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Reuben Davis

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Reuben Davis

Birth
USA
Death
15 Jun 1880 (aged 85)
USA
Burial
Springville, Lawrence County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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"History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Co.'s, Indiana" Goodspeed Bros. and Co., 1884
THEODORE DAVIS, farmer, is a native of Perry Township, Lawrence Co., Ind., born March 9, 1852, son of JESSE and RACHAEL (DIX) DAVIS, and is of English-Irish extraction. The father of Mr. Davis was born in Lawrence County, Ind.,, and his mother in Monroe County. His father died in Missouri in 1880.

The paternal grandfather and benefactor and best friend of the subject of this biography, was REUBEN DAVIS, a native of North Carolina, and who came to Lawrence County in its primitive days. He was a member of the Friend's Church, and meetings were often held at the house of this old pioneer. He was a Republican, and one of the true and honorable men of this county. His death, which occurred in 1880, is yet deeply mourned by his grandson. The wife of this venerable old gentleman, who is known as AUNT HANNAH, still survives her husband, and is in her eighty-ninth year.
"History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Co.'s, Indiana" Goodspeed Bros. and Co., 1884
THEODORE DAVIS, farmer, is a native of Perry Township, Lawrence Co., Ind., born March 9, 1852, son of JESSE and RACHAEL (DIX) DAVIS, and is of English-Irish extraction. The father of Mr. Davis was born in Lawrence County, Ind.,, and his mother in Monroe County. His father died in Missouri in 1880.

The paternal grandfather and benefactor and best friend of the subject of this biography, was REUBEN DAVIS, a native of North Carolina, and who came to Lawrence County in its primitive days. He was a member of the Friend's Church, and meetings were often held at the house of this old pioneer. He was a Republican, and one of the true and honorable men of this county. His death, which occurred in 1880, is yet deeply mourned by his grandson. The wife of this venerable old gentleman, who is known as AUNT HANNAH, still survives her husband, and is in her eighty-ninth year.


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