The following material
on the immediate ancestry of
Miles Davis
should not be considered either
exhaustive or authoritative, but
rather as a first draft.
| Ancestry of Miles Davis | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Miles Dewey Davis III, b. Alton, Ill., 26 May 1926, d. Santa Monica, Cal., 28 Sept. 1991 |
| PARENTS | |
| 2 |
Miles Dewey Davis, dentist,
b. Noble's Lake, Ark., 1 March 1900,
d. ... 1962
m. ... 16 June 1924 |
| 3 | Cleota Henry, b. ... , Ark., ... 1900 d. ... |
| GRANDPARENTS | |
| 4 |
Miles Dewey Davis,
b. ... , Ga., ... Aug. 1870,
d. ...
m. ... [ca. 1892] |
| 5 | Mary Luster, b. ... , Ark., ... Jan. 1871, d. ... |
| 6 |
... Henry,
b. ... ,
d. ...
m. |
| 7 | ... , b. ... , d. ... |
| GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
1910 Arkansas, Jefferson Co., Richland,
Davis Miles H M B 39 M 18 GA GA GA Farmer Farming
Mary W F B 38 M 18 10 9 AR VA VA
Napoleon S M B 16 S AR GA AR
Chris D F B 13 S AR GA AR
Miles Dewey S M B 12 S AR GA AR
Ferd S M B 10 AR GA AR
Oliver S M B 8 AR GA AR
Willie S M B 5 AR GA AR
Mary D F B 4 AR GA AR
Lenord S M B 1 3/12 AR GA AR
Brown Frank StepS M B 18 AR GA AR
The younger children have no entries for marital status
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1900 Arkansas, Jefferson Co., Richland, ED 94, sheet 3B, line 87
Davis Miles H B M Aug 1870 29 M 7 GA GA SC Laborer
Mary F W B F Jan 1871 29 M 7 5 5 AR TN TN
Brown Frank S Son B M Feb 1892 8 S AR AR AR At School
Davis Napolion S B M Jun 1894 5 S AR GA AR At School
Corinne D B F Jul 1896 3 S AR GA AR
Miles B S B M Mar 1898 2 S AR GA AR
Fred S B M May 1900 0/12 S AR GA AR
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