Sarah Jane Davidson
1849 - 1878 (28 years)-
Name Sarah Jane Davidson Birth 8 Dec 1849 Gender Female Death 24 Apr 1878 ,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,United States of America 
Record Created 29 Apr 2026 Name Taylor Burial ,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,United States of America Address:
Taylor CemetaryNotes - - From Goodspeed’s “History of Southeast Missouri”, published 1888:
- Eldridge G. Davidson, a farmer residing two miles north from Jackson, was born in Henry County, Tenn., on September 12, 1825. He is the son of Robert and Lucy (Brooks) Davidson, the former a native of North Carolina, and the latter of Cape Girardeau County. After his marriage Mr. Davidson located in his native county, where he resided until about 1832, when he settled in Cape Girardeau County on a farm three miles north from Cape Girardeau, on which place he resided until his death about 1847. His wife died in the spring of 1846. Eldridge G. was the eldest of four children. On September 29, 1843, he was united in marriage with Francis D. Penn, daughter of Joseph Penn, of Tennessee. She was born in Lincoln County, Tenn. After their marriage Mr. Davidson cultivated the home farm until the spring of 1866. He then conducted a woodyard and warehouse on the river above Cape Girardeau. In 1881 he came to the farm where he resides at present, and remained a year and a half, then returned to the old place. In February, 1887, he came back to his present farm, consisting of 154 acres, of which 120 acres are in cultivation. They have had five children, as follows: Lucy A. (Mrs. William Taylor), Mary A. (widow of H. C. Ancel), William G., Sarah J. (Mrs. Robert Taylor, deceased), and Ellen Ann (deceased).
Person ID 54622752 robsgenealogy Last Modified 30 Apr 2026
Family Robert Looney Taylor, Jr., b. 18 Dec 1845 d. 15 Aug 1940, Cape Girardeau,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,USA (Age 94 years) Marriage 31 Jan 1868 ,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,United States of America Age at Marriage She : 18 years and 1 month - He : 22 years and 1 month. Record Created 29 Apr 2026 Children 1. Rosebud Taylor, b. 18 Mar 1869, ,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,United States of America d. 18 Mar 1869, ,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,United States of America (Age 0 years)2. Robert E. Taylor, b. 26 Jul 1872, ,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,United States of America d. 15 Jan 1873, ,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,United States of America (Age 0 years)3. Mary Lenora Taylor, b. 28 Jul 1873, Egypt Mills,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,United States d. 17 Aug 1966, Cape Girardeau,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,USA (Age 93 years)Family ID F88664940 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Apr 2026
- - From Goodspeed’s “History of Southeast Missouri”, published 1888:
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Marriage - 31 Jan 1868 - ,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,United States of America 
Death - 24 Apr 1878 - ,,Cape Girardeau County,Missouri,United States of America Burial - Address:
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