Anthony S. Davenport, Sr.
Anthony S. Davenport, Sr., came from Virginia to Ohio in 1798, and located in Ross County. His family consisted of eight children. Abraham Davenport, a son of the above, was born in Virginia in 1790, and was brought by his parents to Ross County in 1798. He lived here to marry Penelope Griffith in the year 1809, and remained in Ross County until 1817, when he moved with his wife and four children to the wilds of Shelby County, and located within the present limits of Washington Township, where he entered one hundred and sixty acres of land. He lived on this farm to raise a family of nine children, whose names are as follows: John, Anthony S., Nancy, Robert, Celina, Ira, Elizabeth, Benjamin L., and Abraham S. Mr. Davenport died in 1837. His wife died in 1855. Of this family there are but four living, but not one in the county. Anthony S., the second son, was born in Ross County, Ohio, in 1813. In 1836 he married Nancy Coon. After his marriage he settled in Turtle Creek Township, where he remained some three years. His father having died in the mean time, he returned to the old home. Mr. Davenport by this marriage raised a family of six children, viz., Elizabeth, Martha M., John W., David S., Francis, and Findley. His wife died in 1847. The following year, 1848, he married Betsey M. McCIintock. By this union there were five children, only one now living, viz., Charles P., born 1851. Mr. Davenport died in 1880, having lived on the one place sixty-three years. Mr. Davenport, after the death of his father, bought the farm from the rest of the heirs, and owned it up to the time of his death. The original patent is the only deed ever given for the farm. The widow still lives on the place, which is farmed by two of the sons. Mr. Davenport Iiad been a member of the M. E. Church from boyhood to the time of his death. The McClintocks, the ancestors of Mrs. Davenport, are from Ireland. They came to America in 1763, and located in Pennsylvania. From there they went to Kentucky. It was here that Wm. McClintock was born in 1786. In 1813 he martied Sarah McClintock. In 1824 he moved to Shelby County. They raised a family of twelve children. Mr. McClintoek died in 1851. His wife died in 1857 Of this family there is now left in the county but one—Mrs. Davenport.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883