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Miles Dewey Davis Jr. (March 1, 1898 – May 21, 1962) was an American dentist and father of jazz trumpeter Miles Davis. Biography. Davis was born on March 1, 1898, in Noble Lake, Arkansas. He was a son of Miles Dewey Davis Sr. and Mary (Luster) Davis.
Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music.
Aug 18, 2023 · Genealogy for Miles Dewey Davis, Jr. (1898 - 1962) family tree on Geni, with over 250 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
Sep 28, 1991 · Miles Dewey Davis III was born to Miles Davis Jr. and Cleota Henry in Alton, Illinois, on May 25, 1926. There were also two other children, an older sister and a younger brother. In 1928 the family moved to East St. Louis, Illinois, where Davis's father became a successful oral surgeon.
Miles Dewey Davis Jr. was an affluent American dentist and father of jazz musician and composer Miles Davis. Davis was born on March 1, 1898 in Noble Lake, Arkansas. He was a son of Miles D. and Mary (Luster) Davis.
When Vernon Napoleon Davis was born on 3 November 1929, his father, Dr. Miles Dewey Davis Jr., was 31 and his mother, Cleota Mae Henry, was 30. He lived in East Saint Louis Township, St. Clair, Illinois, United States in 1940.
Davis was the son of a dental surgeon, Dr. Miles Dewey Davis, Jr., and a music teacher, Cleota Mae (Henry) Davis, and thus grew up in the black middle class of East St. Louis after the family moved there shortly after his birth.
