Abraham Westmann.Abraham married Kristina Johansdotter Hedenstrand.
Kristina Johansdotter Hedenstrand.Kristina married Abraham Westmann.
They had the following children:
F i Maria Katarina Westmann
William Minor Davis [Parents] was born 1, 2 on 18 Mar 1850 in Washington, Adams Co., MS. He died 3, 4 on 20 Aug 1931 in Chicago, IL. He was buried 5 on 22 Aug 1931 in Thornton, Cook Co., IL (Oaklawn Cemetery). He married 6 Catherine Louise Céssor on 15 Apr 1903 in Natchez, Adams Co., MS. William was employed 7 as constable in 1880 in Natchez, Adams Co., MS. He was employed 8 as grocer in 1910 in Natchez, Adams Co., MS.
Other marriages:Surget, Sina
Pipes, Mary E.
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1851 Born to Margret Dent, a free black woman. He was given name Davis, along with his siblings, it is said because his father was the white man Allen Davis. In Allen Davis' will he leaves Margret and her children land and slaves (see her record for details). Historian Richard Tristano says that there is little doubt Allen Davis was the illigitimate father of Minor. [Tristano] This was also seen in the Illinois Death Index, but it listed birthplace as Washington, MS, a small unincorporated area outside Natchez.
1873 On Feb 3rd, registers himself with the Freedmen's Bank as Minor Davis in Natchez, MS. Says he is 22 and born in Natchez. Complexion is "yellow." He is a printer. Unmarried. Father is dead. Mother is Margaret Davis. Brothers include Toney and Joseph. He has sisters Virginia and Louisa. [U.S. Freedmen's Bank Records]
1880 As Wm. M., living in Natchez, MS, with wife Sina and children Laura, Irene, & Maude. Race reported as Mulatto. He is working as a constable. Father is from KY, mother is from MS. [U.S. Census]
1890s "... built a fine Victorian home and opened a bakery on State Street, which he operated for twenty years... played violin in the Kaiser family band." He was a very active Republican his entire life. [from Tristano]
1900 Lost job as constable due to purging of "colored" people from public service jobs. [Tristano]
1910 Living with wife Catherine (nee Céssor) and 4 children, servant Virginia Chapman, and boarder in Natchez, MS, on State Street. He is a grocer. He reports race of himself and family as Mulattto. He also reports that he is in his third marriage. Father is from KY, mother is from MS. [U.S. Census]
1920 Living in Natchez with children. Wife is not present, although he claims he is married. Children are William, Magdalene, Jinnie (Virginia?), & Joseph. He says he is Black and children are Mulatto. Form is very hard to read. [U.S. Census]
1931 At time of his death, he was living at 43 W. 31st St. in Steger, Will, IL. (The hometown of his son Charles, as well.) He listed his skin color as "white." His parents were noted as Allen Davis and Margret Dent, both of Washington, MS. His spouse was Catherine Davis. [IL Death Record]WORKS CITED
Tristano, Richard M. "Holy Family Parish: The Genesis of an African-American Catholic Community in Natchez, Mississippi. The Hournal of Negro History 83, no. 4. (Autumn, 1998), pp. 258-283NOTES
Minor was a Natchez family of great wealth. They owned 42 slaves at the close of the Civil War.
Catherine Louise Céssor [Parents] "Katie" was born 1 about 1868 in Natchez, Adams Co., MS. She died in Illinois. She married 2 William Minor Davis on 15 Apr 1903 in Natchez, Adams Co., MS. Catherine was employed 3 as canvasser in 1900 in Natchez, Adams Co., MS. She was employed 4 as sewing for the W.P.A. in 1940 in Chicago Heights, IL.
1940 Living with daughter Virginia Davis Peace in Chicago Heights, IL. [U.S. Census]
They had the following children:
F i Virginia L. Davis M ii Living F iii Living M iv Living
Cassander Céssor "Case" was born 1 about 1823 in South Carolina. He died 2 on 12 Nov 1876 in Natchez, Adams Co., MS. The cause of death was Bilious Pneumonia. He married 3, 4 Frances Johnson on 4 Jun 1859 in Adams Co., MS. Cassander served in the military Fought for Union in 4th Cavalry U.S. Colored Troops during Civil War in 1864 in New Orleans, LA.
