Kentucky:  A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 
1886. Allen County.

THOMAS McDAVITT (deceased), Warren County, was born in Shelby County, 
Ky., July 24, 1795, and was a son of Squire James and Annie (Read) 
McDavitt, of Irish descent.  His first marriage was to Sally F., 
daughter of Edmund and Matilda Compton.  They had four children:  James 
E., Martha A., Virgil and Sallie C.  His second marriage was in 
November, 1834, eight months after his first wife's death, to Eliza 
Stanley. They had five children, three of whom are now living:  Newton, 
Brice and Oscar.  She died, and Mr. McDavitt married as his third wife 
Mrs. Sarah A. Hancock (widow of James F. Hancock), whose maiden name was 
Dennis, and a daughter of Abraham and Tabitha (Rice) Dennis.  She was 
the mother of five children by her first husband, Mr. Hancock, two of 
whom are living:  William W. and Francis D.  She has one child by her 
last husband, viz.: George McDavitt.  Mr. Thomas McDavitt was a member 
of the Presbyterian Church, and Mrs. McDavitt is a member of the 
Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

Compton Dennis Hancock McDavitt Read Rice Stanley
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Shelby-KY

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