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Preserving the Davenport Family Legacy

This website is dedicated to preserving the history, lineage, and stories of the Davenport family. Through documented research, photographs, videos, archival records, and carefully traced connections to notable and famous relatives, we honor the past and preserve it for future generations.

Davenport Story

Our Mission

The Davenport Family Site is a growing historical archive dedicated to preserving and documenting the lineage, research, and connections of the Davenport family, with special focus on the family of Wilbur L. and Artie Reed Davenport. The site brings together detailed genealogy research, family records, photographs, videos, obituaries, published works, and carefully traced connections to notable relatives, including documented family ties to all 45 U.S. presidents. Our purpose is to organize and preserve this legacy for future generations.

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Explore the Davenport family archive by subject area. Each category organizes documented genealogical research, presidential connections, family records, and historical materials for structured browsing and deeper study.

Davenport Story

Ancestry / Genealogy

Ancestral and genealogy information is provided for Davenport family members, including detailed family trees, generational connections, ancestral locations, and documented lineage research. This section traces the Davenport family across multiple generations and preserves the historical foundations of the family story.

Davenport Family Books

Books

Information about books authored by Georgia Davenport McCain is included, featuring inspirational Christian-themed works available through Amazon. itles include three books sharing remarkable stories of answered prayer, three books reflecting on life, family, and faith, four inspirational Christian novels, and a Southern cooking cookbook with cherished family recipes.

Davenport Family Deaths and Obituaries

Deaths / Obituaries

Information is provided about the deaths of family members, including obituaries, newspaper articles, and memorial letters. A Cemetery Map for deceased relatives at Forest Lawn Cemetery (Pineville, LA), where many Davenport family members are buried, is also included.

Davenport Documents and Records

Documents & Records

Historical documents and primary-source records are provided, including newspaper articles, family letters, official certificates, and written correspondence both to and about family members. These materials preserve firsthand accounts and documented history across generations.

Davenport Family and Relatives

Family / Relatives

Extensive information is provided about Davenport and Reed family members and relatives. In addition to numerous videos and photographs, letters, diaries, newspaper articles, and biographies offer deeper insight into the lives and experiences of family members.

Davenport Family Famous Kin

Famous Kin

Famous Kin relatives for Davenports and Reeds are identified in multiple categories. Detailed information includes birth and death dates, descriptions of historical roles, and specific documented family connections, including exact generational links to all 45 U.S. presidents, as well as celebrities, actors, musicians, sports figures, business leaders, and other notable individuals.

Davenport Family Pictures

Pictures

Numerous photographs provided by family members are included throughout the archive. Many images have been restored, colorized, and enhanced using modern technology such as AI and Deep Nostalgia to preserve visual history.

Davenport Family Videos

Videos

Information and links to YouTube videos for family members are included, featuring original recordings as well as enhanced media created from historic photographs. Videos include grandparents Bill and Artie Davenport, their children, family reunions, gatherings, and footage of the Davenport Family House.

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Reed Famous Kin – Music
Category: Famous Kin Tags: Davenport, PDF Attached is a PDF file that contains Reed Music Famous Kin, including singers, entertainers, and songwriters. For each, common grandparents have been identified, most after several generations. Specific generation-to-generation relationships to the common grandparents have been identified for each of the specific kin. The PDF file provides the Famous […]
Davenport Famous Kin – Singers / Entertainers / Songwriters
Attached is a PDF file that contains Davenport Fanous Kin, including singers, entertainers, and songwriters. For each, common grandparents have been identified, most after several generations. Specific generation-to-generation relationships to the common grandparents have been identified for each of the specific kin. The PDF file provides the Famous Kin started with the closest Famous Kin […]
Reed Relative Pictures
Marcelle and Clint Reed Levi, Ada, and Lucille Reed J. H. Grice Originally posted on the Davenport Family Facebook Group on 01/29/21
Davenport Relative Pictures
George and Pat Devore June Devore and Joyce Farr Happy Jack Roshto Happy Jack, LIzza Belle Roshto and grandchildren Originally posted on the Davenport Family Facebook Group on 02/29/21
Letter from Oma to June Farr
The following are images of a letter written from Oma Davenport Jackson to June Farr. After the letter images is a My Heritage Scribe AI translation of the letter. Dear June & all, Sure hate I didn't come see you but seems like the time just flew by and you know how childish Daddy is, […]
Letter from Oma and Jack
The following is a letter from Oma Davenport and husband Hubert "Jack" Jackson to other family members. After the image of the letter, a My Heritage Scribe AI translation of the letter is included. A few years ago, I just gave up and didn't trust the Lord any more and that was bad. He has […]
Georgia Davenport McCain Family Pictures
Carl and Georgia Davenport McCain Nathaniel McCain Jackie, Danny, Donna McCain Originally posted on the Davenport Family Facebook Group on 01/29/21
Grandma’s Diary – 1963, A Year in the Life of the Davenports, Part 2
Grandma's Diary (1963 - 1967), Part 2. 5 Year Diary from Artie Davenport for July 19 - Dec 31 for each year. Prior post was also a 5-year diary (not just 1963 although it was a busy year) for Jan 1 - July 18 for 1963- 1967. Applicable years are shown to the left of […]
Grandma’s Diary – 1963, A Year in the Life of the Davenport, Part 1
Grandma's Diary: 1963 - A Year in the Life of the Davenports (Part 1). This diary of Artie Davenport captures a year's worth of family history, including household visitors, meals, gardening and canning activities, hunting activities and results, bush-hogging activities, cow maintenance activities, home appliance updates, house remodeling activities, births, reunions, marriages, anniversaries, deaths, funerals, […]
Grandma’s Diary (1973 – 1975) – Part 2
Grandma's Diary: (1973-1975), Part 2 -- July 2 - Dec 31 for each year Originally posted on the Davenport Family Facebook Group on 03/08/14
Grandma’s Diary (1973 – 1975) – Part 1
Grandma's Diary: (1973-1975), Part 1 - Another Artie Davenport diary. Captures daily Davenport family history for most of 3 years including daily household visitors, births (Tommy, Kimberly, Allison, David), deaths (including Grandpa's health struggles, hospitalizations and death, family cemetery visits), hospitalizations / surgeries (Bill, Artie, Steve, Edith, Kim, Georgia, Ronnie, Linda, Lynette, Pat, George, Cleathern), […]
Epnett Family Pictures
Everett Epnett Leon, Junior, Edith Epnett Edith and Everett Epnett Epnett Family - Betty, Helen, Everett, Edith, Junior, Leon, Gail Helen Epnett, Pat, and Wendell Smith Jennifer Epnett Originally posted on the Davenport Family Facebook Group on 01/29/21