William Davenport: Settler at Selma, Bexar County, Texas
By Mrs. Ted Schoch, a Descendant
Submitted by Jean Heide, President
Selma Historical Foundation
William Davenport was born October 16, 1820, Saltville Township, Washington Co., Virginia, the son of John and Margaret (Peggy) McNew Davenport. He was the third of seven children born there: Dorcas (m. Rolla C. Miller, Medina Co., Texas); James Booker (lived Uvalde and Bandera Cos., Texas); William; Ann Goff; Jane Barnes; Catherine Patton; and John McNew (lived Uvalde). By 1838 this family, along with John’s father Claiborne Davenport, his brothers and sisters had moved to Wayne Co., Kentucky. After Peggy’s death, John married Susan Little, a Kentuckian, to whom two sons were born in Johnson Co., Missouri: Lewis Claiborne, 1841 and Andrew Jackson, 1843 (to Uvalde Co., Texas). In 1843, John and some of his family located in the section of Henderson County, Texas, which became Kaufman County, near Buffalo. Here William Davenport met and married Mary Ware, daughter of William Ware, an early colonizer in Montgomery Co., Texas, who had moved to Kaufman County in the late 1840’s.
No doubt, William Davenport and his bride were lured to south Texas by the glowing descriptions of the country given by her father, who had explored as far west as present northeastern Uvalde Co. after having taken part in the Battle of Bexar and made a decision then to settle there in the future. As they came down the old Nacogdoches Road to Cibolo Creek a mile above Selma (on the Bexar-Comal Co. line) the vast stretches of succulent grasses on both sides of the stream enclosed by a rim of brush-covered hills offered an inviting scene to the travelers and on the south bank of the "See Willow" (Cibolo) east of the Nacogdoches crossing, Davenport selected a homesite which is recognizable today by the name of Davenport in large iron work letters over the gate leading to the family cemetery. See a related story on this homestead at "Mrs. Nancy Young Davenport" by Mrs. Evelyn Bolton Kneupper.
Arriving a short time before had been Sam Sprouls, also of Virginia, whose one room log cabin with a porch was the beginning of Selma and housed the first stage stop and post office. Shortly thereafter, John George Miller, a Swiss, erected a native stone building with stables for twelve horses in back with quarters for the men who cared for them which became known as The Selma Stage Stand and Inn - the stopover for the stage, and the post office was moved into the Inn. While Mr. Miller was busy becoming the local merchant, William Davenport had established the home where he was to live for over fifty years. The log cabin with dog trot remained until about 1963 and the house built in 1873 stands today - 107 years later [1980].
Among other pioneer settlers around Selma were Geier, Schmid, Adolph Bremer, Edens, McCann, Rhodius, Anderson, Robert Evans, Engelman, and Kincaid.
During the early days William Davenport was the captain of the Minute Men organized for the protection of the citizens from the Indians and often served as trailer in pursuit against the Indians into the hill country after they had driven off droves of horses belonging to the residents. Letter 149, page 247, of Texas Indian Papers 1846 - 1859 by Dorman Winfrey reveals: "Letter from W. E. Jones to E. M. Pease:
Austin Monday Night
24 Sept. 1855
Govr. Pease,
Mr. James A. McKee of Lavaca arrived tonight on the San Antonio Stage and brings information that a party of Indians on Friday night last drove off from the Cibolo near the crossing of the stage road to San Antonio 60 horses, of which 49 belonged to Mr. Davenport.
It seems that the Indians were known to have been in the neighborhood and a party had been searching for them. On Friday night these horses were driven out into the prairie with the intention of watching them and detecting the Indians in the act of taking them. Some mistake occurred about the meeting of the party and the Indians carried off the horses.
The stage driver says that the horses were driven off while the men were at supper.
Yours in haste,
W. E. Jones"
Though not well educated himself it was through the efforts of Davenport, Robert Evans, and John C. Miller that the first Selma school was established in 1859. These men furnished most of the funds for a one-room structure that stood across the street from the second school building. This was the only school for ten miles around. Tuition was two dollars per child per month for a term as short as six or as long as ten months. Riley and John Davenport were among the first pupils.
A true friend of education, William Davenport was one of several Masons who took a leading part in putting up a second and larger building to serve for lodge meetings upstairs, school and church downstairs, in 1872. Funds, labor, and materials were contributed by the settlers. Under the direction of the Masonic Lodge, it took two years to build out of blocks of Austin chalk, a native stone cut from along the banks of Cibolo Creek. The Selma school celebrated its 75th birthday in 1933 in this building completed in 1874.
