Charles J. Davenport

1874-1954 · Michigan

Born 1874, Michigan

Died 1954

Children include Minnie

Charles J. Davenport was born in Michigan in 1874 to parents who were both Michigan born. In 1900 he married Reba D. Carter, a farmer's daughter of Clarence Township in Calhoun County, and they spent their lives there.

Their first years together were hard ones. Their son Laurence C. Davenport was born and died in 1901. Two more babies died in 1902 and 1904, and another child in 1905. All four were buried in Clarence Center Cemetery. Then on 30 July 1906, Reba's own birthday, their daughter Minnie Laurie was born, and she lived. Benjamin followed in 1909, Cleave in 1912 and Eunice in 1915.

In the census of 1920 Charles was 45, the head of a household in Clarence Township with Reba, 44, and the four children. He died on 6 September 1954. He is buried in Clarence Center Cemetery under a gray granite stone he shares with Reba, carved with flowers at the corners: "Davenport. Charles J., 1874 - 1954. Reba D., 1875 - 1960."

Children

Minnie Laurie Davenport 1906-1985

Sources

United States, Census, 1920, Clarence Township, Calhoun County, Michigan, ED 66, sheet 4B, household 101, NARA T625 roll 760, FamilySearch ark 61903/1:1:MZSN-2F8

Battle Creek Enquirer, Battle Creek, Michigan, 29 March 1960, page 9; clipping on Find a Grave memorial 19997635, added by Salli Harding, 1 July 2020

Find a Grave, memorial 20160188, Charles J. Davenport, Clarence Center Cemetery, photograph added by Genealogy Bug Kate, 15 November 2012

1920 United States census, Clarence Township, Calhoun County, FamilySearch ark 61903/1:1:MZSN-2F8; obituary of Mrs. Reba D. Davenport, Battle Creek Enquirer, 29 March 1960, page 9; gravestone at Clarence Center Cemetery, Find a Grave memorial 20160188

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