Son of Thomas & Milly Merydith
Civil War:
SGT
Company I.
36th Regiment Ohio Infantry
Davis A. was born in Monroe County, Ohio, in 1839. In August, 1861, he enlisted in the Thirty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving three years and eleven months; was in thirty-one large battles, the following principal ones: Chickamauga, South Mountain, Mission Ridge, Winchester, Cedar Creek, etc., etc. In July, 1865, he was mustered out, and soon after emigrated to Iowa, where he remained until the spring of 1871; thence to Kansas and purchased a saw mill near Dexter, Cowley County, and was engaged in lumbering for two years; he then engaged in farming, buying a farm of 160 acres on Section 24, Town 33, Range 7; also owns ninety acres on Section 14, the same town; has a good farm ; the home place has a fine spring, and the other farm is watered by Grouse Creek. His place is under a fine state of cultivation, has a good orchard and adjoins the town site of Dexter; for a number of years has been engaged in handling stock; served three year terms as Township Clerk. In 1868, he was married to Miss Sabrina Smith, of Lake City, Iowa. They have four children - Metta, Nellie, W. A. and Augusta
Civil War:
SGT
Company I.
36th Regiment Ohio Infantry
Davis A. was born in Monroe County, Ohio, in 1839. In August, 1861, he enlisted in the Thirty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving three years and eleven months; was in thirty-one large battles, the following principal ones: Chickamauga, South Mountain, Mission Ridge, Winchester, Cedar Creek, etc., etc. In July, 1865, he was mustered out, and soon after emigrated to Iowa, where he remained until the spring of 1871; thence to Kansas and purchased a saw mill near Dexter, Cowley County, and was engaged in lumbering for two years; he then engaged in farming, buying a farm of 160 acres on Section 24, Town 33, Range 7; also owns ninety acres on Section 14, the same town; has a good farm ; the home place has a fine spring, and the other farm is watered by Grouse Creek. His place is under a fine state of cultivation, has a good orchard and adjoins the town site of Dexter; for a number of years has been engaged in handling stock; served three year terms as Township Clerk. In 1868, he was married to Miss Sabrina Smith, of Lake City, Iowa. They have four children - Metta, Nellie, W. A. and Augusta
Son of Thomas & Milly Merydith
Civil War:
SGT
Company I.
36th Regiment Ohio Infantry
Davis A. was born in Monroe County, Ohio, in 1839. In August, 1861, he enlisted in the Thirty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving three years and eleven months; was in thirty-one large battles, the following principal ones: Chickamauga, South Mountain, Mission Ridge, Winchester, Cedar Creek, etc., etc. In July, 1865, he was mustered out, and soon after emigrated to Iowa, where he remained until the spring of 1871; thence to Kansas and purchased a saw mill near Dexter, Cowley County, and was engaged in lumbering for two years; he then engaged in farming, buying a farm of 160 acres on Section 24, Town 33, Range 7; also owns ninety acres on Section 14, the same town; has a good farm ; the home place has a fine spring, and the other farm is watered by Grouse Creek. His place is under a fine state of cultivation, has a good orchard and adjoins the town site of Dexter; for a number of years has been engaged in handling stock; served three year terms as Township Clerk. In 1868, he was married to Miss Sabrina Smith, of Lake City, Iowa. They have four children - Metta, Nellie, W. A. and Augusta
Civil War:
SGT
Company I.
36th Regiment Ohio Infantry
Davis A. was born in Monroe County, Ohio, in 1839. In August, 1861, he enlisted in the Thirty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving three years and eleven months; was in thirty-one large battles, the following principal ones: Chickamauga, South Mountain, Mission Ridge, Winchester, Cedar Creek, etc., etc. In July, 1865, he was mustered out, and soon after emigrated to Iowa, where he remained until the spring of 1871; thence to Kansas and purchased a saw mill near Dexter, Cowley County, and was engaged in lumbering for two years; he then engaged in farming, buying a farm of 160 acres on Section 24, Town 33, Range 7; also owns ninety acres on Section 14, the same town; has a good farm ; the home place has a fine spring, and the other farm is watered by Grouse Creek. His place is under a fine state of cultivation, has a good orchard and adjoins the town site of Dexter; for a number of years has been engaged in handling stock; served three year terms as Township Clerk. In 1868, he was married to Miss Sabrina Smith, of Lake City, Iowa. They have four children - Metta, Nellie, W. A. and Augusta
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