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1860 Living in Natchez with wife Frances, a 3 year-old child named Caroline, and two men Jasper Cessor (he is later listed on Stockton, CA city directory of 1888) and Joseph Cessor, both carpenters, aged 27 and 29 respectively. Reports race as Mulatto. [1860 U.S. Census]
1864 On July 19th, Volunteers as a cavalry man in the Mississippi Volunteer 4th Cavalry Colored Regiment, fighting for the Union. Listed as Charles Caesar. See Source below. [Ancestry's American Civil War Regiments]
1866 On March 20th, he is mustered out of the U.S. Army and returns home. [Ancestry's American Civil War Regiments]
1870 Going by Charles Céssor. Living with wife and family in Natchez, MS. He is unemplyed, but wife is working as a seamstress. He reports birthplace as South Carolina, matching the records from 1880. Reports race of himself and wife and children as Mulatto. [1870 U.S. Census]
1876 Died of Pneumonia on Nov. 12th. He was aged 55, colored, and went by name of Case. Record signed by Dr. Wm. A. McPheeters of Natchez, MS. [Adams County Sexton Records per http://www.natchezbelle.org/adams-ind/c2.htm]
1885 Pension papers filed by widowed Frances. He served on the Mississippi cavalry and Mississippi Rifles Volunteers. [Civil War Pension Files Index per Ancestry.com]SOURCE
4th Regiment Cavalry: Organized from 1st Corps de Afrique Cavalry April 4, 1864. Attached to Defenses of New Orleans, La., Dept. of the Gulf, to August, 1864. District of Port Hudson, La., Dept. of the Gulf, to October, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, United States Colored Troops, Dept. of the Gulf, to December, 1864. District of Port Hudson, La., Dept. of the Gulf, to July, 1865. Dept. of Mississippi to March, 1866. SERVICE.--Duty in the Defenses of New Orleans, La., at New Orleans, Carrollton, Camp Parapet and Donaldsonville, District of LaFourche, until August, 1864. Ordered to Baton Rouge, La., August 8, and duty in the Defenses of that Post until July, 1865. Expedition to Clinton August 23-29, 1864. Action at Olive Branch, Comite River, August 25. Expedition from Port Hudson to Jackson April 11-13, 1865. Duty at various points in the Dept. of Mississippi until March, 1866. Mustered out March 20, 1866. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/uncolcav.htm#4thcav]
Frances Johnson was born 1 in 1845 in Mississippi. She died 2 on 26 Jan 1908 in Natchez, Adams Co., MS. The cause of death was intestinal nephritis. She married 3, 4 Cassander Céssor on 4 Jun 1859 in Adams Co., MS. Frances was employed 5 as dressmaker in 1860/1870 in Natchez, Adams Co., MS.
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1859 Marries Cassander Cessor in Adams Co., MS. [MS Marriages, 1776-1935]
1876 Widowed according to family tradition, backed up by Civil War pension application for her husband.
1880 Living in the 4th Ward of Natchez, Adams Co., MS on State Street with children. She and children are listed as Mulatto racially. Her father was Irish and her mother was from MS. She is a dressmaker. All report birth in MS. [U.S. Census]
1885 Pension papers filed by widowed Frances. He served on the Mississippi Calvary and Mississippi Rifles Volunteers. [Civil War Pension Files Index per Ancestry.com]
1886 Counted with son in the Adams Co., MS, census. She was a "colored" seamstress. [1886 Natchez Census http://www.natchezbelle.org/adams-ind/4th_a-k.htm]
1900 Living in Natchez, MS, on 114 Wall St. with only daughter Katie and son James. They report they are Black racially. Birthdays are definitely incorrect on this form. Frances' parents reported as being born in Louisiana. [U.S. Census]RESEARCH NOTES:
- Maiden name found on marriage record from 1859.
