Davis, William H., b.1841.

William H. Davis was born December 7, 1841 in Haywood County, Tennessee, the son of Benjamin and Elisabeth Davis. Davis served in Company C of the 9th Tennessee Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. He was involved in the fighting around Chattanooga, Tennessee, and in the battles of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, where Davis was captured (he had apparently been a prisoner at least once before). He remained a prisoner from November 1863 until at least February 1865, part of that time at Rock Island Prison in Illinois. William H. Davis survived the war, married, and raised a family. James A. Wimpy and E. T. Wimpy were Davis' uncles; their father was the Rev. Jesse Wimpy, who came to Tennessee and Arkansas from Dahlonega, Georgia. Dr. E. T. Wimpy was born October 17, 1841 and James A. Wimpy was born August 26, 1844.