Dear Sister,
I received your letter - yesterday and will ans you this evening. this (leaned) all well and hope it will find you all well. we have had lots of rain this winter. and some cold weather but haven’t had any snow yet. it is warm and pretty to day. my children are going to school every day.
We haven’t had a letter from Uncle Mc[2] in some time he wrote us they was going to spend the winter on the coast I thought he would visit you this winter but I heart that they were at home now. they visited me last summer and the summer before too, -
Brother[3] hasent never written to me. Monroe[4] had a letter from Young Short[5] not long ago. I am glad that Gus[6] has turned to the Lords side this is one consolation for you I hope he may hold out faithful. (What church did he join?)
Sister I wish I could see you this evening and talk to you I hope we meet again on this earth Of our sorrows your lot has been what it is. Sister I am willing to help you all I can I can send you a little money -
Tell me all your childrens names and ages I do not know where Richmond Means[7] is at haven’t heard from any of them in a long time I will close for this time give my love to all the children I am your loving sister write soon to me and a long letter I am always glad to hear from you give my love to Guss, tell him Granville[8] is going to school. I am as ever your sister
Fannie Newberry[9]
(letter provided by Dr. Johnny P Austin, grandson of Mary Austin)[1] Mary Elizabeth Brown Austin, b. 1850 married to Allen Jefferson Austin, lives in Cook, Louisiana
[2] Allen R McGrady, husband to Elizabeth Ann Cox McGrady who was sister to Fannie and Mary’s mother Rebecca. Allen and Elizabeth live in Montague, Texas.
[3] This would be Frank Taylor Brown, b. 1849, who was living in Jasper, Texas with his wife Sarah
[4] This is likely Fannie’s third child, Harrison Monroe Newberry (b. 1874) who moved from Montague to Tom Green between 1900 and 1910. She also had a stepson named Sharon Monroe.
[5] Young Short (b. 1876) was the oldest son of Fannie and Mary’s sister, Louisiana (Lou) Brown who married John Short.
[6] Gus is likely Mary’s oldest living son, Augustus Houston Austin (b. 1871)
[7] Richmond Means (b. 1866) would be the son of Fannie and Mary’s aunt Sarah Cox Means (b.1831). Sarah Means was living in Montague County.
[8] Granville is Fannie’s youngest son (b. 1899)
[9] Fannie is Sarah Frances Brown Newberry (b. 1854) married to Henry Butler Newberry and living in Quanah in Hardeman County, Texas.
Pearl fell and broke her hip from getting caught in the revolving door at the Mesa Arizona Temple.
She suffered lameness and limited walking ability for many months afterward, and at one point was so crippled up that the doctors insisted she would have to have replacement hip surgery to regain mobility. She decided to try exercising more, and almost immediately began increasing her mobility by walking without her walker or cane much of the time.
In December of 2000, she fell again while staying with Neena in Utah. After a trip to a local concert, she tried to walk up a stairway without waiting for Neena to park the car and come assist her, and fell down the steps, clonking her head in the process, and breaking her OTHER hip. This began a downward spiral in well being that culminated in her death on 22 February 2001 at the hospital.
She was taken to the emergency room after her fall, where the medical people insisted there was nothing seriously wrong with her and that she just needed to walk and exercise to regain strength in her hip and leg.
She suffered increasing pain and agony, until at Neena's insistence the Doctor reexamined her and discovered she had broken her hip. She was hospitalized, and varied in strength, but gradually weakening until she had difficulty breathing and expired peacefully after Neena insisted they stop trying to keep her alive forcibly. The respirator and other machines and tubing she had just before she died were attempts to keep her from having seizures and convulsing, all of which ceased when the heroic efforts were halted. She hung on for only a short few moments afterward, and died peacefully with Neena present at her side.
Supposedly an old Devenport bible stated that Charles Devenport had a brother named Will. Thus, at this point this is speculation and birth order is not known.
Supposedly an old Devenport bible stated that Charles Devenport had a brother named Will. Thus, at this point this is speculation and birth order is not known.
Also reported death date of June 30, 1860
Buried in Greenville County, South Carolina
NOTE:
I can not confirm who Tabitha Young's family is, but I do know that she was married to Issac Davenport, and they are buried at Fork SHoals Baptist church in southern Greenville county,sc---I have all of their family -----Issac died in 1860 (I believe ) Tabitha died a few years later, My husband's great grandmother was their youngest daughter Clementine Tabitha Davenport who married Elias Massey I would like to hear about any of Tabitha's family, I do not have anything on her family before she was married elaine ( echamb6269@aol.com )
I can not confirm who Tabitha Young's family is, but I do know that she was married to Issac Davenport, and they are buried at Fork SHoals Baptist church in southern Greenville county,sc---I have all of their family -----Issac died in 1860 (I believe ) Tabitha died a few years later, My husband's great grandmother was their youngest daughter Clementine Tabitha Davenport who married Elias Massey I would like to hear about any of Tabitha's family, I do not have anything on her family before she was married elaine ( echamb6269@aol.com )
Somewhere in the Davenport generations the spelling of the name was changed to Devenport.
In most records, Charles Devenport spelled his name differently that his father Isaac did.
Buried in Isaac Davenport burying ground near Silverstreet in southwestern Newberry Co., South Carolina. He served with the Loyalists in the American Revolution and his military record is supposedly in London, England.
ISAAC DAVENPORT, b. on or about April 3, 1752 in Granville Co., NC, son of FRANCIS DAVENPORT and ___________; married ca. 1773 in
what is now Newberry Co., SC to ___________ and they had six children. He m. (2)Eve ________ ca. 1788. He d. on or around June
26, 1815 and was buried in the Isaac Davenport burying ground near Silverstreet in southwestern Newberry Co., SC. He served with the
Loyalists in the American Revolution and his military record is supposedly in London, England.
