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Crawfordsville Daily,
February 5, 1913
OLDEST CITIZEN HAS ANSWERED THE CALL
ISAAC DAVIS PASSED AWAY AT 4:30 TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT AGE OF 91 YEARS
A MORAL AND TEMPERATE MAN
Mr. Davis had the Respect and Esteem of all Who Knew Him
His Ambition Had Been to Reach Age of 100 Years
The death of Isaac Davis at four-thirty Tuesday afternoon marked the passing of Crawfordsville's oldest citizen. Mr. Davis reached the age of ninety-one years on the seventeenth day of last October. After a prolonged illness resulting from the infirmities of old age he passed away Tuesday at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. L. Walter Breaks. Mr. Davis has been in failing health for tow or three years, but his decline has been more marked for the past six months. He was bed fast only a week. His failure to life to the age of one hundred years was one of his great desires in his declining days which he failed to realize.
Mr. Davis was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Davis. He was born in Butler county, Ohio, in October, 1821, and came to Brown township, Montgomery county with his parents. When the deceased first came to this county he was twenty one years old and the only residences in Crawfordsville were three small cabins. He saw all of the towns in the county grow to their present size. His parents came from New Jersey, where his ancestry settled at an early day. His mother was past 99 years of age when she died and his father also reached a ripe old age. Mr. Davis remained upon the farm until he was twenty-five years of age, when he returned to Ohio, farming and dealing in real estate. He was married here to Jessie Makepiece, January 8, 1846. She died in October, 1870
From Ohio he again came to Indiana and for twelve years lived in Franklin and Shelby counties. Later he returned to Montgomery county, settling near Crawfordsville. In 1864 he embarked in the grain trade along with his brother, John L. Davis, General M.D. Manson and Col. John Lee. These men kept in operation two warehouses, one of which was the famous Darter's mill. He was also in the pork packing business with John and Aaron Blair for many years.
In April 1861, he joined Company G, Tenth Regiment, Indiana Infantry, remaining with this regiment until he was mustered out. He was sergeant of the company and the oldest man in its ranks. His grandfather Joshua Davis, served in the Revolutionary war and his father fought for his country in the war of 1812.
In 1862 Mr. Davis was elected sheriff of Montgomery county by the Democrats. Since the war he had been a strong Republican.
On January 4, 1872, Mr. Davis was remarried, his second wife being Elizabeth McMaken, of Ripley township. Her death occurred in August 1908. To this marriage, three daughters were born, Mrs. Walter Breaks, of this city, Mrs. Samuel Snoddy, of Lafayette, and Mrs. Alexander Dow, deceased. One sister, Mrs. John Burgess and Miss Eliza Davis and three brothers, Jacob, Thompson and John L. Davis, preceded the deceased to the grave.
Mr. Davis has been a resident of Crawfordsville the last time he moved here for the past twenty-four years. Prior to that time for several years he had been one of the largest stock raisers and farmers of Ripley township. His farm in that township was located two and a half miles southwest of Yountsville. He was also the owner of large farm located in Wayne township near Wesley Station, on the Big Four railway.
Mr. Davis was a large stockholder in the Montgomery county Fair Association until five years ago when his failing health caused him to dispose of his stock. He was elected an honorary member of the association after his retirement.
Mr. Davis was a member of the Presbyterian church. He was a moral and temperate man in the strictest sense of the words and enjoyed the respect and highest esteem of all who knew him.
Funeral services will be held from the home of Mr. and Mrs. Breaks at two o'clock Thursday afternoon. The services will probably be in charge of Rev. Switzer, of Lafayette. This pastor was a life long friend of the late deceased. Interment will be made in Oak Hill cemetery with the following acting pall bearers: George Davis, W.F. Hulet, R.M. McMaken, A.M. Parrish, A.G. Breaks, M.V.B. Smith, H.C. hall and W.W. Searight.
Crawfordsville Daily,
February 5, 1913
OLDEST CITIZEN HAS ANSWERED THE CALL
ISAAC DAVIS PASSED AWAY AT 4:30 TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT AGE OF 91 YEARS
A MORAL AND TEMPERATE MAN
Mr. Davis had the Respect and Esteem of all Who Knew Him
His Ambition Had Been to Reach Age of 100 Years
The death of Isaac Davis at four-thirty Tuesday afternoon marked the passing of Crawfordsville's oldest citizen. Mr. Davis reached the age of ninety-one years on the seventeenth day of last October. After a prolonged illness resulting from the infirmities of old age he passed away Tuesday at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. L. Walter Breaks. Mr. Davis has been in failing health for tow or three years, but his decline has been more marked for the past six months. He was bed fast only a week. His failure to life to the age of one hundred years was one of his great desires in his declining days which he failed to realize.
