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Davidson was born to  [[Scotland|Scottish]] immigrants in [[New York City]]. As a child, he was brought to Natchez, [[Mississippi]], where he later attended nearby Jefferson Military Academy. He then relocated to Waterproof in southern Tensas Parish. Despite Davidson's northern birth, his father had fought for the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]] in the [[American Civil War]]. In 1878, Davidson himself was among the approximately one hundred white posse members who joined parish judge and later state Senator Charles C. Cordill in crushing by force a revolt of African American resistance to the [[Segregation|segregated]] order, imposed despite the Fifteenth Amendment to the [[United States Constitution]]. From this incident, Davidson was arrested and carried to [[New Orleans]] to stand trial on fraud charges, but the case was suspended.<ref name=eastla>Frederick W. Williamson and George T. Goodman, eds. ''Eastern Louisiana: A History of the Watershed of the Ouachita River and the Florida Parishes'', 3 vols. [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]: Historical Record Association, 1939, pp. 982-983, 985-986</ref>​

Davidson was born to  [[Scotland|Scottish]] immigrants in [[New York City]]. As a child, he was brought to Natchez, [[Mississippi]], where he later attended nearby Jefferson Military Academy. He then relocated to Waterproof in southern Tensas Parish. Despite Davidson's northern birth, his father had fought for the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]] in the [[American Civil War]]. In 1878, Davidson himself was among the approximately one hundred white posse members who joined parish judge and later state Senator Charles C. Cordill in crushing by force a revolt of African American resistance to the [[Segregation|segregated]] order, imposed despite the Fifteenth Amendment to the [[United States Constitution]]. From this incident, Davidson was arrested and carried to [[New Orleans]] to stand trial on fraud charges, but the case was suspended.<ref name=eastla>Frederick W. Williamson and George T. Goodman, eds. ''Eastern Louisiana: A History of the Watershed of the Ouachita River and the Florida Parishes'', 3 vols. [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]: Historical Record Association, 1939, pp. 982-983, 985-986</ref>​

In 1880, at the age of twenty-four, Davidson moved the short distance north to St. Joseph and became a merchant and planter. He married Carrie Moore (1866-1957), daughter of Joseph Moore, one of the wealthiest men in Tensas Parish. He moved with comfort and ease into the circle of the Tensas elite.<ref name=bio>{{cite book|url=http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-11082006-162523/unrestricted/jmreonasdiss.pdf|title=James Matthew Reonas, ''Once Proud Princes: Planters and Plantation Culture in Louisiana's Northeast Delta, From the First World War Through the Great Depression''|publisher=[[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]]: Louisiana State University Ph.D. dissertation, December 2006, pp. 24-25, 245-248, 274|accessdate=July 20, 2013}}</ref>​

In 1880, at the age of twenty-four, Davidson moved the short distance north to St. Joseph and became a merchant and planter. He married Carrie Moore (1866-1957), daughter of Joseph Moore, one of the wealthiest men in Tensas Parish. He moved with comfort and ease into the circle of the Tensas elite.<ref name=bio>James Matthew Reonas, ''Once Proud Princes: Planters and Plantation Culture in Louisiana's Northeast Delta, From the First World War Through the Great Depression,'' [[Louisiana State University]] [[Ph.D.]] dissertation, December 2006, pp. 24-25, 245-248, 274.}}</ref>​

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