Despite the hardships of pioneer life, Davenport was an enterprising rancher acquiring land in Bexar, Comal, Bandera and Kerr Counties. He and John B. Brown ran cattle on the open range into the 1860s. His holdings increased over the years to such an extent that he is said to have become one of the cattle barons of this section.
The area around the home place was known as Davenport Flats. Davenport Station established on the International and Great Northern Railway in Comal Co. was named in his honor, but a change to Bracken was made when a request for a post office was denied due to a Davenport, Texas already in existance. Davenport School in Comal Co. was listed in the "Neu-Braunfelser" Sept. 14, 1883. The Davenport, Solms, and Danville schools were later consolidated into the Comal Elementary School. Davenport Field, an auxiliary landing ground for Randolph Field Flying School, was located on the property.
Mary Ware Davenport died in 1852. William was married to Nancy D. Young Nov. 10, 1853. Born in Platte City, Missouri, she had moved to Dallas County, Texas in 1844 with her parents, John and Jane Wilburn Young, and then to vicinity of Selma about 1850. After 48 years of life together, William Davenport died on Friday afternoon, Aug. 9, 1901. The widowed Nancy continued to live in their home until her death on Friday morning, Feb. 23, 1934, at the age of 96.
Sources:
Bexar, Comal, Uvalde County records
A 20th Century History of S.W. Texas, Vol. 2, p 218
"San Antonio Express" Oct. 22, 1933
Comal County History by Oscar Haas
General Land Office, Austin, Texas
"Frontier Times" April 1924, p 13
Handbook of Texas - Selma
Tombstone and contributions by family members
Descendants of William Davenport
William Davenport born 16 Oct. 1820, Saltville, Washington Co., Va. Died 9 Aug. 1901 near Davenport Station, Texas (at home on original site).
Married 1847 Mary Ware in Kaufman Co., Texas, born 1831, Montgomery Co., Texas. Died 1852 at home on original site.
1. William Riley Davenport b. 13 Sept. 1848 at home on Cibolo Creek; d. 2 Nov. 1912, Utopia, Uvalde Co., Tex. where spent most of life; buried Waresville Cemetery.
Married 21 Dec. 1875 to Susan Emmaline Fenley b. 1 April 1859 at Waresv. (Utopia); d. 29 Aug 1938. Daughter of Joel Daniel and Eliza Ann Ware Fenley. Eliza Ann Ware was dau. of Wm. Ware and his second wife Elizabeth Ann Crane Robinson - widow of Wash Robinson.
a. William Ware Davenport (Willie) b. 10 Feb. 1877 on Cibolo Creek; d. 2 Feb. 1961 Utopia; bur. Waresville Cem. Married Laverna Bennett b. 20 June 1893 Tuff, Texas; d. 12 Jan. 1959.
b. Ella Emeline Davenport (Ella) b. 23 Nov. 1878 on present day McCullough Ranch below Utopia; d. 20 June 1965, Houston, Texas. Married 3 Sept. 1906 John Mark Woodward in Hondo, TX. b. 27 Nov. 1882, Waresville; d. 10 Aug. 1968, Houston.
c. Agnes Ada Davenport b. 23 May 1881 on ranch, same as Ella above; d. 4 April 1940, Utopia. Married 30 July 1901 Utopia, Marvin Woods Thornberry b. 11 Oct. 1870 Utopia; d. 18 March 1911, Utopia.
d. Mary Maude Davenport b. 22 March 1883 on ranch; d. 30 Oct. 1962, San Antonio, Texas. Married Edwin Elroy Walters b. 7 July 1886; d. 18 Nov. 1966, San Antonio.
e. Joel Riley Davenport b. 23 Sept. 1885 on ranch; d. 6 Oct. 1970, buried Waresville Cem. on Wed. Oct. 7, 1970. Married (1) 30 Aug. 1911 Eselda Wallis b. 1 July 1888; d. 23 Sept. 1912 at Utopia; had one son, James Riley Jr. b. 1912, m. Sarah Eliz Crane b. 5 June 1912, Burnet Co., Tex. Married (2) 17 Dec. 1934 Dorothy Bennet Carpenter, widow, b. 15 June 1886; d. 4 Jan. 1968, Hondo, bur. Waresville Cem.