Mr. Davis was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Davis. He was born in Butler county, Ohio, in October, 1821, and came to Brown township, Montgomery county with his parents. When the deceased first came to this county he was twenty one years old and the only residences in Crawfordsville were three small cabins. He saw all of the towns in the county grow to their present size. His parents came from New Jersey, where his ancestry settled at an early day. His mother was past 99 years of age when she died and his father also reached a ripe old age. Mr. Davis remained upon the farm until he was twenty-five years of age, when he returned to Ohio, farming and dealing in real estate. He was married here to Jessie Makepiece, January 8, 1846. She died in October, 1870
From Ohio he again came to Indiana and for twelve years lived in Franklin and Shelby counties. Later he returned to Montgomery county, settling near Crawfordsville. In 1864 he embarked in the grain trade along with his brother, John L. Davis, General M.D. Manson and Col. John Lee. These men kept in operation two warehouses, one of which was the famous Darter's mill. He was also in the pork packing business with John and Aaron Blair for many years.
In April 1861, he joined Company G, Tenth Regiment, Indiana Infantry, remaining with this regiment until he was mustered out. He was sergeant of the company and the oldest man in its ranks. His grandfather Joshua Davis, served in the Revolutionary war and his father fought for his country in the war of 1812.
In 1862 Mr. Davis was elected sheriff of Montgomery county by the Democrats. Since the war he had been a strong Republican.
On January 4, 1872, Mr. Davis was remarried, his second wife being Elizabeth McMaken, of Ripley township. Her death occurred in August 1908. To this marriage, three daughters were born, Mrs. Walter Breaks, of this city, Mrs. Samuel Snoddy, of Lafayette, and Mrs. Alexander Dow, deceased. One sister, Mrs. John Burgess and Miss Eliza Davis and three brothers, Jacob, Thompson and John L. Davis, preceded the deceased to the grave.
Mr. Davis has been a resident of Crawfordsville the last time he moved here for the past twenty-four years. Prior to that time for several years he had been one of the largest stock raisers and farmers of Ripley township. His farm in that township was located two and a half miles southwest of Yountsville. He was also the owner of large farm located in Wayne township near Wesley Station, on the Big Four railway.
Mr. Davis was a large stockholder in the Montgomery county Fair Association until five years ago when his failing health caused him to dispose of his stock. He was elected an honorary member of the association after his retirement.
Mr. Davis was a member of the Presbyterian church. He was a moral and temperate man in the strictest sense of the words and enjoyed the respect and highest esteem of all who knew him.
Funeral services will be held from the home of Mr. and Mrs. Breaks at two o'clock Thursday afternoon. The services will probably be in charge of Rev. Switzer, of Lafayette. This pastor was a life long friend of the late deceased. Interment will be made in Oak Hill cemetery with the following acting pall bearers: George Davis, W.F. Hulet, R.M. McMaken, A.M. Parrish, A.G. Breaks, M.V.B. Smith, H.C. hall and W.W. Searight.
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Crawfordsville Daily,
February 5, 1913
OLDEST CITIZEN HAS ANSWERED THE CALL
ISAAC DAVIS PASSED AWAY AT 4:30 TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT AGE OF 91 YEARS
A MORAL AND TEMPERATE MAN
Mr. Davis had the Respect and Esteem of all Who Knew Him
His Ambition Had Been to Reach Age of 100 Years
The death of Isaac Davis at four-thirty Tuesday afternoon marked the passing of Crawfordsville's oldest citizen. Mr. Davis reached the age of ninety-one years on the seventeenth day of last October. After a prolonged illness resulting from the infirmities of old age he passed away Tuesday at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. L. Walter Breaks. Mr. Davis has been in failing health for tow or three years, but his decline has been more marked for the past six months. He was bed fast only a week. His failure to life to the age of one hundred years was one of his great desires in his declining days which he failed to realize.
Mr. Davis was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Davis. He was born in Butler county, Ohio, in October, 1821, and came to Brown township, Montgomery county with his parents. When the deceased first came to this county he was twenty one years old and the only residences in Crawfordsville were three small cabins. He saw all of the towns in the county grow to their present size. His parents came from New Jersey, where his ancestry settled at an early day. His mother was past 99 years of age when she died and his father also reached a ripe old age. Mr. Davis remained upon the farm until he was twenty-five years of age, when he returned to Ohio, farming and dealing in real estate. He was married here to Jessie Makepiece, January 8, 1846. She died in October, 1870
From Ohio he again came to Indiana and for twelve years lived in Franklin and Shelby counties. Later he returned to Montgomery county, settling near Crawfordsville. In 1864 he embarked in the grain trade along with his brother, John L. Davis, General M.D. Manson and Col. John Lee. These men kept in operation two warehouses, one of which was the famous Darter's mill. He was also in the pork packing business with John and Aaron Blair for many years.
In April 1861, he joined Company G, Tenth Regiment, Indiana Infantry, remaining with this regiment until he was mustered out. He was sergeant of the company and the oldest man in its ranks. His grandfather Joshua Davis, served in the Revolutionary war and his father fought for his country in the war of 1812.
In 1862 Mr. Davis was elected sheriff of Montgomery county by the Democrats. Since the war he had been a strong Republican.
On January 4, 1872, Mr. Davis was remarried, his second wife being Elizabeth McMaken, of Ripley township. Her death occurred in August 1908. To this marriage, three daughters were born, Mrs. Walter Breaks, of this city, Mrs. Samuel Snoddy, of Lafayette, and Mrs. Alexander Dow, deceased. One sister, Mrs. John Burgess and Miss Eliza Davis and three brothers, Jacob, Thompson and John L. Davis, preceded the deceased to the grave.
