Robert Hamilton M. Davidson

1832 - 1908  (75 years)

• Name	Robert Hamilton M. Davidson
  Birth	23 Sep 1832	Quincy, Gadsden County, Florida
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Jan 1908	Gadsden County, Florida
  Person ID	I134777	First tree
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2015

  
  

  Father	John Matthew Winslow Davidson,   b. 9 Nov 1801, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina d. 1879, Quincy, Gadsden County, Florida (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Mary Jerusha L. Sylvester,   b. 13 Apr 1809, Sumter County, South Carolina, USA d. 24 Apr 1855, Quincy, Florida (Age 46 years)
  Family ID	F18774	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Leila A.H. Callis,   b. 4 Mar 1834, Virginia d. 3 Jan 1884, Gadsden County, Florida (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	7 Jan 1860	Quincy, Gadsden County, Florida
  Family ID	F18490	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2015

  
  

• Notes

  Full name: Robert Hamilton McWhorter Davidson CSA Service: Capt. commanding Co. "A", 6th FL Inf. Organized Co.'s "A"-"B"- " C" into 6th FL Regt. Promoted to Maj. then Lt. Col. Seriously wounded at Dalton, GA (after Chickamauga). Civ.Service: 1856-1859. State Representative from Gadsden Co. 1860-1861. " Senator " " " 25 Oct 1866 Delegate to First Constitutional Convention (FL) to revise Constitution. 1871-1873. Trustee of Quincy Academy during reorganization of Gadsden Co. schools. 1880. Trustee of Quincy #1 School (along with D. W. Nicholson) 1882-1883. Congressman from FL during Reconstruction. Lawyer & Democrat. This Robert Hamilton M. Davidson was the second to bear the name. The first was his uncle, brother of John Matthew Winslow Davidson, both of whom were early settlers of Gadsden Co.