f. Ethel Davenport b. 21 April 1888 on same ranch, at 90 lives in Utopia (1978). Married (1) had 2 children. Married (2) 1929 Ed Truby in Wagoner, Okla. b. 9 Nov. 1898, Okla. They lived in Muskogee, Okla. then moved to Utopia.
g. Jessie Cummings Davenport b. 10 Nov. 1891 on same ranch; d. 29 Jan. 1972, Utopia, bur. Waresville Cem. Married 3 June 1919 Mattie O'Bryant White - no children.
h. Georgia Davenport b. 15 July 1894 on same ranch. Married 6 April 1913 Floyd Harrison, Utopia, b. 26 Mar 1895. Lived Uvalde (had 4 children).
i. Florence Ferrel Davenport b. 1 Aug. 1897, Utopia, lives Utopia 1978. Married 9 Oct. 1915 Pryor Milton Boyce in Hondo; b. 1892, Utopia, lived entire life in Utopia, d. 24 Feb. 1977, b. Waresville Cem.
j. Pauline Davenport b. 24 July 1900, Utopia. Married (1) J. Lynch Calvert, Utopia, Div. (1 child). Married (2) 20 Aug. 1935 George Tampke, d. Sept. 1971 - 1 child.
2. John Franklin Davenport b. 10 Sept. 1851 on Cibolo Creek at the Nacogdoches Road crossing; d. 16-17 Dec. 1931 on Mason Creek, Bandera Co. Buried Centerpoint Cem. Made two drives up the Chisolm Trail to Kansas. Ranched two years in Bandera Co; moved to Leakey. Ranched at Sabinal, Priviledge, then moved to ranch on Mason Creek where he lived for 48 years. As infant cared for by John and Jane Young. Married 8 Jan. 1879 Maggie Hudspeth in Bandera, dau. of Dr. and Mrs. Leonidas Hudspeth, b. 4 Nov. 1859; d. 29 March 1948.
a. Leonidas Hudspeth Davenport, b. 21 March 1881, m. and lived in Austin.
b. John Franklin Davenport, Jr. b. 26 Jan. 1883; d. 26 Sept. 1913, unmarried.
c. Polly Ware Davenport b. 29 Jan. 1885, Bandera; d. age 87, bur. 28 Dec. 1972 at Center Point, Tex. Married 2 May 1917 Banjamin A. Walker. No children.
d. Josephine Davenport, unmarried, d. 18 March 1973, Fredericksburg hospital; Buried Center Point, age 86.
e. Edward Earl Davenport, b. 21 March 1897, m. (1) Lois Richardson; m. (2) Laura Centry.
f. Robert Davenport, b. 1 Dec. 1899, m. Lucile Holecamp, lives in Comfort, Tex.
Second Marriage of William Davenport and Descendants:
Married 10 Nov. 1853 (2) Nancy D. Young, b. 17 April 1838, Platte City, Missouri; daughter of John and Jane Young. Died 23 Feb. 1934, Friday morning at her home near Luxello (1930 census farming community on boundary line of Comal and Bexar Co. with population 25). Same home built 1873. Services Sat. afternoon in her home by Rev. A. E. Rector.
3. Martha Agnes Davenport b. 4 Dec. 1854 at Davenport home on Cibolo. Died 13 Feb. 1935 in Phoenix, Ariz. Bur. Sabinal, Texas. Married 13 Dec. 1877 at home to John Brown Kincaid, b. 24 July 1846 Polk Co., Texas, d. 28 Jan. 1924 at Sabinal, Texas, son of David Greene and Talitha Adeline Davis Kincaid who settled near Selma, 1852.
a. Charles Walker Kincaid (Charlie) b. 16 Sept. 1879 at Davenport home on Cibolo. Died 24 Dec. 1956 in San Antonio, buried Mission South. Married 13 May 1914 Margaret Marjorie Davenport at her parent's home below Utopia - Ambrose G. and Regina Reily Davenport. Born 24 Jan. 1889, Sabinal; d. 26 May 1962 San Antonio. Their daughter: Mary Jane Kincaid (compiler of this history), b. 31 Aug 1915, Kincaid Ranch 6 mi. below Utopia. Married 26 Aug. 1939 (1) to Charles Edward Sass at Central Christian Church in Sabinal, b. 14 July 1906, Bethel, Kansas; d. 15 Aug 1949, buried Mission South, San Antonio, Texas. Married (2) 30 Nov. 1957 to Theodore Paul Schoch, Seguin, Texas Methodist Church, b. 26 Nov. 1908, Fredericksburg, Texas.
