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Muscatine County Iowa
1879
| Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1879 | |
Here is what the abbreviations in the bios stand for: far: farm; Co.: company or county; dir: dealer; IVA: Iowa Volunteer Artillery; IVC: Iowa Volunteer Cavalry; IVI: Iowa Volunteer Infantry; P.O.: Post Office; S. or Sec.: section; and st.: street.
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Biographical Section, 1879, page 684
CHARLES B. DAVIS, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Atalissa; owns 160 acres of land, valued at $45 per acre; son of James, and Thankful Davis; born Jan. 23, 1831, in Bennington Co., Vt.; in 1845, his parents moved to Washington Co., N. Y.; in 1850, to Kane Co., Ill.; in the fall of 1858, he made a tour through Iowa, as far as Shelby Co. and stopped a short time, returned Cedar Rapids, where he spent the winter; in the fall of 1860, came to Muscatine Co., remained till August, 1861, when he enlisted in Co. D, of the 8th I. V. I.; was at the battle of Shiloh, where he was wounded in his right ankle; was unfitted for further service and was discharged in September, 1863. Married Mary Statler, March 25, 1863; she was born Jan. 18, 1838, in Somerset Co., Penn.; they lived in Pike Tp., till 1874, then came onto his present farm; have three children---Edgar, Sarah, and an infant not named. Republican.
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