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William Francis Bateman Davenport

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Birth	:	8 Mar 1860 Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Death	:	23 Oct 1932 Waukee, Dallas County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Waukee Cemetery, Waukee, Dallas County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.6016998, -93.8842010
Description	:	Past and Present of Dallas County, Iowa Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1907 William F. Davenport has a beautiful and attractive home standing in the midst of a fine farm on section 23, Walnut township. The property is valuable and productive and comprises two hundred acres. The dwelling is supplied with all city conveniences, including hot and cold water and furnace heat. It is lighted by acetylene gas and is tasteful in its furnishings. In the rear stand good barns and outbuildings for the shelter of grain and stock, and these in turn are surrounded by well... Read More	Past and Present of Dallas County, Iowa Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1907 William F. Davenport has a beautiful and attractive home standing in the midst of a fine farm on section 23, Walnut township. The property is valuable and productive and comprises two hundred acres. The dwelling is supplied with all city conveniences, including hot and cold water and furnace heat. It is lighted by acetylene gas and is tasteful in its furnishings. In the rear stand good barns and outbuildings for the shelter of grain and stock, and these in turn are surrounded by well tilled fields, the green of early spring promising golden harvests for the autumn. Mr. Davenport is a native of Providence, Rhode Island, born on the 8th of March, 1860. He was brought to Dallas county when a lad of ten years by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Davenport. The father was also a native of Providence, where he was reared, and after attaining his majority he there wedded Sarah Douglass, who was also born in that city. By trade he was a carpenter and was identified with building interests in Providence until 1865, when he brought his family westward to Chicago. There he was connected with building operations for five years, on the expiration of which period he came to Dallas county, Iowa. Here he bought one hundred and twenty acres of land where his son now resides and on which he made home, giving his time and energies to the further development and improvement of the property, which he brought under a high state of cultivation. In the family were two sons, William and Frank. William Davenport was reared under the parental roof and has never left the old homestead since the family came to Dallas county in 1870. He was at that time a lad of ten years and he was trained to the work of the farm, which has been under his immediate care since 1890. The father spent his last years here and died in 1902, at the age of sixty-five years, while the mother passed away in 1890, at the age of fifty-three years. William Davenport had been married on the 5th of July, 1888, to Miss Maud Coons, a native of Adel and a daughter of Kane Coons. Following his marriage Mr. Davenport purchased his brother's interest in the old homestead and has since added eighty acres to the original tract, so that he now has an excellent farm of two hundred acres. The entire place is well fenced and drained. He has laid over eighteen hundred rods of tile and has brought the farm under the highest state of cultivation, so that the fields, now rich and arable, annually bring forth large crops. He has remodeled the house until he has a most comfortable and pleasant home and everything about the farm is indicative of the spirit of the progressive owner. He raises and feeds cattle and hogs, shipping several carloads each year. In all of his business affairs he is alert and enterprising, meeting with the measure of success which always rewards earnest, persistent and well directed labor. Mr. and Mrs. Davenport had one child whom they lost in infancy. They are members of the Christian church of Grimes and are greatly esteemed by a large circle of warm friends. In politics Mr. Davenport is a republican and is serving as township trustee, and is also a member of the school board, of which he is now serving as treasurer. Educational and moral, as well as material interests, receive his endorsement and co-operation, and his labors in behalf of public progress have been far-reaching and effective. Well known in the county where he has resided from early boyhood days, he has a wide acquaintance here and has won a uniform trust and good-will be reason of a life which in all of its phases has been straightforward and honorable.

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William Francis Bateman Davenport's memorial is located at: Waukee Cemetery, Waukee, Dallas County, USA.
When did William Francis Bateman Davenport death?
William Francis Bateman Davenport death on 23 Oct 1932 in Waukee, Dallas County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 41.6016998
Longitude: -93.8842010

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Modenah Maude Coons Davenport

(1860 - 1911)

Ada Hensley Davenport

(1872 - 1938)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Waukee Cemetery
Waukee, Dallas County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6016998, -93.8842010

2. SBT Cemetery
Van Meter, Dallas County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5569000, -93.9297028

3. Williams Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.5886002, -93.9606018

4. Huston Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.5596120, -93.8283660

5. Miller Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.6133003, -93.9749985

6. Merical Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.6321360, -93.9702060

7. Booneville Cemetery
Booneville, Dallas County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5293999, -93.8843994

8. Iowa Veterans Cemetery
Adel, Dallas County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5453300, -93.9520035

9. Otterman Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.5661011, -93.9835968

10. Van Meter Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.5269012, -93.9439011

11. IOOF Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.6192017, -93.9991989

12. Clayton Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.5175018, -93.9250031

13. Kinnick Cemetery
Adel, Dallas County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6392000, -93.9993000

14. Brethren Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.6920013, -93.9319992

15. West Des Moines Christian Church Memory Garden
West Des Moines, Polk County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5613180, -93.7660090

16. Hoff Prairie Cemetery
Dallas County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6880722, -93.8226013

17. Masonic Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.6739006, -93.9785995

18. Union Chapel Cemetery
Jefferson Township, Madison County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4961815, -93.9056015

19. Sunny Hill Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.6833000, -93.7893982

20. Oakdale Cemetery
Adel, Dallas County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6253014, -94.0267029

21. Saint Timothy Espiscopal Church Columbarium
West Des Moines, Polk County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5851000, -93.7390000

22. Jordan Cemetery
West Des Moines, Polk County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5588989, -93.7450027

23. Maffitt Cemetery
Bloomfield Township, Polk County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5128200, -93.7855680

24. Resthaven Cemetery
West Des Moines, Polk County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5806007, -93.7300034