DAVIS, JOHN F.

DAVIS, WILLIAMS, JENKINS, DODGE, SKINNER

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Date: 4/19/2019 at 14:50:54

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DAVIS, JOHN F., far., Sec. 3 ; P. O. Denmark ; son of Wm. and Ann Davis, nee Jenkins, natives of Wales ; in 1815, early settlers of Cincinnati, Ohio ; his father helped to launch the first steamer built at Cincinnati. They had ten children, five sons and four daughters still living; the second son John, was born in Cincinnati in 1819 ; when 8 years of age, his parents removed to Dearborn Co., Ind., where his mother died April, 1866, at 77 years of age ; his father in 1867, at the age of 82 ; five of, the sons came to Lee Co., one daughter became a resident of Davis, the others remained in Indiana ; J. F. remained at home until in his 26th year ; then married Miss Jane Williams, daughter of Benjamin Williams and Annie Dodge; he of New York and she of Vermont, but married and settled in Indiana. Mrs. Davis was born in Dearborn Co., Ind., in 1824 ; there married March 4, 1845 ; they came to Iowa by water via Cincinnati, Cairo and St. Louis to Fort Madison, making the trip in two weeks; first settled in Green Bay Tp. ; moved in 1851 to present residence, where they own 155 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre ; he was a Henry Clay Whig ; having no children of their own, in 1873 they adopted the daughter of Uriah and Emily Skinner, of Ohio, who died near Denmark, leaving five children ; this was the youngest, born 1868. Mr. and Mrs. D. are believers in universal salvation.

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

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879