Davis, Fred N. (1853-1932)

DAVIS

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Date: 10/10/2006 at 14:20:43

Fred Neal Davis
May 11, 1853 - Dec 28, 1932

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.19, Council Bluffs)
Fred Davis, livery, Council Bluffs, was born in Peoria in 1852. His parents removed to St. Joseph, Mo., in 1859; thence to Oskaloosa in 1862, and, in 1863, came to Council Bluffs.. His father died in Council Bluffs in18864; his mother is still living; they had two children - Fred and Mrs. J. W. Bell, of Chicago. The firm of Wheeler & Davis began the livery business in Council Bluffs in May, 1882. Their barn was built by Stambach, and is known as the Ogden Livery. They keep ten horses in their livery, and board about twenty more.

(From the 1891 Biographical History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, p.651)
Kiel Stables, at the corner of Fourth Street and Fifth Avenue, Council Bluffs, are managed by Mr. Fred Davis as livery, feed and sale stables. He carries a good stock and has an extensive business, keeping two large barns. He also deals some in real estate. He began here as proprietor of the Ogden Stables on Broadway for a year; next he was owner of stables on North First Street for eighteen months; then for two years conducted stables on North Main Street, and since 1888 has been at this present place.
He has been a resident of this city since 1863, having come here with his parents, William H. and Rebecca (Neal) Davis, from Oskaloosa, this State. His father is dead, while his mother is still a resident of this city. They are of Welsh and Irish extraction. Mr. Davis was born in Peoria, Illinois, in May, 1853; was five year of age when the family removed to St. Joseph, Missouri, where they resided until 1861; then they moved to Oskaloosa, and thence to Council Bluffs. At the age of nineteen or twenty years he entered the employ of Thomas & Jackson, wholesale grocers, for something over two years in the house and a year as traveling salesman for them. Next he was traveling salesman for Steele & Johnson two years, and finally engaged in the livery business, which he has since followed. He is a live, enterprising business man, Republican in his politics, and a member of the order of Modern Woodmen.