Davidson, Moses

DAVIDSON, PERRY

Posted By: Gary Norris (email)
Date: 2/13/2013 at 09:54:57

The History of Poweshiek County, Iowa
Des Moines: Union Hist. Co., 1880.

DAVIDSON, MOSES—Madison Twp—pg 952. Farmer, section 17, P.O. Brooklyn. Was born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, May 20, 1837, where he lived on a farm till 1855, when, with his parents, he came to Brooklyn, where his parents have died. August 12, 1862, Mr. D. enlisted in the Twenty-eighth Iowa, in which he served three years, having never enjoyed good health since his discharge. He was first married in August, 1869, in Marion, this State, by which marriage he had two children, one a boy the other a girl—the girl having died in 1874. His wife died May 26, 1874. Mr. D., for his second wife, married Miss Elizabeth Perry, of Saint Joseph, Missouri, August 22, 1875, by which union they have had one girl, now living, and two boys, both dead. Mr. D. now owns a well improved farm of 240 acres, which he bought in 1870. He has just completed one of the best two-story houses in the county, beautifully located and finished throughout, while his farm is well-stocked and evidences thrift and industry.