They had the following children:
F i Catherine Louise Céssor M ii John Céssor M iii Edward Céssor was born 1 about 1867 in Natchez, Adams Co., MS. M iv James Céssor was born 1 about 1872 in Natchez, Adams Co., MS. James was employed 2 as salesman in 1900 in Natchez, Adams Co., MS.
Alonzo A. Benson was born 1 in 1857. He died in 1910. He married Sarah Jane Cason. Alonzo was employed 2 as farmer in 1900 in Cedartown, Polk Co., GA.
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1880 Living with wife in Cherokee Co., AL. This seems to bethe hometown of the Cason family which he married into. [U.S. Census]
1900 Living with children on farm in Cedartown, Polk, GA. He is widowed. [U.S. Census]
Sarah Jane Cason [Parents] was born 1 in 1862. She died in 1894. She married Alonzo A. Benson.
They had the following children:
F i Drucilla Benson M ii Ezekiel Benson was born 1 in Feb 1880 in Cherokee Co., AL. M iii Lee Benson was born 1 in Nov 1881 in Georgia. F iv Ida Benson was born 1 in Feb 1888 in Georgia. M v Simon Benson was born 1 in Feb 1888 in Georgia. M vi Silas Benson was born 1 in May 1890 in Georgia.
William M. Cason [Parents] was born 1 in 1828 in Georgia. He married Martha. William was employed 2 as farmer in 1870 in Dallas, Paulding Co., GA. He was employed 3 as farmer in 1880 in Cherokee Co., AL.
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1880 Claims to census keeper that he was shot in the leg.
Martha was born 1 in 1835 in Georgia. She married William M. Cason.
They had the following children:
F i Sarah Jane Cason M ii Joseph M. Cason was born 1 in 1853 in Georgia. M iii William T. Cason was born 1 in 1859 in Georgia. F iv Samantha Cason was born 1 in 1866 in Georgia. M v Rolley S. Cason was born 1 in 1869 in Georgia. F vi Laura Cason was born 1 in 1871 in Dallas, Paulding Co., GA. M vii Robert Cason was born 1 in 1873 in Dallas, Paulding Co., GA.
Joseph B. Cason was born 1 in 1800 in South Carolina. He married 2 Elizabeth Camp on 10 Jul 1825 in Walton, GA. Joseph was employed 3 as farmer in 1850 in Paulding Co., GA.
1880 Living with son in Cherokee Co., AL
Elizabeth Camp was born 1 in 1801 in Georgia. She married 2 Joseph B. Cason on 10 Jul 1825 in Walton, GA.
They had the following children:
M i William M. Cason M ii Lewis M. Cason was born 1 in 1831 in Georgia. F iii Sarah Cason was born 1 in 1835 in Georgia. M iv Isack Cason was born 1 in 1836 in Georgia. F v Martha Cason was born 1 in 1838 in Georgia. F vi Mary Cason was born 1 in 1842 in Georgia. F vii Louisa Penelope Cason was born 1 in 1845 in Georgia.
Allen Davis was born 1 in 1817 in Kentucky. He died 2 in Apr 1861 in Adams Co., MS. He married 3 Margret Dent Not married. in Not married.. Allen was employed 4 as planter in 1860 in Adams Co., MS.
