Davis Historical Cemetery
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio
Perry Township

Located on land originally owned by
Amaziah & Polly Davis Sells
(Map)

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NameDate of Birth Year of BirthDate of Death Year of DeathRemarks

Brelsford, Abner

29 Dec

1867

Aged 75y 4m 21d

Brelsford, Caroline

24 Aug

1831

Daughter of A. & S. Brelsford. [Livingston lists aged 4y 1m 21d, Ohio Genealogical Society lists aged 4y 10m 21d]

Brelsford, Francis M.

27 May

1843?

Son of W.H. & R. Brelsford, aged 1y 6m 22d. [Livingston lists year of death 1845, Ohio Genealogical Society lists year of death 1843]

Brelsford, Jacob M.

30? Apr

1834?

Son of A. & C. Brelsford, aged 17m 24d. [Livingston lists date of death 21 Apr 1851, Ohio Genealogical Society lists 30 Apr 1834]

Brelsford, John(n)ie F.

13 Feb

1865?

[Livingston lists first name Johnnie, son of P. A. & M. S. Brelsford, aged 1y 8m, date of death Feb 1837; Ohio R .A. & S. M., aged 8y 8m _d, date of death 13 Feb 1865]

Brelsford, Joseph

25 Apr

1863

Co H 46 OVVI [Livingston lists son of J. & C. Brelsford, aged 21y 5m 3d; Ohio Genealogical Society lists son of I. & C. Brelsford, aged 21y 5m 13d]

Brelsford, Mary M.

01 Sep

1831

Daughter of A. & S. Brelsford, aged 7m 27d

Brelsford, Nancy

06 Sep

1825

Wife of Abner Brelsford, aged 40y 5m 24d

Brobeck, Catherine

30 Nov

1857?

Wife of Jacob Brobeck, aged 67y 8m. [Livingston lists year of death 1857, Ohio Genealogical Society lists year of death 1852 with a question mark next to it]

Brown, Sarah

05 Feb

1847

Daughter of J. & S. Brown, aged 17d

Brunk, Daniel

24 Aug

1863

Aged 61y 8m 28d

Coalman (Coleman), James

03 May

1838

Aged 58y 3m 28d. [Livingston lists last name Coalman, Ohio Genealogical Society lists last name Coleman]

Coalman (Coleman), Mary

13? Sep

1834

Daughter of James & Eliza Coalman/Coleman, aged 1y 10m 25d. [Livingston lists last name Curlman with a footnote indicating this stone is together with James Coalman, probably both should be Coalman, date of death 13 Sep; Ohio Genealogical Society lists last name Coleman, date of death 15 Sep]

Davis, Ann

25 Jan

1831

Daughter of Samuel & Matilda Davis, aged 1y 3m 4d

Davis, Ann Simpson

05 Jun

1851

Aged 86y 5m 8d. Revolutionary War Service

Davis, Byron

10 Apr

1840

Son of Samuel & Matilda Davis, aged 4y 2m 14d

Davis, Edith

22 Jul

1871

04 May

1883

Daughter of J. E. & C. E. Davis, aged 11y 9m 12d

Davis, Edith A.

14 Aug

1874

Wife of Joseph Davis Sr., aged 77y 5d

Davis, Elizabeth

24 Jan

1831

Daughter of Samuel S. & Matilda Davis, aged 4y 3m

Davis, Fred R.

10 Oct

1887

Son of Joseph W. & Mary Davis , aged 8y 8m 9d

Davis, Horace W.

Co K 40th Inf., Spanish American War veteran

Davis, Jacob E.

21 Mar

1886

(Father) Aged 50y 8m 25d

Davis, John

25 Jan

1832

Aged 71y 4m 19d Revolutionary War Veteran

Davis, Joseph

27 Jan

1802

29 Jun

1892

Davis, Joseph Watts

19 Jun

1838

25 Jan

1892

Captain in Recruiting Service, U.S. Army, Civil War

Davis, Joshua

24 Jul

1823

[Livingston lists aged 27y 23d, Ohio Genealogical Society lists aged 27y 27d]

Davis, Mary Ann

09 Apr

1847

Daughter of J. S. & S. Davis, aged 9y 4m

Davis, Mary Ann

31 Oct

1847

Wife of Beriah Davis. [Livingston lists aged 69y 8m, Ohio Genealogical Society lists 32nd yr]

Davis, Mary Butt

10 Jul

1842

14 Oct

1891

Davis, William W.

