Joseph Sylvester M. Davidson

1830 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Joseph Sylvester M. Davidson
  Birth	1830	Gadsden County, Florida
  Gender	Male
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I137563	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 1	Harriett Josephine Blake,   b. Abt 1832   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F18514	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2015

  
  

  Family 2	Laura Springs,   b. 1850, North Carolina, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1873
  Children	1. Baxter M. Davidson,   b. 1874   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Leroy Davidson,   b. Abt 1875   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F18419	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2015

  
  

• Notes

  CSA. 6th Florida Infantry-- Doctor. Joseph S. M. Davidson had a drugstore on NE corner of E. side of Courthouse Square in Quincy. A 2-story frame building; 1st floor was an office and apothecary. Between 1869 & 1874, he moved to Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., NC. His last two children were born there to wife #2. Listed in this family in 1860 Gadsden Co., FL Census were, Sarah F. Davidson, age 52, B. 1808 in NC Margaret Blake, age 25, B. 1835 in NC. From, "Marriage & Death Notices from Western Carolinian (Salisbury), 1820- 1842" by Topkins, also "Marriage & Death Notices, 1799-1825" by Broughton: Sarah F. (Frew) Davidson,dau. of Wm.*Davidson of Charlotte mar- ried in Charlotte to Thomas Johnson, MD late of Petersburg, VA 9 Sept 1824, Return 21 Sept 1824. Harriett E. Davidson, dau. of Wm. Davidson of Charlotte married to Dr. David t. Caldwell 30 Mar 1826 in Charlotte. Return 11 Apr 1826. Margaret A. Davidson married to James H. Blake of Washington, DC 13 Sept 1820 in Mecklenburg Co., NC. *The above 3 were daus. of Wm. & Sarah Frew Davidson, she being the widow of Thomas Davidson, an uncle of Wm. who died in 1800. (Refer to the document, "William Davidson of Mecklenburg Co., NC" for details of this family.) Wm.'s wife Sarah Frew Davidson died in 1812. J.S.M.'s first wife was Harriett Josephine Blake, dau. of Margaret & James Blake. Margaret Blake (B.1835) was another dau. of J. & M. Blake. It is not known at this time if Blake had died nor the circumstances which brought Margaret and her aunt Sarah F. to FL. It is also not known if Thos. Johnson had died or if he & Sarah F. were divorced. OR why Sarah F. resumed the surname of "Davidson". SOURCES OF INFORMATION 1850 & 1860 Gadsden Co., FL Census. 1880 Mecklenburg Co., NC Census. 1880 Mecklenburg Co., NC Census lists J.S.M. Davidson as a Druggist living in the 1st. Ward of Charlotte.