Daniel Davis
Daniel Davis was born on March 12, 1842, in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, to Noah Davis and Margaret Gwynn. His parents were Welsh immigrants. His father worked as a blacksmith, and he died in 1859. The family moved to Hanover, Pennsylvania, sometime in the 1840s before settling in Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, in the 1850s. Davis eventually began work as a blacksmith at the Crane Iron Works.
He enlisted in the Union army on August 17, 1861, and mustered in as a private in Company C of the 46th Pennsylvania Infantry. He took part in the Battle of Cedar Mountain, the Battle of Antietam, and the Battle of Chancellorsville. He was captured at Chancellorsville and taken to Belle Island in Richmond, Virginia. He was eventually exchanged and rejoined his regiment, and he took part in the Atlanta campaign and the March to the Sea. He was eventually promoted to sergeant, and he mustered out on July 26, 1865.
Davis returned to Catasauqua after the war and married Gwenfried Williams around 1870. They had at least seven children, including: Margaret, born around 1872; Walter, born around 1874; George, born around 1876; and Mary, born around 1879. Davis worked on the Central Railroad of New Jersey until 1879, when he became superintendent of the Keystone Furnace. He became the superintendent of the Lock Ridge Furnace seven years later, and he remained there for more than twenty years. He applied for a federal pension in April 1905 and eventually secured one. He died of apoplexy in Catasauqua on August 11, 1918.
Image: Daniel Davis (James F. Lambert and Henry J. Reinhard, A History of Catasauqua in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania)
DATABASE CONTENT
| (694) | Davis, Daniel | 1842-03-12 | 1918-08-11 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Soldier
- Rank in: Private
- Rank out: Sergeant
- Rank highest: Sergeant
- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 69
- (2294) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Brother, 17 April 1864
- (2295) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Brother, 31 December 1861
- (2875) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to David Davis, 22 November 1862
- (2876) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to David Davis, 18 March 1862
- (2891) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Brother, 24 June 1863
- (2933) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Margaret Davis, 14 May 1862
- (5203) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Margaret Davis, 20 March 1862
- (5204) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Brother, 30 May 1862
- (5205) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Brother, 5 October 1862
- (5206) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis Diary, 10 December 1862
- (5207) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Brother, 21 December 1862
- (5208) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Henry Davis, 31 December 1862
- (5209) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Henry Davis, 13 January 1863
- (5210) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to David Davis, 15 March 1863
- (5211) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Henry Davis, 24 March 1863
- (5212) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Margaret Davis, 16 April 1863
- (5213) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to David Davis, 31 May 1863
- (5214) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Henry Davis, 2 June 1863
- (5215) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to David Davis, 11 June 1863
- (5219) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Brother, 7 September 1863
- (5220) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to David Davis, 11 October 1863
- (5221) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to David Davis, 11 November 1863
- (5232) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Margaret Davis, 26 June 1864
- (5233) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to David Davis, 12 January 1865
- (5234) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Brother, 20 January 1862
- (5235) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Brother, 28 January 1863
- (5236) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Brother, 6 February 1862
- (5237) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to David Davis, 9 February 1862
- (5238) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Sister, 27 February 1862
- (5239) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Margaret Davis, 2 March 1862
- (5240) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Margaret Davis, 13 March 1862
- (5241) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Henry Davis, 8 March 1863
- (5242) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Brother, 13 March 1862
- (5243) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Brother, 30 March 1864
- (5244) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Brother, 15 April 1862
- (5245) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Sibling, 5 September 1862
- (5246) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Brother, 5 October 1862
- (5247) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Brother, 10 October 1862
- (5248) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Brother, 31 October 1862
- (5249) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to David Davis, 1 November 1862
- (5250) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Brother, 6 November 1862
- (5251) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Margaret Davis, 16 November 1862
- (5252) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Brother, 29 November 1862
- (5253) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Margaret Davis, 14 December 1862
- (5254) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Henry Davis, 17 December 1862
- (5255) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Brother, 18 December 1862
- (5256) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Margaret Davis, 26 December 1862
- (5257) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Brother, 6 April 1862
- (5258) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Brother, 30 April 1862
- (5259) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Brother, 14 July 1862
- (5260) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Brother, 23 July 1862
- (5261) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Brother, 1 November 1863
- (5262) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Brother, 22 April 1862
- (5388) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Margaret Davis, 8 January 1862
- (5389) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Margaret Davis, 24 January 1862
- (5390) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Brother, 27 July 1862
- (5391) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Margaret Davis, 4 March 1863
- (5392) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Brother, 3 December 1863
- (5393) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Henry Davis, 23 December 1863
- (5394) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Henry Davis, 9 January 1864
- (5395) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to David Davis, 25 March 1864
- (5396) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Brother, 18 May 1864
- (5397) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to David Davis, 30 June 1864
- (5398) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to David Davis, 17 July 1864
- (5399) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to David Davis, 30 August 1864
- (5400) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Margaret Davis et al., 29 May 1864
- (5401) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Brother, 14 October 186X
- (5402) [writer] ~ Daniel Davis to Henry Davis, 12 December 186X
- (5403) [associated with] ~ Inventory, undated
People - Records: 5
Places - Records: 2
Regiments - Records: 1
- (205) [enlisted] [C] ~ 46th Pennsylvania Infantry
SOURCES
1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1963, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com; Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, available from Ancestry.com; James F. Lambert and Henry J. Reinhard, A History of Catasauqua in Leigh County, Pennsylvania (Allentown, PA: The Searle & Dressler Co., 1914); Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1968, available from Ancestry.com.
