| Davenport Story | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Historical and genealogical information on John
Davenport and the Davenport surname, composed by Jeffrey C. Griswold. Included in the special supplement by Jeffrey Griswold entitled Davenport Story is genealogical information with accompanying text and charts, and an extraordinary photo of Davenport village taken in 1904 by photographer Claude Taylor on a glass-plate negative and digitally colorized in 2004 by Jeffrey Griswold. Compare this colorized image with photo DHS #1.06 which appears on page 11, Chapter 1, of the book’s text. Researchers will also find bibliographical material and notes along with images of original documents from the 1830 Proceedings of Surrogates Court regarding the will of John Davenport. All this and more, including a colorful genealogical chart showing the Davenport connection to U.S. Presidents Bush and Taft, can be found in this special Davenport Story supplement. Davenport Story photos, court document images and the photo version of Davenport genealogical charts can also be directly accessed from links located at the bottom of the CD-ROM photos page. |
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| Additional Pictures | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Here you can access additional pictures that are only available with the
electronic copy of the book. Click on a chapter below to access the
additional pictures for that chapter.
Book Cover |
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| Davenport Charter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The original Davenport Historical Society Charter from 1974, incorporating the DHS. |
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Click on any of the maps below to see a larger image.
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News articles from:
Charlotte Valley NewsFour pages from the Charlotte Valley News, 1878. Davenport StandardEight pages from the Davenport Standard, 1895. Christian Science MonitorSubject for an Interview by Richard Strout. This article appeared in The Christian Science Monitor in 1976, and depicts Strout's meetings at Sexsmith Lake with Daniel Patrick Moynihan and with a Davenport porcupine. |
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| Town Officers 1817-2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
A listing of Davenport's town officers, compiled by the Davenport Historical
Society. The list dates back to the formation of the town if
Davenport in 1817. Click any of the links below to view the lists, or you
can directly view the Microsoft Excel
spreadsheet.
Sorted By DateTown Officers 1817-1849 Sorted By NameTown Officers [A-B] Sorted By Position |
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| Post Office Officials | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
A listing of the post office officials for
Davenport, West Davenport, and Davenport Center. [MS
Word  Format]
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| Davenport's Population | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| An essay by Alan M. Strout on Davenport's
Population in the Early Years. [MS
Word Format]
A supplement to the essay, describing how
population was estimated.
[MS Word
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