Jefferson Oliver Davidson: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

Jefferson Oliver Davidson was born about 1846 in Alabama (son of William Madison Davidson and Martha Claiborne Goodrich); died on 25 Dec 1926 in Sabine County, Texas.

Notes:

Known as "Oley."

Robert Cecil McDaniel notes that he was Sabine County Commissioner from 1895-1898.

In 1910 and 1920, he was widowed and living with members of his extended family.

(Research):
Census Listings:

1880 Census

Oliphar DAVIDSON Self W Male W 35 AL Farmer TN VA
Mary Lee DAVIDSON Dau S Female W 9 TX AL MS Wm.
Henry DAVIDSON Son S Male W 8 TX AL MS
Martha C. DAVIDSON Mother W Female W 66 VA TN TN
Source Information:
Census Place Sabine, Texas
Family History Library Film 1255325
NA Film Number T9-1325
Page Number 219C

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr 1
Enumerated 30 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 131 Sheet 11B
Hemphill and Homer Road
184-186
White, Robert W Head m W 27 m1 7 Tx Tx Ala Farmer
White, Florence B Wf F W 27 m1 7 3/3 Tx Tx Tx
White, A. V. Son M W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
White, William C Son M W 4 S Tx Tx Tx
White, Lafayette Son M W 2 S Tx Tx Tx
185-187
White, Thomas J Head M W 37 m2 7 Tx La Ala Farmer
White, Nettie H Wf F W 39 m1 7 2/2 Ala Ala Ala
White, Francis V Dtr F W 6 S Tx Tx Ala
White, George F Son M W 2 S Tx Tx Ala
186-188
White, John M Head M W 27 m1 2 Tx La Ala Farmer
White, Kate Wf F W 23 m1 2 1/1 Tx Tx Tx
White, Corra Son M W 1 4/12 S Tx Tx Tx
White, Aary A Mother F W 62 Ed 11/7 Ala Ala Tenn
Davidson, Jefferson O Uncle M W 64 Wd Ala Ala Tenn

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 27 and 28 January 1920
SD 226 ED 168 Sheet 22A Stamped 115
424-446
Carlton, Martha A Head F W 43 Wd Tx La Ala Farmer
Carlton, Eugene Son M W 18 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Carlton, Ary E Dt F W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
Carlton, Ethel B Dtr F W 9 S Tx Tx Tx
Davidson, Jefferson O Uncle M W 74 Wd Ala Miss Miss

Family/Spouse: Nancy C. "Nannie" Travis. Nancy (daughter of John Travis and Mary Raborn) was born about 1846 in Mississippi; died before 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Mary Lee Davidson was born on 5 Jan 1871 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 9 Jan 1934 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
William Henry Davidson was born about 1872; and died.

Generation: 2

William Madison Davidson was born in 1808 in Tennessee; died on 15 Aug 1863 in Texas.

Notes:

Per "1850 Census Sabine County, Texas with added Family Information and Corrections," William Madison Davidson owned 16 slaves. Per OLDTIMERS OF SABINE COUNTY, TEXAS he fought along with his son-in-law Amazia Vardeman White in Company F, 11th Texas Infantry. He died on the way home, somewhere near Marshall, and the irony of it was that he volunteered after he was past the age of 55, in anothers place, in exchange for a slave.

He was said by White and Toole to be the son of William "Squire Billy" DAVIDSON and Jane BIRDWELL, and a brother of Blackburn Davidson, who married Harriet Goodrich. White and Toole show him as a grandson of Wm. Davidson, b ca 1755, in N.C., lived to be 96. When members of his family loaded their wagons in 1849, and departed for Texas, never to return, the old grandfather, nearly blind, stood by the side of the road and waved until they were out of sight. He had begged to be taken to Texas with them. SABINE COUNTY GENEALOGICAL RECORDS, pps 84-87, contains details of various early Davidson families settlers in Pennsylvania, Virginia and the Carolinas. Gen. Samuel Houston was the grandson of a Margaret Davidson. Thomas Whitfiled Davidson, a Texas state senator and Lietut. Governor, was claimed as a relative of Jefferson Oliver Davidson of Sabine County (personal interview with Beulah Davis Hughes). (White and Toole, p 87).

Other researchers show him instead as a son of William DAVIDSON (born 1779 Va, d. 1860 Texas) and Nancy ALBRIGHT (born 1779 Va), and an Uncle of Blackburn Davidson.

William married Martha Claiborne Goodrich about 1839. Martha (daughter of Thomas Benton Goodrich and Martha Smith) was born on 22 Jan 1814 in Virginia; died on 18 Nov 1895; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martha Claiborne Goodrich was born on 22 Jan 1814 in Virginia (daughter of Thomas Benton Goodrich and Martha Smith); died on 18 Nov 1895; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.

Notes:

Lived with her son, Jefferson Oliver Davidson, at the time of the 1880 census.

Children:

Thomas Benton Davidson was born before 1840 in Alabama; and died.
Mary Josephine Davidson was born on 9 Jun 1840 in Alabama; died on 3 Jun 1918; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
William Richard Davidson was born on 21 Feb 1844 in Alabama; died on 31 Aug 1927.
1. Jefferson Oliver Davidson was born about 1846 in Alabama; died on 25 Dec 1926 in Sabine County, Texas.
Ary Adney "Addy" Davidson was born on 17 Aug 1847 in Alabama; died on 24 Nov 1910 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
Martha Ann "Puss" Davidson was born about 1851 in Texas; and died.

Generation: 3

6.	Thomas Benton Goodrich was born before 1792; and died. Notes: Probably the son of James Thomas Goodrich and wife Ruth Benton. The Goodrichs were from England to Va. (White and Toole, p 61). Thomas married Martha Smith. Martha was born before 1792; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martha Smith was born before 1792; and died.

Children:

Harriet Goodrich was born after 1808; and died.
3. Martha Claiborne Goodrich was born on 22 Jan 1814 in Virginia; died on 18 Nov 1895; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
John Smith Goodrich, Sr. was born before 1841; and died.