Veteran Bio

Mr. Davis and Mary Elisha Davis were married by bond at Brazoria May 5, 1835. They were remarried by David T. Fetchett at Brazoria, August 5, 1839. Mr. Davis died at Gonzales November 28, 1869. Mrs. Davis, born in Alabama May 12, 1819, died January 11, 1875. Husband and wife are buried in the Masonic cemetery at Gonzales.

Children of Mr. and Mrs. Davis were Thomas Jefferson; Kencheloe Comptar; Frances Maria; Warren; Steven Tippitt, who married Sarah J. Hodges; William; Adaline; Plina; George Tennell, who married Mrs. Ada B. Edwards; Henry Carrol, who married Addie Boulding and John B. Davis.

DAVIS, JESSE K. - Following is a copy of a letter written at Cost, Texas, May 25, 1932 by Mrs. B. B. Hindman to L. W. Kemp, Houston:

"Dear Mr. Kemp:-

Here is the tale as it was told to me,

During the battle father, Jesse K. Davis, had some trouble with his gun. He sat down on a fallen log to repair it. There was fighting every where and much noise and confusion. As he was hurriedly working with his gun Deaf Smith yelled, "Look out Davis, that Mexican will get you" Father whirled around grasping the barrel of his rifle. A Mexican officer was advancing on him with a drawn sword. He hit the Mexican a terrific blow on the side of the head and left him as he fell. He took the sword since it was better than a broken gun and - on with the battle."

This sword is still in our family. My elders in telling this tale always remarked, "Deaf Smith, although he had married a Mexican woman was a mighty good soldier."

Jesse K. Davis fought in the Mexican war and was also a Confederate Veteran, though I do not know whether he ever left Texas, during the Civil War.

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