah; Amos received a fairly good education; as a young man of twenty, he met and married Mary Jane Scott; she found she could never have children of her own, so they adopted three children: John Amos Davis (not related), Mary Jane Powell and Lillian who died in infancy; in Missouri Amos Davis Jr was converted to the LDS Church and, soon after his wife was converted; he helped to build up the city of Nauvoo and went west with the Saints; they settled at Long Valley; to have more children, Amos married Susannah Justet, from Italy; their first child was born September 10, 1871 and named Mary Jane after his first wife; two more children were born to this union: Lauretta, on August 10, 1873, and Nathan on May 8, 1875; later, the family moved to Joseph, Utah; there Amos helped build a schoolhouse, tithinghouse, and a home for his family; while living in Joseph, Amos was hitching a team of mules to a wagon to take his family to Richfield; one of the mules crunched him against the side of the barn which caused his death; when little Mary Jane was eight years old her mother, Susannah, married John Amos Davis, the adopted son; to this union five children were born, four girls and one boy (some of the short history of Amos Davis Jr. written by Eurilla Wilson as told by her mother-in-law, Mary Jane Lucas, oldest daughter of Amos Davis Jr.
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Arrest warrant
Handwritten and signed arrest warrant, dated 6 Dec. 1842, and written in Nauvoo, Illinois. As mayor, Smith signs a warrant ordering the marshall of Nauvoo to arrest Amos Davis who had been accused of assault by William C. Walker. On the reverse is a statement saying that Davis was brought before a city court.
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