b. John Davis Kincaid b. 2 Feb. 1883 at Davenport home on Cibolo; d. 20 April 1966 San Antonio. Married 19 Nov. 1913 to Ettalee Leona Harper, b. 1888 Bandera Co.; d. 17 Nov. 1973, age 85, at San Antonio. One daughter, Jodell Kincaid, b. 1916 on ranch below Utopia. Married 6 April 1941 to Frank W. Blamey.
c. Mary Agnes Kincaid b. 10 Sept. 1884 at Davenport home on Cibolo; d. 10 March 1970 at age 85 in San Antonio, buried Phoenix, Arizona. Married to C. Lee Caspary from San Marcos, Texas; d. in Phoenix, Ariz. One daughter, Margaret Kincaid Caspary b. 1914, El Paso, Texas; d. 1968, San Antonio. Married James C. Kenny in Phoenix.
d. Josephine Kincaid b. 12 Feb. 1888 at Davenport home on Cibolo; d. 14 Jan 1957, Hatch, New Mexico. Married 14 Aug. 1909 to John Ray Painter, b. 29 Feb. 1888, Braymer, Mo.; d. 24 Feb. 1977, buried Hatch, New Mex. on 89th birthday.
4. Jane C. Davenport (Jennie) b. 7 Aug. 1857 at Davenport home on Cibolo; d. 20 Jan. 1942, San Antonio, bur. Mission South. Married 26 Feb. 1878 to John Albert Miller of Selma; b. 10 Sept. 1851; d. 22 May 1927, bur. Mission. Lived Bandera on ranch which became Lost Valley Ranch.
a. Son died as infant.
b. Minnie Maud Miller b. 1880, d. 9 June 1936, bur. Mission, unmarried.
5. James Edward Davenport (Ed) b. 13 June 1859 at Davenport home on Cibolo; d. 26 Nov. 1931, Center Point, Texas, bur. Mission South, San Antonio. Married 7 Nov. 1888 to Maggie Almira Edens b. 6 July 1869; d. 18 Aug. 1951, Comfort, Texas. Bur. Mission South.
a. Rachel Davenport (Ray) b. 26 June 1897, Converse, Texas. Married 22 Sept. 1917 in Los Angeles, Calif. to Lt. Otis Alvin Rooney d. 23 Nov. 1959, Portland, Ore. Bur. there. Lived in Ft. Stockton, Texas before moving to Alaska. When he became ill moved to Portland. Ray lived in Newberg, Ore.
b. Jack Edens Davenport b. 19 Sept. 1905, Ft. Stockton, Texas; d. 9 Oct. 1975, Kerrville, Tex. Bur. Mission South, San Antonio, Tx. Lived on Elm Pass Road in Bandera Co. Married 30 Oct. 1926 in San Antonio to Emmie Fischer b. 20 April 1908.
6. Robert E. Davenport b. 17 April 1861 at Davenport home on Cibolo; d. April 1862, buried Davenport Family Cemetery.
7. Minnie E. Davenport b. 12 March 1863 at Davenport home on Cibolo; d. 26 April 1870, buried Davenport Family Cemetery.
8. Rachel A. Davenport b. 20 March 1865 at Davenport home; d. 28 Oct. 1898, buried Davenport Family Cemetery. Married Reuben Evans (Rube).
a. Rachel Ruth Evans b. 29 Sept. 1898; d. 17 May 1899, bur. Davenport Family Cemetery.
