Born in Kentucky, United States
Daughter of John Davis
and Margaret (Swansey) Davis
Wife of
David Reynolds
— married
1 Jun 1826 (to 1855) in Clark, Illinois
Descendants 
Mother of
Benjamin Franklin Reynolds and Jane Reynolds
Died
at age 47
in Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Sep 2018
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Biography
When Plata Davis was born on March 2, 1808, in Kentucky, her father, John, was 28, and her mother, Margaret, was 24. She married David Reynolds on June 1, 1826, in Clark, Illinois. They had at least 14 children during their marriage. She died on December 9, 1855, in (the area that is now) Douglas, Illinois, at the age of 47, and was buried in Clark, Illinois.[1]
After her death, her widower husband remarried in 1856 to Mrs Dolly Davis, who was widow of Plata's brother, Haywood Davis.
BURIAL[2]
Forsythe Cemetery
Clark County, Illinois
Sources
- ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/36407284/person/262041135147/facts
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65241876
- Year: 1810; Census Place: Fauquier, Virginia; Roll: 68; Page: 251; Image: 00489; Family History Library Film: 0181428
- 1830; Census Place: Clark, Illinois; Series: M19; Roll: 23; Page: 61; Family History Library Film: 0007648
- Year: 1840; Census Place: Clark, Illinois; Page: 97
- Year: 1850; Census Place: Marshall, Clark, Illinois; Roll: M432_100; Page: 175A; Image: 108
- History of the Davis fam. des. of John Davis, d. East Hampton, LI. By Albert H. Davis. New York, 1888. (197p.) Calvin:94 v144 p491
- Illinois, Compiled Marriages, 1790-1860; Spouse: David Reynolds, Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Microfilm: 1306059
- Illinois State Archives; Springfield, Illinois; Illinois State Census, 1855; Archive Collection Number: 103.008; Roll Number: 976179; Line: 32
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