Member of the pioneering Davis Family of Tuscola County, MI. He came to Michigan Territory with his parents in 1836. When he was nineteen, he left home in Tuscola Township and went to Genesee County, MI to work as a farm laborer for $10 per month.
On April 15, 1847, he enlisted as a Private in Company A, 15th Michigan Infantry and fought in Pillow's Division and Franklin Pierce's Brigade in the battles of Contreras and Churubusco in the Mexican War. He was wounded, hospitalized for more than a year and finally released from the Army at Baton Rouge, LA on August 15, 1848.
He returned to Michigan and worked until the fall of 1850 when he departed for the California gold fields by way of New York and the Isthmus of Panama. He did well as a miner and returned to Michigan in 1853 to buy a farm in Grand Blanc Township.
Alexander W. Davis was a Republican and a member of the Masonic fraternity. He was Grand Blanc Township Treasurer for several years and Justice of the Peace for more than twenty five years. During the Civil War, he was a member of the Michigan Legislature and Chairman of the Military Committee.
Member of the pioneering Davis Family of Tuscola County, MI. He came to Michigan Territory with his parents in 1836. When he was nineteen, he left home in Tuscola Township and went to Genesee County, MI to work as a farm laborer for $10 per month.
On April 15, 1847, he enlisted as a Private in Company A, 15th Michigan Infantry and fought in Pillow's Division and Franklin Pierce's Brigade in the battles of Contreras and Churubusco in the Mexican War. He was wounded, hospitalized for more than a year and finally released from the Army at Baton Rouge, LA on August 15, 1848.
He returned to Michigan and worked until the fall of 1850 when he departed for the California gold fields by way of New York and the Isthmus of Panama. He did well as a miner and returned to Michigan in 1853 to buy a farm in Grand Blanc Township.
Alexander W. Davis was a Republican and a member of the Masonic fraternity. He was Grand Blanc Township Treasurer for several years and Justice of the Peace for more than twenty five years. During the Civil War, he was a member of the Michigan Legislature and Chairman of the Military Committee.
Family Members
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James Hervey Davis
1817–1888
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Cynthia Ann Davis Ellis
1819–1840
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Alonzo W Davis
1821–1871
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Amos Davis
1823–1895
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Oliver Hervey Davis
1826–1903
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William Henry Davis
1828–1869
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Jane Davis Holmes
1830–1920
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Stephen A Davis
1832–1846
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Sarah G. Davis Smith
1833–1908
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Martin VanBuren Davis
1835–1868
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Hellen Davis Hinkley
1837–1871
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Eleanor M "Ellan" Davis Smith
1839–1890
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Hester Ann Eliza Davis Decker
1841–1895
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