E. J. Davis

DAVIS, WEAVER, HUNT, MAXON

Posted By: Diane (email)
Date: 2/24/2002 at 19:36:47

E. J. Davis, only son of J. W. and Margaret (Weaver) Davis, was born in Herkimer county, New York, on the 15th day of February, 1852. He came with his family to Butler county and here received a common school education. At seventeen years of age he learned the shoemaker’s trade, and followed the same until 1880, since that time he has conducted the business of Hunt & Davis. Mr. Davis is an honest and upright citizen who is highly respected. He is a Royal Arch Mason, and is at present serving his second term as Master of Butler County Lodge No. 94. In politics he is republican. On the 24th day of December, 1874, Miss Frances Maxon became his wife. They have one son – Roy.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page 538