Davis, Bud L. 1870 - 1952
DAVIS, MEADOWS, REED, CLINK, BEVERIDGE, SCHMITZ, TAFT
Posted By: Bill Waters (email)
Date: 4/19/2014 at 18:58:49
Bud L. Davis, a progressive and practical agriculturist of Winneshiek County, was born in Freeport, June 1. 1870, and is a son of William and Delia (Meadows) Davis, the former a native of Wisconsin and the latter of Winneshiek county. The father came to Iowa in the early '60s and resided here until he moved to Kansas, where he now makes his home. He and his wife became the parents of six children: John, who resides in Minnesota; Frank, of Kansas; Bud L., of this review; Leslie and Lester, twins, who reside in California; and Allie, the wife of Thomas Reed, of Kansas.
When Bud L. Davis was five years of age he was adopted by Howard A. Kinney and with him has made his home almost continuously since that time. When he was twenty-one years of age he went to Minnesota and after one year there moved to Dakota, where he spent four years. At the end of that time, however, he returned to Mr. Kinney's farm in Winneshiek County and after assisting in its operation for a similar period of time moved into Cresco, where he remained for several years. However, he eventually moved back to the farm and has been active in its operation since that time, gaining that success which is the natural result of earnest, persistent and well directed labor.
On the 30th of March, 1899, Mr. Davis was united in marriage to Miss Catherine Beveridge, a daughter of James and Margaret (Clink) Beveridge, natives of Scotland. The parents came to America as children and located first in Wisconsin, where their marriage occurred. They afterward moved to Winneshiek County and here the father died on the 23d of February, 1897. His wife survives him and makes her home in Mason City. To their union were born ten children: Margaret, deceased; Tena, of Decorah; Charles, who has passed away; Catherine, the wife of the subject of this review; Winifred, who married Frank Schmitz, of Howard county, this state; Nellie, who became the wife of Stephen Taft, of Cresco; and Ida, Allan, Ella and Berenice, all of whom reside in Mason City. Mr. and Mrs. Davis have become the parents of three children: Ralph Leonard, born December 30, 1900; Leon Everett, born November 21, 1903; and Delia Florence, whose birth occurred March 13, 1910.
Mr. Davis is a member of the Congregational church, is connected fraternally with the Modern Woodmen of America and is a republican in his political beliefs. He is well known in Winneshiek County, where he has resided almost continuously since his birth, and he merits and holds the high regard and esteem of all who are associated with him.
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Source: History of Winneshiek County, Iowa Vol. II Chicago the S. J. Clark publishing Company 1913
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