Davis, Samuel C.

DAVIS, SPEER, BLAISE ROSECRANS

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Date: 10/7/2020 at 14:54:44

Samuel C. Davis, farmer and stock-raiser, section 4, Franklin Township, was born in Marion County, Ind., May 26, 1842. He is the son of Samuel and Nancy (Speer) Davis, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this volume. He was reared upon a farm, and received only the advantages of a common-school education. He was married, Sept. 11,1867, to Mrs. Lydia Blaise, widow of Frederick Blaise. Her maiden name was Rosecrans, and she was a first cousin to Gen. Rosecrans. Four children were born to them: Nancy Luella, born June 30, 1869; A. Victorine, Oct. 27, 1872; Nellie Blanche, Jan. 24, 1875, and Samuel H., born Feb. 6, 1879, died Feb. 5, 1880. By her first marriage Mrs. Davis was the mother of three children: Francis M., now in Kansas; Lydia A., wife of Frank Funk, of Washington County, and Freddie E., wife of William V. McCauslin, of Washington.

Mrs. Davis died May 20, 1884, aged forty-six years, two months and twenty-eight days. Mr. Davis is the owner of 100 acres of fine land on section 4, Franklin Township, which is well improved in every respect. He is a Republican Prohibitionist, and has held several local offices.

Source: Portrait and Biographical Album of Washington County, Iowa (1887). Excerpt from Biographical Sketch of Samuel C. Davis, page 335.