♂ James D Davidson

1789 - 1854

James D Davidson
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Mary Polly Johnson
Mary Polly Johnson
1796 - 1854
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1789


Mar 25
1789 • The United States Department of War is established.[http://clerk.house.gov/art_history/highlights.html?action=view&intID=192]

1813


Oct 4
Age: 24y
1813 • After a ceremony in Caracas, Venezuela, the municipality gives Simón Bolívar the title of El Libertador.

1816


Age: 26y
1816 • The French passenger ship Medusa runs aground off the coast of Senegal, with 140 lives lost in the botched rescue that takes weeks, leading to a scandal in the French government.

1818


Nov 4
Age: 29y
1818 • Upon his death, King Charles XIII of Sweden (Charles II of Norway) is succeeded on both thrones by his adoptive son Charles XIV/III John, starting the Royal House of Bernadotte.

1820


Age: 30y
James Davidson - 1820 United States Federal Census

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Charlotte, Virginia, USA ⇓
One house away is William W Davidson. On the previous page is an Allen Davidson. They are both aged 26-45. William is one of five men living in the house aged 26-45.
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1820 Indiana University Bloomington is founded as the Indiana State Seminary (renamed Indiana College, 1846).

1823


Mar 27
Age: 34y
1823 Agustin de Iturbide, Emperor of Mexico, abdicates thus ending the short-lived First Mexican Empire.
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1825


Age: 35y
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1829


Age: 39y
1829 Greece receives autonomy from the Ottoman Empire in the London Protocol, signed by Russia, France and Britain, effectively ending the Greek War of Independence. Greece continues to seek full independence through diplomatic negotiations with the three Great Powers.

1830


Nov 10
Age: 41y
James Davidson - U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907

property


Franklin, Missouri, USA ⇓
James Davidson purchased 152 acres - the document was signed by president Jackson.
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1830 Ferdinand II becomes King of the Two Sicilies.

1831


Apr 1
Age: 42y
James Davidson - U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907

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Franklin, Missouri, USA ⇓
Davidson purchases another 80 acres, the document again signed by president Jackson.
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1831 University of Alabama founded.
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1836


Age: 46y

1840


Age: 50y
James Davidson - 1840 United States Federal Census

residence


St. John, Franklin, Missouri, USA ⇓
They lived three houses away from Jacob Marmon Johnson and their daughter Mary Ann. There is also a Jordan Davidson living two or three pages away.
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1840 • The Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union.

1850


Sep 16
Age: 61y

1854


Jul 4
Age: 65y
1854 Taiping Rebellion: United States diplomatic minister Robert McLane arrives at the Heavenly Capital aboard the American warship USS Susquehanna.

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