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From: richburd <>
Subject: Re: [IA-CIVIL-WAR] John G. A. Davis -- mystery
Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2002 12:51:27 -0500
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Just a thought - in large part because of the wide-open acres of rich farmland, Iowa had a goodly number of settlers
from deep South before the war (cf. the restrictive black codes passed by the IA legislature in the 1850s.) Maybe
he felt at home...?

Jeffry Burden

wrote:

> I have an ancestor - John G. A. Davis who was a POW in the CW from Ms. He and
> his sons Robert and Thomas were in Co. F, 35th MS Inf. They were all three
> POW's, according to family stories they were held in Iowa. We do not know
> anything more about this part but they came back together. John G. A. was a
> Baptist minister later but I am not sure if he was at that time. He was
> called Jack by his wife's family. After the war he took his family and moved
> back to Iowa, we think the Davenport area. He stayed there for several years
> but was in AR by the 1870 census. This seems so strange to us and I have
> tried to figure out why he would go back up there. He was born in IL,
> according to the 1850 census, and married in MS. to Elizabeth Jane Dotson.
> If anyone can shed some light on why he would go back to Iowa I sure would
> appreciate knowing it! Any suggestions?
> Beverly
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