DR. R. DAVIS
Doctor R. Davis is a native of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and born March 9, 1844. He is the son of Edward and Sarah (Pyett) Davis, both of whom were natives of the same State. In 1846, Mr. Davis, the elder, emigrated to Miami county, Ohio, with his family, where he followed his trade, which was that of a wagon-maker. In 1852, he removed to Muscatine county, this State. When the subject of this sketch was twenty years of age, he having no taste for mechanics, entered upon a course of reading medicine with Doctor H. C. Harsche, of Muscatine, with whom he remained three years, grounding himself well in that science. In the winter of 1866-7, he attended lectures at the medical department of the Michigan State University, at Ann Arbor, and in 1867, graduated therefrom. In the spring of that year he removed to Grinnell, Iowa, whither his parents had preceded him, and he "hung out his shingle" and commenced the practice of his profession. Here he remained two years, and in 1869, came to Anita and opened an office. He remained in practice for eleven years, but is at present engaged in the grain and coal business at Anita. He was married in October, 1871, to Miss Eliza Prosser, of Muscatine, and has three children--Pearl, Ruth and Helen.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 407-408.