Mr. Davis has been a resident of Crawfordsville the last time he moved here for the past twenty-four years. Prior to that time for several years he had been one of the largest stock raisers and farmers of Ripley township. His farm in that township was located two and a half miles southwest of Yountsville. He was also the owner of large farm located in Wayne township near Wesley Station, on the Big Four railway.
Mr. Davis was a large stockholder in the Montgomery county Fair Association until five years ago when his failing health caused him to dispose of his stock. He was elected an honorary member of the association after his retirement.
Mr. Davis was a member of the Presbyterian church. He was a moral and temperate man in the strictest sense of the words and enjoyed the respect and highest esteem of all who knew him.
Funeral services will be held from the home of Mr. and Mrs. Breaks at two o'clock Thursday afternoon. The services will probably be in charge of Rev. Switzer, of Lafayette. This pastor was a life long friend of the late deceased. Interment will be made in Oak Hill cemetery with the following acting pall bearers: George Davis, W.F. Hulet, R.M. McMaken, A.M. Parrish, A.G. Breaks, M.V.B. Smith, H.C. hall and W.W. Searight.
Crawfordsville Daily,
February 5, 1913
OLDEST CITIZEN HAS ANSWERED THE CALL
ISAAC DAVIS PASSED AWAY AT 4:30 TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT AGE OF 91 YEARS
A MORAL AND TEMPERATE MAN
Mr. Davis had the Respect and Esteem of all Who Knew Him
His Ambition Had Been to Reach Age of 100 Years
The death of Isaac Davis at four-thirty Tuesday afternoon marked the passing of Crawfordsville's oldest citizen. Mr. Davis reached the age of ninety-one years on the seventeenth day of last October. After a prolonged illness resulting from the infirmities of old age he passed away Tuesday at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. L. Walter Breaks. Mr. Davis has been in failing health for tow or three years, but his decline has been more marked for the past six months. He was bed fast only a week. His failure to life to the age of one hundred years was one of his great desires in his declining days which he failed to realize.
Mr. Davis was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Davis. He was born in Butler county, Ohio, in October, 1821, and came to Brown township, Montgomery county with his parents. When the deceased first came to this county he was twenty one years old and the only residences in Crawfordsville were three small cabins. He saw all of the towns in the county grow to their present size. His parents came from New Jersey, where his ancestry settled at an early day. His mother was past 99 years of age when she died and his father also reached a ripe old age. Mr. Davis remained upon the farm until he was twenty-five years of age, when he returned to Ohio, farming and dealing in real estate. He was married here to Jessie Makepiece, January 8, 1846. She died in October, 1870
From Ohio he again came to Indiana and for twelve years lived in Franklin and Shelby counties. Later he returned to Montgomery county, settling near Crawfordsville. In 1864 he embarked in the grain trade along with his brother, John L. Davis, General M.D. Manson and Col. John Lee. These men kept in operation two warehouses, one of which was the famous Darter's mill. He was also in the pork packing business with John and Aaron Blair for many years.
In April 1861, he joined Company G, Tenth Regiment, Indiana Infantry, remaining with this regiment until he was mustered out. He was sergeant of the company and the oldest man in its ranks. His grandfather Joshua Davis, served in the Revolutionary war and his father fought for his country in the war of 1812.
In 1862 Mr. Davis was elected sheriff of Montgomery county by the Democrats. Since the war he had been a strong Republican.
On January 4, 1872, Mr. Davis was remarried, his second wife being Elizabeth McMaken, of Ripley township. Her death occurred in August 1908. To this marriage, three daughters were born, Mrs. Walter Breaks, of this city, Mrs. Samuel Snoddy, of Lafayette, and Mrs. Alexander Dow, deceased. One sister, Mrs. John Burgess and Miss Eliza Davis and three brothers, Jacob, Thompson and John L. Davis, preceded the deceased to the grave.
Mr. Davis has been a resident of Crawfordsville the last time he moved here for the past twenty-four years. Prior to that time for several years he had been one of the largest stock raisers and farmers of Ripley township. His farm in that township was located two and a half miles southwest of Yountsville. He was also the owner of large farm located in Wayne township near Wesley Station, on the Big Four railway.
Mr. Davis was a large stockholder in the Montgomery county Fair Association until five years ago when his failing health caused him to dispose of his stock. He was elected an honorary member of the association after his retirement.
Mr. Davis was a member of the Presbyterian church. He was a moral and temperate man in the strictest sense of the words and enjoyed the respect and highest esteem of all who knew him.
Funeral services will be held from the home of Mr. and Mrs. Breaks at two o'clock Thursday afternoon. The services will probably be in charge of Rev. Switzer, of Lafayette. This pastor was a life long friend of the late deceased. Interment will be made in Oak Hill cemetery with the following acting pall bearers: George Davis, W.F. Hulet, R.M. McMaken, A.M. Parrish, A.G. Breaks, M.V.B. Smith, H.C. hall and W.W. Searight.
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