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Obituary- Davidson, Lewis d.1814

Lewis Davidson, 2nd son of Lewis Davidson and 1st wife Comfort Warrington, born about 1749, Sussex County, Del., where he lived until coming to Ft. Cumberland, Md., at which location he purchased land and spent the remainder of his life.
Several years before his death he lost his sight. In 1814 he, three daughters and two grandsons had typhoid fever, all six passed away within days of one another. They were buried in the family graveyard on his farm. No inscriptions on the markers remain.
Lewis Davidson, married about 1769, Nancy Todd, an orphan, born in England, reared and educated by a wealthy English lady, who brought her to the New World.(As claimed by family tradition.) Lewis and Nancy had 14 children.
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CHILDREN:
William b c 1770
Samuel b 1771 m Mary Drake
Elizabeth b c 1773 d young
Comfort Ann b Mar 18, 1774 m Richard Phillips
Margaret b 1776 m Thomas Conwell
Mary b Sept 25, 1778 m Lewis Davidson (cousin)
Hannah b c 1781 m Jonathan Longshore
Rosanna b 1783 m Robert Twigg
Nancy b 1785 NFR
Rebecca b c 1786 m John Twigg
Sarah m Daniel Johnston
Lewis m Mary Davis, Ann Davis
John m Sarah Ann Jacobs
Thomas b Aug 23, 1795 m Lydia Armstrong

The above information was taken from the Davidson Genealogy by Elizabeth Davidson Harbaugh