Hon. Samuel A. Davenport and Catherine D. Walker

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Husband Hon. Samuel A. Davenport ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 15 Jan 1834 - Tompkins Co, NY 4
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         Father: Capt. William Davenport (      -1865) 4 5 6
         Mother: Phylance Tracy (      -1880) 4 5

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       Marriage: 30 Dec 1862 3

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Wife Catherine D. Walker ^{3 7}

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           Born: 4 Jan 1838 3
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           Died: Aft 1896
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         Father: Hon. John Hoge Walker (1800-1875) 1 8 9 10 11
         Mother: Catherine D. Kelley (      -1860) 7 11 12

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Hon. Samuel A. Davenport

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He was born near the head of Seneca Lake, Tompkins County, New York. He attended the Erie Academy, Erie Pennsylvania, read law under the preceptorship of Judge Galbraith, was graduated from Harvard Law University and admitted to the bar in 1855. He entered upon the practice of his profession in Erie, filled the office of district attorney for one term, and in 1871 formed a law partnership with George P. Griffith, which, under the firm name of Davenport & Griffith, continued until 1891, after which time he was engaged in practice alone.
He was a member of the firm of Stearns, Clark & Co. (afterward Stearns Manufacturing Company), was one of the founders of the Burdette Organ Company, the Erie Car Works, the Erie Boot and Shoe factory, the Keystone Boot and Shoe factory and the Derrick & Felgemacher pipe organ factory.
He was a delegate to the National Republican Convention which nominated Benjamin Harrison for the Presidency in 1888, and was a delegate-at-large to the National Republican Convention at Minneapolis in 1892.

1 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Pg 969.

2 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Erie, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1896), Pg 611, 623.

3 Leander James McCormick, McCormick Family Record and Biography (Chicago, IL: Publisher Unknown, 1896), Pg 147.

4 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Erie, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1896), Pg 611.

5 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Pg 884.

6 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 417.

7 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Erie, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1896), Pg 623.

8 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 248x.

9 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Erie, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1896), Pg 622.

10 John Miller, 20th Century History of Erie County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 471.

11 Leander James McCormick, McCormick Family Record and Biography (Chicago, IL: Publisher Unknown, 1896), Pg 135.

12 John Miller, 20th Century History of Erie County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 472.