He was born in Jeffersonville, MO. His nickname was Jack. He married Minnie Polis and they had a daughter named Genevieve "Jennie" who married Edward "Ed" Schoonmaker.
Jack was a steamboat captain. His boat was the "Andy Reiling". At least one of his brothers helped him on the ship for a short time (Samuel, who ended up breaking his leg in multiple places doing the job). It was used for various things... one of which was transporting logs. He participated in the logging season of 1885. There were 90 steamboats involved in the operation that year. In 1886, the "Andy Reiling" was sent to La Crosse to be deconstructed and used for its materials, which went to the "Inverness."
He built a hardware store in Trempealeau the next year. It was robbed in 1892, and the only stuff that the newspaper mentioned that they took from the store was a couple of revolvers, 3 dozen pocket knives, and some razors w/strops (somebody must have been getting ready to rumble!) He ran the store until 1900 when he his health was failing, then his son-in-law Ed took over.
Jack died two years later. The day he died, they wrote a short paragraph about him saying, "Capt. Jack Davis, an old riverman, who is well known in Winona and all along the upper Mississippi, died at Trempealeau this morning." He and his wife are both buried in the Trempealeau Cemetery.
Jack was a steamboat captain. His boat was the "Andy Reiling". At least one of his brothers helped him on the ship for a short time (Samuel, who ended up breaking his leg in multiple places doing the job). It was used for various things... one of which was transporting logs. He participated in the logging season of 1885. There were 90 steamboats involved in the operation that year. In 1886, the "Andy Reiling" was sent to La Crosse to be deconstructed and used for its materials, which went to the "Inverness."
He built a hardware store in Trempealeau the next year. It was robbed in 1892, and the only stuff that the newspaper mentioned that they took from the store was a couple of revolvers, 3 dozen pocket knives, and some razors w/strops (somebody must have been getting ready to rumble!) He ran the store until 1900 when he his health was failing, then his son-in-law Ed took over.
Jack died two years later. The day he died, they wrote a short paragraph about him saying, "Capt. Jack Davis, an old riverman, who is well known in Winona and all along the upper Mississippi, died at Trempealeau this morning." He and his wife are both buried in the Trempealeau Cemetery.
He was born in Jeffersonville, MO. His nickname was Jack. He married Minnie Polis and they had a daughter named Genevieve "Jennie" who married Edward "Ed" Schoonmaker.
Jack was a steamboat captain. His boat was the "Andy Reiling". At least one of his brothers helped him on the ship for a short time (Samuel, who ended up breaking his leg in multiple places doing the job). It was used for various things... one of which was transporting logs. He participated in the logging season of 1885. There were 90 steamboats involved in the operation that year. In 1886, the "Andy Reiling" was sent to La Crosse to be deconstructed and used for its materials, which went to the "Inverness."
He built a hardware store in Trempealeau the next year. It was robbed in 1892, and the only stuff that the newspaper mentioned that they took from the store was a couple of revolvers, 3 dozen pocket knives, and some razors w/strops (somebody must have been getting ready to rumble!) He ran the store until 1900 when he his health was failing, then his son-in-law Ed took over.
Jack died two years later. The day he died, they wrote a short paragraph about him saying, "Capt. Jack Davis, an old riverman, who is well known in Winona and all along the upper Mississippi, died at Trempealeau this morning." He and his wife are both buried in the Trempealeau Cemetery.
Jack was a steamboat captain. His boat was the "Andy Reiling". At least one of his brothers helped him on the ship for a short time (Samuel, who ended up breaking his leg in multiple places doing the job). It was used for various things... one of which was transporting logs. He participated in the logging season of 1885. There were 90 steamboats involved in the operation that year. In 1886, the "Andy Reiling" was sent to La Crosse to be deconstructed and used for its materials, which went to the "Inverness."
He built a hardware store in Trempealeau the next year. It was robbed in 1892, and the only stuff that the newspaper mentioned that they took from the store was a couple of revolvers, 3 dozen pocket knives, and some razors w/strops (somebody must have been getting ready to rumble!) He ran the store until 1900 when he his health was failing, then his son-in-law Ed took over.
Jack died two years later. The day he died, they wrote a short paragraph about him saying, "Capt. Jack Davis, an old riverman, who is well known in Winona and all along the upper Mississippi, died at Trempealeau this morning." He and his wife are both buried in the Trempealeau Cemetery.
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