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Thomas E. Davis

Thomas Edward Davis or Davies[1] (c. 1785 or 1795[a] – March 16, 1878) was a prolific real estate developer who built residential properties in New York between 1830 and 1860.

Thomas E. Davis

Thomas Edward Davis

c. 1785 or 1795[a]
England

(1878-03-16)March 16, 1878 (age 83 or 93)

Florence, Italy

Real estate developer

Anne Power

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Frederick Gebhard (grandson)
Isabelle Gebhard Neilson (granddaughter)
Harry La Montagne (grandson)
John F. A. Sanford (son-in-law)

Early life[edit]

Davis emigrated from England to New Brunswick, New Jersey, early in the 19th century, with the intention of setting up a whiskey distilling business.[2] When the distillery failed, he moved to New York City in 1830.[2]

Thomas Edward Davis Jr. (d. 1916), who married Marianita Jove (d. 1870), daughter of Lorenzo Jove. Davis Jr. was a friend of the Irish writer and poet , and was involved in trying to raise a regiment with him during the American Civil War, called the McClellan Rifles. When O'Brien was killed, Davis Jr. brought his remains back from Baltimore for burial in New York and acted as one of his executors.[11][12] Davis Jr. was in poor health and eventually moved to Europe where he died in Bournemouth, England, in 1916. His daughter, Marianita, remained his companion until his death.[13]

Fitz James O'Brien

Catherine "Kate" Davis (1829−1870), who married Frederick Charles Gebhard (1825−1865). Of the Davis children, they were the only couple to remain in the United States.

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Isabel Davis (1832−1898), who married (1806–1857), a widower twenty-five years older than herself. She moved to Paris after his death.[c]

John Francis Alexander Sanford

Anna Davis (c. 1833–1925), who married Auguste La Montagne (c. 1840−1894).[d]

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Mathilde "Tilly" Davis (1841−1917), who married Don Antonio Lante Montefeltro della Rovere (1831−1897) on 28 April 1866.[20][21][22]

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Eliza "Lizzie" Davis (1844-1923), who married Marquis Angelo Gavotti Verospi (1835−1916) on 10 October 1861. [24]

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Nora Davis (1846−1913), who married Charles-Joseph (b. 1848) on 15 October 1873.[25]

Blanc de Lanautte, comte d'Hauterive

Marie Davis (1850−1932), who married Anatole Eugène Alexis Taffin d'Heursel, comte d'Heursel (1840-1896) on 28 October 1868; she left him for Henry Louis Eugène Marie Say (1850–1899) of the French sugar manufacturing family in about 1878, they married on 20 May 1882. Unable to obtain a divorce, she took Swiss naturalization and married Say on May 20, 1882 in Switzerland. After his death in 1899, his will was contested by his sister, Jeanne-Marie Say, Vicomtesse de Trédern, on the grounds of his children's legitimization.

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Davis's wife was Anne Power, who had been born in Ireland in October 1799. Her brother was John Power, Vicar General of New York and pastor of St. Peter's on Barclay Street in Lower Manhattan. Another brother was Irish politician Maurice Power, who married the daughter of Judge Henry Brockholst Livingston. Together, Thomas and Anne Davis had eight children who survived to adulthood,[10] one son and seven daughters:


He died in Florence on March 16, 1878, at the age of 93. His body was returned to America, where he was buried at Saint Patrick's Old Cathedral Churchyard in Manhattan.[10]