William Lee Davidson Colonel / Annie Irvine Pagan


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	Family Sheet HUSBAND Name: William Lee Davidson ColonelMale Note Born: 10 Feb 18251825-2-10 at Mecklenburg County, North CarolinaMecklenburg County, North Carolina Married: 15 Mar 18701870-3-15 Died: 13 Aug 18991899-8-13 at Chester, South CarolinaChester, South Carolina Father: Benjamin Wilson Davidson Mother: Elizabeth Latta WIFE Name: Annie Irvine Pagan Note Born: 28 Mar 1848 at Chester, South Carolina Died: 28 Jun 1890 at Lincolnton, North Carolina Father: James Pagan Mother: Ann Callender Fayssoux CHILDREN Name: James Latta Davidson Born: 11 Mar 1871 at Chester, South Carolina Died: 21 Jun 1942 at Chester, South Carolina Wife: Frances Stringfellow Name: Mary Pagan Davidson Born: 28 Jun 1873 at Chester, South Carolina Died: 10 Mar 1960 at Charlotte, North Carolina Husband: John Hardin Marion Name: Zebulon Vance Davidson Born: 11 May 1875 at Spartanburg, South Carolina Died: Wife: Kate Gaston Name: Bessie Irvine Davidson Born: 29 Dec 1876 at Spartanburg, South Carolina Died: 17 Nov 1948 at Barium Springs, North Carolina Husband: Exam Avery Elliott Name: Annie Lee Davidson Born: 5 Aug 1879 at Spartanburg, South Carolina Died: 18 Jan 1969 at Charlotte, North Carolina Husband: Joseph Boudinot Johnston Name: Leila Fayssoux Davidson Born: 16 Aug 1881 at Fishdam Station, South Carolina Died: 24 Sep 1970 Husband: William Johnston Simpson Name: William Lee Davidson Dr. Born: 9 Apr 1888 at Carlisle, Union County, South Carolina Died: 3 Dec 1940 at Columbia, South Carolina Wife: Nell Eulalia Purvis Name: Robert Malcolm Davidson Born: 1890 Died: NOTES 1). COL. WILLIAM LEE D AVIDSON, C.S.A. !DEATH Episcopal Cemetary, Lincolnton, North Carolina, Epis copal Cemetary, Lincolnton, North Carolina 2). Annie Irvine Pagan Davidson The eldest child of James Pagan April 22, 1809 November 2 5, 1898 and his wife Ann Callender Fayssoux September 18 , 1815 February 12, 1899 was born March 29, 1848 at Oakla nd, the Pagan home on Lancaster Street in Chester, SC. Sh e was named Annie Irvine in honor of her mother s materna l grandmother, Ann Callender Irvine, wife of Brig. Gen. Wil liam Irvine of Carlisle, Pennsylvania. She grew up in the t wo story raised frame home noted for its formal gardens an d fanlighted front door. She began her education at a schoo l run by Mr. Olmstead, an Episcopal priest and continued i n a school conducted by Miss Sarah Huckins of Charleston o n Wylie Street. Annie spoke French and was educated in musi c. On a trip to visit a friend in Charlotte, NC she met Col . William Lee Davidson, son of Benjamin Wilson Davidson an d Elizabeth Latta. Col. Davidson was a Mexican and Confeder ate War veteran and was at that time employed in Lexington , Kentucky. He was visiting in his native county. He was 2 3 years older than she, but won her affection and they wer e married on March 15, 1870 at the home of the bride in Che ster. They returned to Kentucky for the first years of thei r marriage. She is described by her daughters as small with gray bl ue eyes and medium brown hair. She provided a good home fo r her family in the difficult economic times of the Reconst ruction period. She was a member of the Presbyterian Churc h from her youth, but at times attended the Episcopal churc hes in the areas in which she lived. She cooked and sewed f or her family and helped her husband by taking in school te acher boarders and frequently worked with her husband ove r his business papers. Col. Davidson s employment at merchandising, postmaster ing, and railroading moved the family around the south. He r first two children were born on return trips to her paren ts home in Chester. The next three were born in Spartanbur g, SC and the next two at Fishdam Station, which is now Car lisle in Union County, SC. Her last child was born while th ey lived at the Guion house in Lincolnton, NC. There Anni e died of complications on June 28, 1890. Her small son liv ed only 19 days. They were both buried at the Episcopal Cem etery in Lincolnton, NC. Most of her children later returne d to the hometown of their mother to marry and raise thei r families. Her children were I . James Latta Jim Davidson 18711942 married 1st Frances Stringfellow, 2nd Frances Erwin A bell Mary Pagan May Davidson 1873 1960 married Judge Jo hn Hardin Marion 3. Zeb Vance Davidson 1875 married Ka te Gaston 4. Bessie Irvine Kit Davidson 1876 1948 mar ried Exam Avery Elliott 5. Annie Lee Davidson 18791969 married Joseph Boudinot Johnston Leila Fayssoux Davidso n 1881 1970 married 1st William Johnston Simpson2nd Ja mes Withers Wilkinson 7. William Lee Davidson, D.D.S. 188 8 1940 married Nell Eulalia Purvis 8. Robert Malcolm Davi dson 1890 1890 . Submitted by A. Douglas Marion, M.D. If you want me to let you know when I change the website, please signup here (no more then once a quarter!)

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