1. William Davenport, b. ca. 1774 in what is now Newberry Co., SC; m. (1)Elizabeth ________ on April 9, 1800; m. (2)Jane Davenport
(father’s first cousin) ca. 1804; m. (3)Anna Davenport (father’s first cousin and sister to Jane) in 1816. He died in January of 1833
in Newberry Co., SC.
2. Elizabeth “Betsy” Davenport, b. May 30, 1775 in what is now Newberry Co., SC; m. James Murdock ca. 1791 and they became the
parents of 15 children; moved in 1820’s to Abbeville Co., SC where she died August 18, 1857 (I descend from her oldest son,
William Murdock, b. November 28, 1794 in Newberry Co., SC – RLG)
3. Sarah “Sally” Davenport, b. ca. 1778 in what is now Newberry Co., SC; m. James Gibson; they are still living in 1824 when her half-
brother’s estate is settled; James died in 1841 leaving a widow in Newberry County; no further information
4. Rachel Davenport, b. ca. 1780/1781 in what is now Newberry Co., SC; she m. Manassa Mann ca. 1802; she died bef. 1817 in
Newberry County leaving four sons and two daughters.
5. Willis Davenport, b. ca. 1782 in what is now Newberry Co., SC; married Mary “Polly” Scott, daughter of Charles Scott, ca. 1806 in
Newberry Co., SC; they moved to Greenville Co., SC before 1820; they were listed as charter members of the Washington Baptist
Church in Greenville Co., SC which was form on March 17, 1821 but are later on the membership list of the Fork Shoals Baptist Church
at various times between 1822 and 1840; they were not in the 1840 census of Greenville County but appear on the church roll that
year; They apparently moved to Tippah Co., MS ca. 1843 as they appear on the 1850 census of that county; Polly appears in the
census of 1860 of Tippah County but not Willis and we may assume that he died between 1850 and 1860 in Tippah County.
6. Behethelind “Hettie” Davenport, b. ca. 1784 in what is now Newberry Co., SC; m. William Waldrop ca. 1800 in Newberry Co., SC;
William died in August of 1827 in Newberry County and Hettie was married in 1828 to John Golding. Her date or place of death is
not known.
Children of ISAAC DAVENPORT by second wife, EVE __________:
7. Francis Davenport, m. Patsy _________
8. Edna Davenport, m. Thomas Lewis
9. Stacey Davenport, m. Joseph Mitchell
10. Martha “Patsy” Davenport, b. ca. 1805 m. Russell Gibson; d. May 3, 1858 in Newberry Co., SC
11. Isaac Davenport died young
12. James Davenport m. Nancy Scott
13. Willoughby Davenport, m. Phoebe ________; he d. June 30, 1828 in Newberry Co., SC
14. David Davenport, b. April 11, 1809, m. Annie Lewis abt 1834 in Newberry Co., SC; d. ca. 1857 in Monroe Co., AR
15. Charles Davenport died young
16. Joseph Davenport, b. ca. 1807; m. (1) ________; m. (2)Mazilla ______; he was living in Newberry Co., SC in 1860.I have had Charles as a son of Willis in my database for many years. I failed to note my source but it may be in the mountains of
Davenport notes I have in my files. These are the children of Willis and Polly that I have listed in my database:
a. Willis Augustus Davenport, b. February 11, 1808; m. Frances Coker
b. Charles Davenport, b. May 12, 1810; whoever sent me this said her married Hannah Terrell
c. Isaac Davenport, b. June 13, 1812; m. Tabbitha Young; said to have died in Kingston, GA on April 5, 1864.
There may have been others. James and Sarah Young from SC are neighbors to Willis Davenport in Tippah Co., SC and they have
a son named Willis Young. There is the possibility that Sarah may have been a daughter.(Other notes from emails) Isaac Davenport, father of Willis, was born in 1752 in Granville Co., NC, son of Francis Davenport and his first wife, name unknown. Isaac moved with his parents to Little River in what is now Newberry Co., SC in or around 1770/1771. Isaac married his first wife ca. 1774 and later joined with a number of Tories in his area, serving with the English Army during a portion of the Revolutionary War. Two brothers and a cousin also were connected with the Tories although it did not seem to cause them a loss of standing in their communities after the war. Isaac had six children by his first wife and 10 by his second wife, Eve. He died in 1815 in Newberry Co., SC and was buried in the Isaac Davenport Burying Ground near the present town of Silverstreet, SC.
"Died Young"
Children of ISAAC DAVENPORT by second wife, EVE __________:
7. Francis Davenport, m. Patsy _________
8. Edna Davenport, m. Thomas Lewis
9. Stacey Davenport, m. Joseph Mitchell
10. Martha “Patsy” Davenport, b. ca. 1805 m. Russell Gibson; d. May 3, 1858 in Newberry Co., SC
11. Isaac Davenport died young
12. James Davenport m. Nancy Scott
13. Willoughby Davenport, m. Phoebe ________; he d. June 30, 1828 in Newberry Co., SC
14. David Davenport, b. April 11, 1809, m. Annie Lewis abt 1834 in Newberry Co., SC; d. ca. 1857 in Monroe Co., AR
15. Charles Davenport died young
16. Joseph Davenport, b. ca. 1807; m. (1) ________; m. (2)Mazilla ______; he was living in Newberry Co., SC in 1860.
Another "Died Young", no other data