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From: "Donna Allen" <>
Subject: Re: [MDWASHIN] Jones or Davis
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 23:59:33 -0400
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Thanks, but I've exhausted those lines.
I'm beginning to think Henry was a figment of someone's imagination.
He is on all documents pertaining to Amanda Davis Snyder and Mary Ann Davis
Snyder (the twins), but on nothing else. I thought he might have been killed
in the CW.
Donna


----- Original Message -----
From: "Lauren Brantner" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 11:27 PM
Subject: Re: [MDWASHIN] Jones or Davis


> Donna, there is a Davis family - Ephraim Davis, who married into John
Brantner's family and that particular
> family lived around Boonsboro. He had a son Elias from a first wife (I
think Charlotte Boone of the Boonsboro
> Boones) and then a family with one of John's daughters. John owned the
Boonsboro Turnpike, part of the
> National Road. I don't know who all the descendants are; they include
merchants and a Reformed Minister, if I
> recall. I don't know any living descendants, only other John Brantner
descendants. Later a descendant of
> Elias married into the John Brantner line again. His name was Frisby
Davis. Let me know if you want to
> connect with any of the descendants. I haven't researched Davis's because
they are not my collateral line,
> but I keep information I find on them to sort. I wouldn't be surprised to
find other Davis families because
> it's a fairly common name.
>
> Lauren
>
> Donna Allen wrote:
>
> > I am looking for anyone who is researching the Davis family in
Washington
> > County. William and Catherine appear on the 1850C with their children:
> > Elizabeth, Jacob, Catherine, William, Henry and Susan.
> >
> > Donna at
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 9:42 AM
> > Subject: Re: [MDWASHIN] Jones or Davis
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I believe that our families might be connected as my grandfather was
born
> > in 1912 in Hagerstown Washington County, I dont have my jones files in
front
> > of me right this moment but please give me some names that you might be
> > looking for as I do know that his father had quite a few siblings from 2
> > marriages.
> > >
> > > I have William Jones born in Va and came with the railroad to
Hagerstown
> > with Rachel, Rachel then passed away, William went back to Va and bought
> > Sarah back with him and married her in Hagerstown as William and Rachel
had
> > 5 boys before she passed.
> > >
> > > Albert Marion Jones (my great grandparents)
> > > b. 1867 in Hagerstown
> > > d. 1932 buried in Mount Airy
> > > Married Nettie Belle Rippon
> > > b. 1868
> > > d. 1923 buried in Mount Airy
> > >
> > > Albert and Nettie had about 5 kids (not having my files in front of me
> > right now)
> > >
> > > Please contact me asap as I think there must be some connection,
> > > Tracie Jones-Foster
> > >
> > >
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