{"id":356,"date":"2009-09-13T12:47:29","date_gmt":"2009-09-13T17:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/?page_id=356"},"modified":"2015-07-09T22:34:04","modified_gmt":"2015-07-10T03:34:04","slug":"william-s-davenport","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/home\/william-s-davenport\/","title":{"rendered":"William S. Davenport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>William Smith Davenport, Democrat, of Washington County, Senator from the Second District, was born in Tyrell County, August 16, 1859. Son of Tully and Eliza (Nonnan) Davenport. Educated in the public schools. Farmer. Clerk Superior Court, 1882-1886. Member Board of County Commissioners, 1911-1916. Chairman Democratic County Executive Committee, 1912-1916. State Senator, 1917. Mason. Married, November 14, 1883, to Miss Henrietta E. Blount. Seven children. Address: Mackeys, N.C.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: x-small; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\"><em style=\"outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: small; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\">Source: North Carolina, and North Carolina Historical Commission.<\/span><\/em><\/span><span style=\"outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: x-small; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\"><em style=\"outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: small; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\">North Carolina Manual<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><span style=\"outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: x-small; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\"><em style=\"outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: small; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\">. Raleigh: North Carolina Historical Commission, 1917. Available @ Google Books &lt;<\/span><\/em><\/span><a style=\"outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; text-decoration: underline; color: #3f6e9d; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\" href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=KdUGAQAAIAAJ\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: x-small; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\"><em style=\"outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: small; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\">http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=KdUGAQAAIAAJ<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: x-small; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\"><em style=\"outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: small; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\">&gt;<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Other Information about William S. Davenport<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>See his marriage license <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/mr\/WLIC033.HTM#0255\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>William died December 17, 1294 &#8211; see his death certificate<a href=\"http:\/\/pilot.familysearch.org\/recordsearch\/start.html#p=recordimage;c=1609799;r=27976562;role=principal\" target=\"_blank\"> here<\/a>. His mother&#8217;s name is listed as Ann Eliza Norman.<\/li>\n<li>Henrietta was the daughter of Joseph Warren Blount &amp; Elizabeth Sleight.<\/li>\n<li>From the Roanoke Beacon Newspaper of December 6, 1889 &#8212; &#8221; Mr. W.S. DAVENPORT holds more positions than any other man within our knowledge &#8211; he is a merchant, postmaster, express agent, steam boat clerk, freight agent and farmer.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William Smith Davenport, Democrat, of Washington County, Senator from the Second District, was born in Tyrell County, August 16, 1859. Son of Tully and Eliza (Nonnan) Davenport. 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