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The Davenports' first child, daughter Susannah Elizabeth, was born in 1810. She was followed two years later by Sarah Rosamund, who died in infancy from teething and a bowel complaint. Also in 1812, the family moved southern half of Lot 8 in Washington Ward, at the corner of
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Like his brother, Samuel, seven years earlier, Davenport died from yellow fever, on October 16, 1827. He was in the process of constructing a mill on
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The first property Davenport constructed in Savannah was what is today known as Laura's Cottage, which was originally built at 122
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for the Savannah Steam Saw Mill Company, which may be where he contracted the disease. Originally buried in Savannah's
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Hugh McCall Davenport, child number eight, was born in 1822. A daughter, Cornelia Augusta, followed in 1824.
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Tenth and final child, Dudley (named for Davenport's brother), was born one month after his father's death.
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The couple's first son, Thurston Warren, was born in 1813. He died at the age of nine months from
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under his authority, the most recent being purchased from his mother-in-law Susannah Clarke.
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Dudley, the final Davenport brother, died in New Bedford in 1852, at the age of 70 or 71.
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Benjamin Rush Tippens was born in 1817, followed two years later by Archibald Clark.
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in 1969. His most notable work, however, was what became his home – the
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visited Savannah in May 1819, to witness the launch of the steamship
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for Greene and Columbia Wards, and as a constable for Columbia Ward.
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Shortly after moving to Savannah in 1808, Davenport married
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Davenport's brother, Samuel, died in 1820, aged 32, from
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In addition to his profession, Davenport was a city
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Isaiah Davenport House
Little Compton, Rhode Island
Savannah, Georgia
Master builder
master builder
Savannah, Georgia
Houston Street
East State Street
Columbia Square
Isaiah Davenport House
Little Compton, Rhode Island
carpenter
New Bedford, Massachusetts

alderman
firemaster
124 Houston Street
Martello tower
Tybee Island
South Carolina
Independent Presbyterian Church
Bay
East Broad
dysentery
bilious fever
James Monroe
SS Savannah
toast
yellow fever

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