Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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James Davison, Sr. and Margaret Jane Bigham




Husband James Davison, Sr. 1

            AKA: James Davidson 2 3 4
           Born: 26 Apr 1810 - Mercer Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Jan 1891
         Buried:  - Sunville Cemetery, Sunville, Plum Twp, Venango Co, PA 5
       Marriage: 



Wife Margaret Jane Bigham 3 4

            AKA: Margaret J. Bingham
           Born: 10 Jul 1816
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Aug 1880
         Buried:  - Sunville Cemetery, Sunville, Plum Twp, Venango Co, PA 5


         Father: Thomas Bigham (1782-1864) 3 4
         Mother: Elizabeth Walker (      -      ) 3 4




Children
1 M W. W. Davison

            AKA: W. W. Davidson 2
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1861-1865 - Baltimore, MD
         Buried: 



2 F Elizabeth L. "Lizzie" Davison 1

           Born: 20 May 1844
     Christened: 
           Died: 1902
         Buried:  - Sunville Cemetery, Sunville, Plum Twp, Venango Co, PA 6
         Spouse: Andrew P. Miles (1845-1918) 1
           Marr: 13 Jan 1869 1


3 M James Davison, Jr.

           Born: Abt Jun 1859
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Aug 1859
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - James Davison, Sr.


He was reared on the farm, and received a common school education. When eight years old he moved with his parents to Butler County, PA, where he lived for twenty years. After marriage, he and his wife moved, in 1838, to Sunville, Venango County, where they lived two years. They then bought a farm in Plum Township, one mile north of Sunville. They had a family of ten children, of whom eight were still living in 1879.

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Sources


1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1076.

2 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 629.

3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 389.

4 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1206.

5 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 8, Plum Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 2000), Pg 62.

6 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 8, Plum Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 2000), Pg 70.


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