Samuel Elliott Finley Davis
Samuel Elliott Finley Davis was born around 1841 in Pennsylvania to Joseph and Edith Davis. His father was a cooper who owned $120 of personal property. He grew up and attended school in Fredericktown, Pennsylvania.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on October 22, 1862, and mustered in as a private in Company G of the 22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry later that day. The army transferred him to the 3rd Pennsylvania Provisional Cavalry on June 24, 1865, and he mustered out on October 31, 1865. He returned to Pennsylvania after the war and applied for a federal pension on April 6, 1882. He married Annabell Daugherty on April 20, 1893. By 1910, they were living in Brownsville, Pennsylvania. He died sometime after 1910.
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(1297)Davis, Samuel Elliott Finley1841
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 2

  • (2702) [writer] ~ Samuel E. F. Davis to Grayson Carter, 15 September 1864
  • (2710) [writer] ~ Samuel E. F. Davis to Grayson Carter, 21 February 1864

Places - Records: 1

  • (277) [birth] ~ Pennsylvania

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Regiments - Records: 2

  • (348) [enlisted] ~ 3rd Pennsylvania Provisional Cavalry
  • (437) [enlisted] [G] ~ 22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry
SOURCES

1850, 1860, and 1910 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com; Pennsylvania Marriages, 1852-1968, available from Ancestry.com.