9. Sarah Josephine Davenport (Jo) b. 17 Jan. 1868 at Davenport home on Cibolo; d. 7 July 1951 San Antonio, bur. Mission South, San Antonio. Married 12 April 1893 to Sam G. Bechtel by W. J. Joyce, min. of M. E. Church South, wit: E. Davenport and J. N. Edens; b. 4 June 1864, d. 12 June 1946, San Antonio.
a. Josephine Bechtel (Josey) married 22 Sept. 1917 in Los Angeles, Calif. to Lt. John B. King of Houston, Texas.
b. William Grant Bechtel b. 1902; d. 18 Oct. 1970, San Antonio, buried Mission South. Married Helen Strong.
c. Sam G. Bechtel
10. Jack Walker Davenport b. 26 Nov. 1871 at Davenport home on Cibolo; d. 21 Dec. 1913, bur. Davenport Family Cemetery. Married 19 April 1893 in Uvalde, Texas to Zenobia Ruby Davis, dau. of William Davis of Uvalde. She later m. Frank Day of Travis Co.
a. Jessie Irene Davenport b. 1894-5; d. 23 July 1978, San Antonio, bur. Sunset Mem. Park. Married Robert Triesch.
b. Gladys L. (or Maude) Davenport b. 1901; d. 1 aug. 1975, age 74, buried at Sunset Mem. Park. Married (1) Herman Zuehl (div.); (2) George Bunker in 1950.
c. Willie Davenport b. 1 April 1904; d. 13 Nov. 1904, bur. Davenport Family Cemetery.
d. Jack Walker Davenport, Jr. married 6 Nov. 1929 Gladys Amanda Humphrys. Live in Leander, Texas.
e. James Edward Davenport, unmarried.
f. Nancy Jane Davenport m. (1) Lamoine Werner Holland, Jr. (div.); (2) William Hawley Albright, no issue.
11. Margaret M. Davenport b. 15 Feb. 1875 at home on Cibolo; d. 28 Oct. 1887. Buried in Davenport Cemetery, dates not clear on tombstone.
Frontier Times, Vol. 1 No. 7 (April 1924), p. 13-14.
"Band of Indian Raiders Destroyed."
By A. J. Sowell, in San Antonio Light
Submitted by Karen Matheson,
at the request of the Selma Historical Foundation
"In 1855 the Indians made a raid in the vicinty of Selma, on the Cibolo creek, near the line of Guadalupe and Bexar counties, and carried off a drove of horses, belonging mostly to John B. Brown and Captain William Davenport. The latter was in command of a small company of minute men for frontier protection. Among the men who belonged to this company were William Hale, George Murchason, Hood Murchason, William Turner, J. W. Smith and others. Captain Davenport soon got nine of his men together and set out on the trail of the Indians. The trail led northwest towards the mountains, and was followed as rapidly as possible, Captain Davenport himself being the trailer.
Soon after starting it commenced to rain and continued to do so for several days, greatly to the hindrance of the pursuers, who had but a poor chance to keep their guns and pistols dry, which was very essential in the days of muzzeloaders. The tubes however, were protected to a great extent by keep cloth or buckskin bound tightly around them. The hard showers of rain would almost put out the trail, which would cause slow progress until a point was reached where the Indians had traveled after the rain.
They passed out near the new settlement of Boerne, and then took to the mountains over the roughest country they could find. So many of the horses were cut and lacerated by the sharp rocks in the mountains that a trail of blood was left behind them. They were driving one hundred head, and would force them down places where they could not keep their feet without bracing themselves and sliding down stiff-legged. It was down these long-rugged mountain slants that the trails of blood were left.
The white men had a like difficulty their horses suffered very much, and one ridden by Hood Murchason gave out and he had to walk and lead him. The trail finally came out into the Medina valley and passed north of where Bandera is now. There was a small Mormon settlement there then, and likely a few other settlers. The Indians went out on to the divide after leaving the valley and went into camp on a creek somewhere near the head of Paint Creek, one of the tributaries of South Llano. The camp was in a thicket, but the white men located it by the smoke from an elevated position on a mountain, and also the large drove of horses, grazing near.
The pursuit had now lasted nine days and the Indians were resting in fancied security, thinking the white men were not coming on account of such long delay. They were making moccasins to put on the feet of the crippled horses that had been the worst hurt in their desperate drive across the mountains.
The settlers hid themselves from view as soon as possible and advanced upon the Indians, but the latter did not discover them until a charge was made into camp and the rifles were cracking. There were only six Indians in camp, two of whom fell at the first volley. The others ran, not having time to string their bows. The white men followed them.
The Indians went over the bank into the creek and took shelter under a bluff, which was of solid rock and sloped under. ... After the first charge the white men saw it was going to be difficult to dislodge them.... On a return to camp it was found that one of the Indians who had fallen at the first fire was gone, but he was soon found about fifty yards away and still alive, having been shot only through the hips. Another shot finished him and he was found to be the chief. Hood Murchason cut his long hair off, which was profusely decorated with silver plates. There was a feathered ornament on his shield which, when loosened and given to the wind was eighteen feet in length. The other Indian was scalped, but the three dead ones in the water were not molested. The water where they stood and fought was as red as blood itself.
