Otho Davis

COCHRAN, DAVIS, DRAKE

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 9/28/2004 at 10:44:53

Otho Davis, Webster twp., merchant; P.O. Middle River; was born in Erie county, Pennsylvania, in 1817, and emigrated to Jefferson county, in this State, in 1839, and removed to this county in 1850; owns 145 acres of land; he laid out the town of Webster, and settled in this township in 1856, and is and has been postmaster for many years; he has held all the township offices; he married Jane Cochran in 1843; she was born in Ireland, and died in 1866; the fruits of this marriage were seven children: Sarah A., Henry C., Lydia J., George, John T. and Eva living, and one daughter, Ida, deceased; he married for his second wife, Mrs. Amanda Drake; she was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania.

Taken from the book, "The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1879" page 623