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1840 Living in Adams Co., MS, by himself. [U.S. Census]
1845 Living in Adams Co. [Mississippi Census]
1850 Living in Adams County, listed as a planter. Living in his home is the family of A Chethus: Mary, Philot, Sandy, F.A., Jacob. A> Chetus is also a planter. Countless slaves working for him on slave schedule. [1850 Census]
1853 Living alone in Adams County, although other Davis families reside nearby. [Mississippi Census]
1860 Living alone in Adams Co., MS, with great value to his holdings ($120000 in personal holdings and $10000 in real estate.) He is a planter. He owned 105 slaves per the slave schedules from 1860. [U.S. Census]SOURCE
1861 Selected Diary entries of Edward Powers, civil engineer & surveyor:"Feb 7 - (Natchez) Was engaged by Mr. A.V. Davis to make him a map of one of his plantations. Feb 11 - Went to Mr. A.V. Davis Potowomut place & commenced surveying the same. Feb 16 - About finished surveying Mr. A.V. Davis Potowomut Plantation. Feb 18 - Commenced plotting Potowomut. Feb 21 - Surveyed the Potowomut corn ground in forenoon. Commenced surveying Mr. A.V. Davis' Sahara place in afternoon. Feb 26 - Finished for the most part the survey of Sahara. Feb 27 - Did some further surveying on Potowomut. Mar 9 - Went down to stay at Mr. Jas Flaningams [?] overseer of Sahara. Mar 20 - Went over to Sycamore and measured some ditches dug by Watson for Mr. Davis. Mar 27 - Finished running leveling & staking out the ditches at Sycamore; went back to Sahara. Mar 29 - Run off 100 acres of the Sahara woodland. Mar 30 - Finished all the maps. Apr 1 - Went to Natchez. Apr 4 - Commenced publication of my card in the Natchez Courier." This is unrelated probably Alfred Vidal Davis.
Margret Dent was born in Mississippi. She married 1 Allen Davis Not married. in Not married..
They had the following children:
M i William Minor Davis M ii Living F iii Living M iv Living F v Living
William Minor Davis [Parents] was born 1, 2 on 18 Mar 1850 in Washington, Adams Co., MS. He died 3, 4 on 20 Aug 1931 in Chicago, IL. He was buried 5 on 22 Aug 1931 in Thornton, Cook Co., IL (Oaklawn Cemetery). He married Sina Surget. William was employed 6 as constable in 1880 in Natchez, Adams Co., MS. He was employed 7 as grocer in 1910 in Natchez, Adams Co., MS.
Other marriages:Céssor, Catherine Louise
Pipes, Mary E.
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1851 Born to Margret Dent, a free black woman. He was given name Davis, along with his siblings, it is said because his father was the white man Allen Davis. In Allen Davis' will he leaves Margret and her children land and slaves (see her record for details). Historian Richard Tristano says that there is little doubt Allen Davis was the illigitimate father of Minor. [Tristano] This was also seen in the Illinois Death Index, but it listed birthplace as Washington, MS, a small unincorporated area outside Natchez.
1873 On Feb 3rd, registers himself with the Freedmen's Bank as Minor Davis in Natchez, MS. Says he is 22 and born in Natchez. Complexion is "yellow." He is a printer. Unmarried. Father is dead. Mother is Margaret Davis. Brothers include Toney and Joseph. He has sisters Virginia and Louisa. [U.S. Freedmen's Bank Records]
1880 As Wm. M., living in Natchez, MS, with wife Sina and children Laura, Irene, & Maude. Race reported as Mulatto. He is working as a constable. Father is from KY, mother is from MS. [U.S. Census]
1890s "... built a fine Victorian home and opened a bakery on State Street, which he operated for twenty years... played violin in the Kaiser family band." He was a very active Republican his entire life. [from Tristano]
1900 Lost job as constable due to purging of "colored" people from public service jobs. [Tristano]
1910 Living with wife Catherine (nee Céssor) and 4 children, servant Virginia Chapman, and boarder in Natchez, MS, on State Street. He is a grocer. He reports race of himself and family as Mulattto. He also reports that he is in his third marriage. Father is from KY, mother is from MS. [U.S. Census]
1920 Living in Natchez with children. Wife is not present, although he claims he is married. Children are William, Magdalene, Jinnie (Virginia?), & Joseph. He says he is Black and children are Mulatto. Form is very hard to read. [U.S. Census]
1931 At time of his death, he was living at 43 W. 31st St. in Steger, Will, IL. (The hometown of his son Charles, as well.) He listed his skin color as "white." His parents were noted as Allen Davis and Margret Dent, both of Washington, MS. His spouse was Catherine Davis. [IL Death Record]WORKS CITED
Tristano, Richard M. "Holy Family Parish: The Genesis of an African-American Catholic Community in Natchez, Mississippi. The Hournal of Negro History 83, no. 4. (Autumn, 1998), pp. 258-283NOTES
Minor was a Natchez family of great wealth. They owned 42 slaves at the close of the Civil War.