The horses were all collected and the wounded men being taken care of as best they could be under existing circumstances. At the Mormon camp on the Medina all of the crippled horses were left to be brought in later. Two days were consumed in getting to this place, but the balance of the trip was easier. Both wounded men recovered.
The scalp of the Indian warrior and the shield and ornaments of the chief were given to the Rev. John S. McGee, who had lost a son a short time before, killed by Indians on the Cibolo. Rev. McGee carried these tropies a short time afterwards to Kentucky.
Mrs. Nancy Young Davenport
By Mrs. Evelyn Bolton Kneupper
Submitted by Jean Heide, President
Selma Historical Foundation
Mrs. Nancy Young Davenport, second wife of William Davenport, who was born in Washington Co., Virginia 1820 and died at Luxello (or London as it was known then), Bexar County, Texas in 1901, and she was the daughter of John Young, born in Knox Co., Tenn. 13 Feb 1795, and died at London, Texas 16 May 1879. She was the sister of Wm. J.Young, whose wife was Rebecca J. Pancoast. Nancy lived to be 96 years of age (1838-1934) and is well remembered by this writer. Nancy Young married William Davenport at the age of 13 years. Some of their children are listed in the Davenport Cemetery. They had two other sons, Jack and Ed, and three known daughters, Josephine (Mrs. Bechtold), Agnes (Mrs. John M. Kincaid), and from her tombstone: Rachel, who married Evans (tombstone dates: 1865-1898). "Grandma Davenport" as we knew her, did embroidery, crocheting, and knitting until her eyesight failed, causing her to drop many stitches. She was totally blind from the early 1920's.
Anna Traugott (Mrs. Willie Hankammer) was the "cook" for the Davenport family and their workers before the years preceding 1905, at a monthly wage of $8.50. Grandma Davenport had a special dress which she had the maid wash and iron once each month. This was to be her burial dress and she wanted it to be clean; although she lived until 1934. Thekla Haag (Mrs. Albert Schneider) lived with Grandma from 1917 to 1919, while Thekla's husband was in World War I overseas. Thekla also remembers the Davenport children going to school at Selma with the Marbach's, Bremers, Johnny Classen, and others.
On one occasion when Mr. Davenport went to San Antonio along the Nacogdoches Trail (wagon trail) to buy groceries and obtain money from the bank to pay the workers, he was chased by Indians. His horses outran the Indians' horses, but before this ended, he did shoot and injure one of the Indians. Several days later a number of Indian women came to the Davenport home. Grandma and her children hid under the beds. The Indians saw them but did not harm them. Grandma said this was one time she was really scared. Their need was food and they ate every item of food in the kitchen. The Indian Chief came to talk with Mr. Davenport and he was informed the Indians did not want to kill or harm anyonw, they only wanted food.
Mr. Albert Haag, father of Thekla, was the foreman or overseer of the Davenport sharecroppers, which were four or more. He reported that though Grandma was blind, her fingers were so sensitive she was able to tell a one-dollar bill from a five-dollar bill.
In 1959 or 1960, vandals had robbed Jack Davenport's grave. When we copied the cemetery we did not see Jack Davenport's grave marker, although we were told it was his grave that was robbed at that time. I recall the incident through an acquaintance of the Deputy Sheriff who had the task of arresting the young men from Randolph Field or Universal City area. Their penalty, or at least one of their penalties, was to clean the cemetery thoroughly.
Grandma Davenport is remembered as a very kind lady.
Note: Mrs. Kneupper has reported that the Davenport Ranch was an enormous area in northeast Bexar County, on Cibolo Creek, between Evans Road and old Nacogdoches Road, which was known as the old Camino Real, the road from San Antonio to Nacogdoches, and was traveled by many history-making individuals. This road parallels the Austin Highway, which did not exist then. In the area is a small round "knob" or hill, the highest point in the area, and was known as "Comanche Lookout" and Indians would hide there and look down and watch the wagons along the road. Mrs. Kneupper has been told many stories about the hill by the "old timers." The Davenport Cemetery has markers for several family members, some cannot be said for certain to be their children. The tombstone for Nancy Young does not say where she was born.
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