The name Davinity seemed quite unusual to me, and it confused other researchers: their decision to label this child a female caused problems in many family trees! At the time of the 1860 census in Indiana, it was stated clearly that he was a male child. Davinity used "David" most of his life, although he gave his first son in a second marriage the same name.
Davinity first married Olive Petty in Stearns County, Minnesota. Not too long after the birth of their sixth child in 1866, she passed away of consumption. Their son Jesse was my cousin's grandfather.
David married for a second time about 1896. He and Etta Blake, his second wife, became the parents of eleven children.
*52 Ancestors: "Unusual Name"
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