Resident, in 1860, of Ward 4 in Charleston, S.C.; although actually born in Providence, Rhode Island, Huckins reported her birthplace as Maryland in the 1860 U.S. Census; in 1867, Huckins married Waters Smith Davis, a merchant and railroad executive of Galveston, Tx.
Daughter of the Rev. James L. Huckins (1807-1863), the pastor of Wentworth Street Baptist Church (Charleston, S.C.), and his wife Rhoda Barton (1808-1875), a Mayflower descendant; James Huckins was a native of New Hampshire and a graduate of Brown University; although a native of New England, Rev. Huckins was a Southern Baptist and a slaveholder. In 1838, the American Baptist Home Mission Society had commissioned him to raise funds in Georgia and South Carolina. During the 1840s, he had become the first Baptist missionary to the republic of Texas, a pastor of churches in Houston and Galveston, and one of the three principal founders of Baylor University. Huckins came to Charleston in 1859 and ministered to Confederate soldiers until his death in 1863. He was buried in Magnolia Cemetery.
From the description of Confederate travel pass, 1864 July 27 (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 84542487
