Deidamia Smith was born July 24th, 1774. She was united in marriage with Ezra Davison at Argyle, Maine on May 24, 1790. They were at Preston, Conn. in 1792, as their oldest son Dr. Asa Lee, was born there. Their son Daniel P. M. was born in Grafton on May 25, 1804. Deidamia and Ezra had nine children.
They took up land two miles northeast of Grafton Centre. The country was then a wilderness. They built a house, cleared the land of forest, planted an orchard, and built stone walls. Panthers used to steal their sheep. Bears were in the woods. There were few settlers.
There was no church or school house. The first school district was organized Sept. 13th, 1813, and they voted to build a school house on a man's land whose name was Cobb. (It was always called the Cobb's school house). It was sixteen feet square with an entry large enough to hold a load of wood. They levied a tax of $75.00; the rest was to be paid in work. Three or four generations of Davison's studied Webster's spelling book, Daboll's arithmetic, and the English reader, and perhaps got punished in the Cobb's school house. The first trustees were Daniel Mills, Foster Reynolds and Bradick Peckham, Jr., Moderator; Elisha Wells, Clerk; Daniel Mills. A great many prominent men were educated in the Cobb's school house. About 1842, Van Ransselaer, the patroon, offered a set of outline maps to the best school in Grafton, to be examined by a committee at the church in Grafton Centre.
Deidamia and Ezra lived and raised their family on what we call the old Davison homestead. Ezra died at Grafton, NY on April 29th, 1834. Deidamia died at Grafton, NY Sept. 30th, 1853. They are buried in the Steward burying ground one-half mile east of Grafton Centre, NY. Their graves are marked with marble slabs.
from "Davison Family" by Almon Alexander Davison, 1905
note: Deidamia Smith Davison re-married after the death of Ezra Davison, hence the "Boone" surname.
They took up land two miles northeast of Grafton Centre. The country was then a wilderness. They built a house, cleared the land of forest, planted an orchard, and built stone walls. Panthers used to steal their sheep. Bears were in the woods. There were few settlers.
There was no church or school house. The first school district was organized Sept. 13th, 1813, and they voted to build a school house on a man's land whose name was Cobb. (It was always called the Cobb's school house). It was sixteen feet square with an entry large enough to hold a load of wood. They levied a tax of $75.00; the rest was to be paid in work. Three or four generations of Davison's studied Webster's spelling book, Daboll's arithmetic, and the English reader, and perhaps got punished in the Cobb's school house. The first trustees were Daniel Mills, Foster Reynolds and Bradick Peckham, Jr., Moderator; Elisha Wells, Clerk; Daniel Mills. A great many prominent men were educated in the Cobb's school house. About 1842, Van Ransselaer, the patroon, offered a set of outline maps to the best school in Grafton, to be examined by a committee at the church in Grafton Centre.
Deidamia and Ezra lived and raised their family on what we call the old Davison homestead. Ezra died at Grafton, NY on April 29th, 1834. Deidamia died at Grafton, NY Sept. 30th, 1853. They are buried in the Steward burying ground one-half mile east of Grafton Centre, NY. Their graves are marked with marble slabs.
from "Davison Family" by Almon Alexander Davison, 1905
note: Deidamia Smith Davison re-married after the death of Ezra Davison, hence the "Boone" surname.
Deidamia Smith was born July 24th, 1774. She was united in marriage with Ezra Davison at Argyle, Maine on May 24, 1790. They were at Preston, Conn. in 1792, as their oldest son Dr. Asa Lee, was born there. Their son Daniel P. M. was born in Grafton on May 25, 1804. Deidamia and Ezra had nine children.
They took up land two miles northeast of Grafton Centre. The country was then a wilderness. They built a house, cleared the land of forest, planted an orchard, and built stone walls. Panthers used to steal their sheep. Bears were in the woods. There were few settlers.
There was no church or school house. The first school district was organized Sept. 13th, 1813, and they voted to build a school house on a man's land whose name was Cobb. (It was always called the Cobb's school house). It was sixteen feet square with an entry large enough to hold a load of wood. They levied a tax of $75.00; the rest was to be paid in work. Three or four generations of Davison's studied Webster's spelling book, Daboll's arithmetic, and the English reader, and perhaps got punished in the Cobb's school house. The first trustees were Daniel Mills, Foster Reynolds and Bradick Peckham, Jr., Moderator; Elisha Wells, Clerk; Daniel Mills. A great many prominent men were educated in the Cobb's school house. About 1842, Van Ransselaer, the patroon, offered a set of outline maps to the best school in Grafton, to be examined by a committee at the church in Grafton Centre.
Deidamia and Ezra lived and raised their family on what we call the old Davison homestead. Ezra died at Grafton, NY on April 29th, 1834. Deidamia died at Grafton, NY Sept. 30th, 1853. They are buried in the Steward burying ground one-half mile east of Grafton Centre, NY. Their graves are marked with marble slabs.
from "Davison Family" by Almon Alexander Davison, 1905
note: Deidamia Smith Davison re-married after the death of Ezra Davison, hence the "Boone" surname.
They took up land two miles northeast of Grafton Centre. The country was then a wilderness. They built a house, cleared the land of forest, planted an orchard, and built stone walls. Panthers used to steal their sheep. Bears were in the woods. There were few settlers.
There was no church or school house. The first school district was organized Sept. 13th, 1813, and they voted to build a school house on a man's land whose name was Cobb. (It was always called the Cobb's school house). It was sixteen feet square with an entry large enough to hold a load of wood. They levied a tax of $75.00; the rest was to be paid in work. Three or four generations of Davison's studied Webster's spelling book, Daboll's arithmetic, and the English reader, and perhaps got punished in the Cobb's school house. The first trustees were Daniel Mills, Foster Reynolds and Bradick Peckham, Jr., Moderator; Elisha Wells, Clerk; Daniel Mills. A great many prominent men were educated in the Cobb's school house. About 1842, Van Ransselaer, the patroon, offered a set of outline maps to the best school in Grafton, to be examined by a committee at the church in Grafton Centre.
Deidamia and Ezra lived and raised their family on what we call the old Davison homestead. Ezra died at Grafton, NY on April 29th, 1834. Deidamia died at Grafton, NY Sept. 30th, 1853. They are buried in the Steward burying ground one-half mile east of Grafton Centre, NY. Their graves are marked with marble slabs.
from "Davison Family" by Almon Alexander Davison, 1905
note: Deidamia Smith Davison re-married after the death of Ezra Davison, hence the "Boone" surname.
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