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  1. GENESIS OF THE DAVIS CLAN 1
    WILLIAM PENN AND THE WELSH BARONY 2

  2. DAVID D. DAVIS - HANNAH DONAHOE & THEIR FAMILY 4
    JANE DAVIS LINE OF DESCENDANTS 6
    HANNAH ANN DAVIS LINE OF DESCENDANTS 8
    MESHACH R. DAVIS LINE OF DESCENDANTS 10
    THOMAS W. DAVIS LINE OF DESCENDANTS 13
    CHARLES ELMER DAVIS FAMILY 14
    CHESTER A. DAVIS FAMILY 14

  3. THE WESTWARD MIGRATION 21
    WESTERN WAGON TRAILS - THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN ROUTES 21
    THE DAVISES ROLL OUT 24
    JAMES N. HARTY'S LETTER TO HIS IOWA HOME FOLKS 25
    WESTWARD HO! FT. LARAMIE TO FT. HALL 26
    ON THE APPLEGATE TRAIL 27
    UP HILL AND DOWN AND INTO SCENIC ROCK CANYONS 28
    WARNER MOUNTAINS AT FANDANGO PASS 29
    AN ENCOUNTERWITH SOME SAVAGE INDIANS 30
    THE TREK THROUGH THE DEVIL'S GARDEN 30
    THE MEANDERING TRAIL IN LOWER KIAMATH LAKE AREA 30
    ASCENDING THE CASCADES AND INTO THE WILLAMTTE VALLEY 31
    OREGON SPECTATOR REPORTED ARRIVAL 31

  4. THE SOAP CREEK SETTLEMENT 34
    THE LIVING IN THE FIRST SETTLEMENTS 34
    HANNAH'S DEATH 36
    JANE DAVIS 37
    REBECCA AND RACHEL 37
    HANNAH ANN DAVIS 37
    SARAH A. BOWMAN - DAVID'S SECOND WIFE 37
    SOAP CREEK POST OFFICE - DAVID D. DAVIS, POSTMASTER 38
    ELIZABETH DAVIS 38

  5. TAMPICO - A SMALL TOWN WITH GREAT ASPIRATIONS 39
    THE TAMPICO SONG BY - F. A. MCDONOUGH 39
    BUILDINGS OF TAMPICO 40
    ELDER JOAB POWELL THE PONY PREACHER 42
    GREEN BERRY SMITH THE TOWN MONEYLENDER 44

  6. THE DAVIS FAMILY 1860 AND AFTER 45
    DAVID'S DEATH IN 1860 SARAH'S DEATH IN 1861 47
    THE DISPERSION FROM TAMPICO 48
    WILLIAM D. DAVIS 49
    THOMAS W. DAVIS 51

  7. CHESTER DAVIS AND HIS FAMILY 54
    LENNA OPAL DAVIS 57
    CLARA RUTH DAVIS 58
    NERA VIVIAN DAVIS 58
    FRANCES LUCILLE DAVIS 59
    CARL BURCH DAVIS 59
    FRANCIS MARION DAVIS 60
    GILBERT LAYFAYETTE DAVIS 62
    EDWARD ERWIN DAVIS 62

  8. THE ODDS AND ENDS, REMNANTS, MISCELLANEOUS THINGS 65
    CIRCUIT COURT CASE CONCERNING DAVID D. DAVIS D. L. C. 67
    ESTATE SALE FOR SARAH A. DAVIS 69
    ENTERTAINMENT AND SHOW BIZ 73
    THE ADD-ON DEPARTMENT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 75
  9. New Additions
    "Huckleberry Finn"
    Fabulous Tales Unfolded by 'HUCK' Finn of McKenzie
    Erastus A. Finn Tells of Slave Markets, Steamboat Days on Missippi and Overland Freighting.
    HUCKLEBERRY FINN, 90, RECALLS LIFE ON RIVER
    Peter Finn Tells of Early Days on McKenzie River
    'Biggest Liar' Says He's Model for Twain's 'Huck Finn'
    Leaburg Settler Claimed He was 'Huckleberry Finn:' Was He?
    from Lane County Pioneer Museum
    GREATEST LIER IN OREGON WAS TITLE PROUDLY BORNE
    Oregon's Huckleberry Finn: A Münchhausen Enters Tradition
    Hannah Ann (Davis) Hendricks
    Elizabeth (Davis) Baxter
    Josie (Baxter) Howard
    Minnie (Baxter) Dripps

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