DAVIS, C. F.

DAVIS, MCGAVIC, CHITTENDEN

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Date: 4/19/2019 at 14:50:52

Keokuk City
(P.O. Keokuk)

DAVIS, C. F., President of the Keokuk Savings Bank, and Vice President of the Iowa Life Insurance Co.; Mr. Davis was born in Clarksburg, Harrison Co., W. Va.; came from there to Keokuk in 1849 ; he has resided here ever since, excepting one year, 1851 , when he was in Montrose, this county ; from 1856 to 1860, he was associated with Wm. S. McGavic and A. B. Chittenden in mercantile business ; from 1860 to 1864, he was engaged in pork-packing, and for two or three years, he owned a half interest in the Imperial mills ; for two years, he was engaged in the planing-mill business ; Mr. Davis has been connected with the Keokuk Savings Bank and the Iowa Life Ins. Co. since their organization.

Source: BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY IOWA
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1879

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879