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his lost elder brother. In the Revolution, the two elder half-brothers of Samuel Davis went into the Continental Army; and later his mother sent that youth to theierate President is triply American: continental, revolutionary and rebel. Samuel Davis married Miss Jane Cooke; a Georgia girl of good North Carolina family and coy was named. The pair had eight children during their Georgia life and then Samuel Davis—seeing larger and quick returns for the planter in newer and less crowded tee subject of this sketch. The Davis family Roster. The eldest child of Samuel Davis and Jane Cook, was Joseph Emory Davis, born in Georgia but a lawyer and plan and died at an advanced age after a quiet, respected and useful life. Samuel Davis, Jr., was the next in age. He was a planter and resided near Vicksburg, Miss. long interval apart. In 1811, when his youngest born was but 3 years old, Samuel Davis decided that Kentucky was not yielding him the returns hoped for when he lef