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History of Gallatin County, Illinois
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. F. Davenport, merchant, was born near Equality, Ill., March 2, 1844. His father, R. W., was a native of Knoxville, Tenn., settled with his parents near Equality, and was always a farmer. He married Sarah, daughter of Abner Flanders, a farmer and manufacturer, and a native of New Hampshire. For ten years he was coroner, and filled an unexpired term as sheriff. His death occurred in December, 1852. The mother, a native of New York, came with her parents to Illinois, settling near Equality; she died in 1875.
Our subject, the eldest of our children, was reared and educated in Equality, chiefly, and took a course at Bartlett's Commercial College, Cincinnati. Until two years ago he was a farmer and teacher, when he engaged in his present general merchandise business. February 13, 1878, he married Juliet, daughter of John W. Clifton, a merchant, formerly of Ohio. She was born in Gallatin County in June, 1848. Their children are May, Delia, Martha J., Randall W., George A. and Robert C. Our subject is a Democrat, and he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. Their home is in Equality.
Submitted by Jon Musgrave
[Author unknown] 1887. History of Gallatin, Saline, Hamilton, Franklin and Williamson Counties, Illinois. 534.
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