25 Jun

1841

Son of Joshua & Edith Davis, aged 19y 7m 21d

Everit, Aaron

21 Apr

1847

Aged 47y 3m

Martin, Caroline

15 Oct

1851

Aged 5y 9m 10d

Martin, David

29 Sep

1849

Aged 47y 8m 15d

Martin, Matilda

08 Mar

1837?

[Livingston lists year of death 1837, aged 19 or 49y 1m 3d; Ohio Genealogical Society lists year of death 1857, aged 19?y 1m 3d]

Mathews, Rachel

13 Jul

1846

[Livingston lists daughter of J. & M.J. Mathews, aged 4y 4m 7d; Ohio Genealogical Society lists daughter of J. & J. Mathews, aged 4y 2m 2d]

Mickey, Zephaniah

30 Apr

1847

Aged 20y 5m 4d

O'Neill, Ann Sells

17 Mar

1902

10 Feb

1980

Roney, Amy Hannah

10 Jan

1840

Infant daughter of James & Rachel Roney, aged 5m 21d

Roney, Isaac H. L.

12 Mar

1842

Aged 17y 10m 14d

Roney, James

26 Nov

1840

Aged 43y 1m 29d

Roney, Rachel

11 Dec

1832

Wife of James Roney. [Livingston lists aged 41y 7m 13d, Ohio Genealogical Society lists aged 41y 7m 15d]

Shipman, Andromeda

15 Aug

1840

Daughter of O. & A. Shipman, aged 4m 9d

Shipman, Charles

04 Oct

1841

Son of O. & A. Shipman, aged 1m 29d

Shipman, Oliver

07 Apr

1847

Aged 33y 8m 6d

Swain, Lucinda C. Davis

08 Jan

1855

Daughter of J. & E. A. Davis, wife of A. E. Swain, aged 21y 7m 25d

Wooley, Benjamin

17 Apr

1858

Aged 58y 2m 24d

Wooley, Sarah

25 Aug

1847

Wife of Benj. Wooley, aged 44y 8m 15d

Wright, Francis M.

13 Jul

1831?

Son of Jacob & Mary Wright, aged 3y 8m 18d. [Livingston lists year of death 1831, Ohio Genealogical Society lists 1851]

Wright, Jacob

06 Sep

1877

(Father) Aged 79y 9m

Wright, Mary

20 Sep

1886

(Mother) Wife of Jacob Wright, aged 82y 4m 15d

 

 

Sources:

Find A Grave website, Davis Historical Cemetery, accessed 07 Apr 2013,
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1997790&CScn=davis+historical&,
gravestone photos consulted to resolve conflicting source data].

Franklin County Chapter of The Ohio Genealogical Society (comp.), Franklin County, Ohio Cemeteries, Volume 5, Sharon and Perry Townships, Columbus, January 1983, pages 94-95 (September 1981 gravestone reading by Emily Garner, Suzanne Mettle, and Ima Wilson). This source is cited as Ohio Genealogical Society.

Henderson, Frank D.,John R. Rea, and Jane Dowd Daily, Daughters of the American Revolution (comp.), The Official Roster of the Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in the State of Ohio, Columbus: The F.J. Heer Printing Co., 1929. Available online at:
http://archive.org/details/officialrosterof1929ohiorich.

     Excerpts of burials in Franklin County only:
     http://cemeteries.webstarts.com/uploads/source-rosterrevwar.htm.

Livingston, Frank A., "Davis Burial Ground," The Ohio Genealogical Quarterly, July 1937, pages 52-53. This source is cited as Livingston.



 

 

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