Sina Surget was born 1 in 1850 in Mississippi. She died 2 in 1887 in Natchez, Adams Co., MS. She married William Minor Davis.
They had the following children:
F i Laura Davis was born 1 in 1871 in Natchez, Adams Co., MS. F ii Irene Davis was born 1 in 1873 in Natchez, Adams Co., MS. F iii Maude Davis was born 1 in 1877 in Natchez, Adams Co., MS.
William Minor Davis [Parents] was born 1, 2 on 18 Mar 1850 in Washington, Adams Co., MS. He died 3, 4 on 20 Aug 1931 in Chicago, IL. He was buried 5 on 22 Aug 1931 in Thornton, Cook Co., IL (Oaklawn Cemetery). He married 6 Mary E. Pipes on 29 Dec 1891 in Natchez, Adams Co., MS. William was employed 7 as constable in 1880 in Natchez, Adams Co., MS. He was employed 8 as grocer in 1910 in Natchez, Adams Co., MS.
Other marriages:Céssor, Catherine Louise
Surget, Sina
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1851 Born to Margret Dent, a free black woman. He was given name Davis, along with his siblings, it is said because his father was the white man Allen Davis. In Allen Davis' will he leaves Margret and her children land and slaves (see her record for details). Historian Richard Tristano says that there is little doubt Allen Davis was the illigitimate father of Minor. [Tristano] This was also seen in the Illinois Death Index, but it listed birthplace as Washington, MS, a small unincorporated area outside Natchez.
1873 On Feb 3rd, registers himself with the Freedmen's Bank as Minor Davis in Natchez, MS. Says he is 22 and born in Natchez. Complexion is "yellow." He is a printer. Unmarried. Father is dead. Mother is Margaret Davis. Brothers include Toney and Joseph. He has sisters Virginia and Louisa. [U.S. Freedmen's Bank Records]
1880 As Wm. M., living in Natchez, MS, with wife Sina and children Laura, Irene, & Maude. Race reported as Mulatto. He is working as a constable. Father is from KY, mother is from MS. [U.S. Census]
1890s "... built a fine Victorian home and opened a bakery on State Street, which he operated for twenty years... played violin in the Kaiser family band." He was a very active Republican his entire life. [from Tristano]
1900 Lost job as constable due to purging of "colored" people from public service jobs. [Tristano]
1910 Living with wife Catherine (nee Céssor) and 4 children, servant Virginia Chapman, and boarder in Natchez, MS, on State Street. He is a grocer. He reports race of himself and family as Mulattto. He also reports that he is in his third marriage. Father is from KY, mother is from MS. [U.S. Census]
1920 Living in Natchez with children. Wife is not present, although he claims he is married. Children are William, Magdalene, Jinnie (Virginia?), & Joseph. He says he is Black and children are Mulatto. Form is very hard to read. [U.S. Census]
1931 At time of his death, he was living at 43 W. 31st St. in Steger, Will, IL. (The hometown of his son Charles, as well.) He listed his skin color as "white." His parents were noted as Allen Davis and Margret Dent, both of Washington, MS. His spouse was Catherine Davis. [IL Death Record]WORKS CITED
Tristano, Richard M. "Holy Family Parish: The Genesis of an African-American Catholic Community in Natchez, Mississippi. The Hournal of Negro History 83, no. 4. (Autumn, 1998), pp. 258-283NOTES
Minor was a Natchez family of great wealth. They owned 42 slaves at the close of the Civil War.
Mary E. Pipes.Mary married 1 William Minor Davis on 29 Dec 1891 in Natchez, Adams Co., MS.
John Anthony Howanietz [Parents] "Junior" was born 1 on 4 Aug 1926 in Chicago, IL (Jefferson Park). He died 2 on 30 Mar 1994 in Carol Stream, IL. He married 3 Living on 22 Jan 1947 in Chicago, IL. John served in the military 4 Navy WW2 aboard aircraft carrier on 31 Jan 1944 in aboard USS Bonhomme Richard (CV).