Stephen Brown Davis

1807 - 1875  (68 years)

• Name	Stephen Brown Davis
  Born	19 Sep 1807	Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Land Purchase	08 Jun 1833	Washtenaw, Michigan, USA
  	Detroit land office
  Land Purchase	01 Apr 1837	Washtenaw, Michigan, USA
  	Detroit - US Land Purchase
  Land Purchase	10 Oct 1839	Washtenaw, Michigan, USA
  	Ionia ||US Land Purchase
  Census	1840	Washtenaw, Michigan, USA
  	Males-- 1 bet 10-15, 1 bet 15-20, 5 bet 20-30 nad 1 bet 30-40 Females -- 1 under 5, 1 bet 5-10, 2 bet 15-20 and 1 bet 20-30 ||Federal
  Land Purchase	01 Mar 1846	Jefferson, Wisconsin, USA
  	Milwaukee||US Land Purchase
  City Directory	1847	3rd Ward, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
  	page 11
  Land Purchase	01 Mar 1848	Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
  Election	08 Feb 1849  [3]
  	Elected Janesville Plank Road Director
  Purchase	23 May 1849	Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA   [4]
  	livery stable from Mr. Kane May
  Occupation	1850
  	Livery Stable
  Election	04 Feb 1850  [5]
  	Director of Milwaukee and Rock River PLank road
  Census	03 Sep 1850	Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
  Election	19 Apr 1852  [6]
  	director of Green Bay, Milwaukee and Chicago RR
  Law Suit	15 Sep 1853  [7]
  	Milwaukee and Miss RR for putting omnibus agent off train
  Property	10 Feb 1854	Corner of Mason and Cass Streets, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
  	Five Lots
  City Directory	From 1857 to 1858	Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
  	Mukwonago Plank Rd 8th ward ||
  Census	1860	Wauwatosa, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
  Census	1870	Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
  DeathCause	17 Oct 1875
  	Thrown from wagon
  Died	17 Oct 1875	Broadway, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA   [8, 9, 10, 11]
  		SBDavisdc1875.jpg
  Funeral	20 Oct 1875	his residence on the South Side, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA   [12]
  	The service was conducted by Rev. W. H. Thorp of St. James Church, and were in accordance with the ritual of the Episcopal denomination. Messrs.George D. Dousman, Col. George Bingham, A. N. Dickson, Elisha Edgerton, Elisha Starr and John Burnham, life long friends of the deceased were pall-bearers. The caske was covered with floral emblem and manifestations of a deep sense of the sad and sudden loss of a true friend were very noticable on the sorrowful occasion.
  Buried	20 Oct 1875	Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA   [13]
  Obituary	22 Oct 1875	Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA   [14]
  	Mr. S. B. Davis, one of the pioneers of Kalamazoo, but of late years of Milwaukee died in that city last Friday. Deceased was the father of Mrs. D. B. Merrill. In early days deceased was the senior proprietor of the stage line running out of this place but when the Central road passed through here he moved to Chicago and subsequently to Milwaukee. We are informed that deceased was killed by being thrown from a wagon by a runaway team.
  Notes	Davis, George Feb 19, 1838 age 2 yrs s/o S.R. & Helina Davis Davis, Helen Dec 6, 1839 age 11 mo d/o S.R. & Helina Davis [15] Assumes agnecy for Michigan cetral RR steamship line [16] Suffers $4,000 loss as stable burns [6] The Copartnership heretofore existing between Bissell Humphrey and S. B. Davis known as "B. Humphrey & Co." is this day disolved by mutual consent. moves livery stable to fireproof building [6] His newly purchased carriage on display at Davis livery stable [5] Grand Fire commenced in the hayloft of livery barn of S.B. Davis and J. Davis NW corner of Broadway and Huron (329 Broadway)||Grand fire of Milwaukee Coroner's Report filed
  Person ID	I1103	My Family Tree
  Last Modified	15 Feb 2010

  
  

  Father	John Davis,   b. 14 May 1783, Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA ,   d. 03 Nov 1849, Lima, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Mary Horton Brown,   b. Apr 1790, New Jersey, USA ,   d. 02 Oct 1864, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA  (Age ~ 74 years)
  Family ID	F594	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Pauline Hilton,   b. 18 Mar 1810, New York, USA ,   d. 30 Nov 1878, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 68 years)
  Married	Abt 1828
  Children	+ 1. John Davis,   b. 08 Sep 1828, Benton, Yates, New York, USA ,   d. Bef 1870, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA  (Age < 41 years) + 2. Anna M. Davis,   b. Abt 1831, New York, USA ,   d. 11 Aug 1890, Petosky, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA  (Age ~ 59 years) + 3. Mary W. Davis,   b. 01 Aug 1833, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA ,   d. 17 Mar 1920, 413 East State Street, Fremont, Sandusky, Ohio, USA  (Age 86 years) + 4. George Davis,   b. 10 Feb 1840, Michigan, USA ,   d. 20 Jan 1902, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA  (Age 61 years)   5. Hannah\Laura Davis,   b. Abt 1845, Michigan, USA ,   d. Bef 1875  (Age ~ 29 years)   6. Minnie Davis,   b. 13 Jul 1846,   d. 14 Feb 1849, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 2 years) + 7. Lolla Davis,   b. Abt 1851, Michigan, USA ,   d. 25 Oct 1890, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA  (Age ~ 39 years)
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2020
  Family ID	F252	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 19 Sep 1807 - Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA Land Purchase - 08 Jun 1833 - Washtenaw, Michigan, USA Land Purchase - 01 Apr 1837 - Washtenaw, Michigan, USA Land Purchase - 10 Oct 1839 - Washtenaw, Michigan, USA Census - 1840 - Washtenaw, Michigan, USA Land Purchase - 01 Mar 1846 - Jefferson, Wisconsin, USA Land Purchase - 01 Mar 1848 - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Purchase - 23 May 1849 - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Census - 03 Sep 1850 - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Property - 10 Feb 1854 - Corner of Mason and Cass Streets, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA City Directory - From 1857 to 1858 - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Census - 1860 - Wauwatosa, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Census - 1870 - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Buried - 20 Oct 1875 - Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Obituary - 22 Oct 1875 - Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S204] Death of an Old Citizen, Milwaukee Sentinal. [S207] Portrait and Biographical Record of Waukesha, Co.,, (Excelsior Publishing, Chicago, IL 1894). [S365] Milwaukee Sentinel, page 2 column 3. [S365] Milwaukee Sentinel, page 2 column 7. [S365] Milwaukee Sentinel, page 2 column 5. [S365] Milwaukee Sentinel, page 2 column 2. [S365] Milwaukee Sentinel, page 3 column 1. [S118] Portrait & Biographical REocrd of Kalamazoo Allega, (Chapman Bros.). [S179] S B Davis Death Certificate. [S180] Coroner's Report for S B DAvis, State of Wisconsin. [S183] S. B. Davis' Obit, Kalamazoo Gazette, (10/22/1875). [S365] Milwaukee Sentinel, page 8 column 1. [S185] Forest Home Cemetery 2405 West Forest Home Ave., Forest Home Cemetery. [S178] Kalamazoo Gazette, Page 3 col. 2. [S460] Lima Center Cemetery, Genealogical Society of Washtenaw Co., Michigan Inc. [S365] Milwaukee Sentinel, page 2 column 4.