John Davis

JOHN DAVIS.

The subject of this sketch was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, January 19, 1803; came to Boone County in 1835; was married to Elizabeth A. Coldwell in Franklin County, Ind., in 1830; settled in Union Township; died June 12, 1878. Buried at the "Ross" Cemetery in Union Township, where all the deceased members of the family are buried. Mrs. Davis was the daughter of Andrew and Nancy Coldwell, born in South Carolina December 5, 1803. John Davis, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Pennsylvania in the year 1755, and on the 22d day of September. He died December 6, 1802. Mrs. Davis, his mother (Agnes Davis), born August 13, died March 14, 1769. She left a family of five children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the youngest. The wife of Mr. D. died August 21, 1851. The following are the names of John and Elizabeth Davis’ children: John, born September 28, 1832. Andrew, born June 14, 1834; both born in Franklin County, Ind. Sarah E., born May 22, 1838. Mary, June 3, 1840. Samuel S., born October 16, 1842. William N., born June 30, 1846. Benjamin F., born May 1, 1848. Mary A. died June 12, 1869. William N. died August 4, 1869. Sarah E. died May 15, 1878. Benjamin died April 5, 1882. This pioneer family will be remembered as one among the first of Union Township, where, with others, they had hard times to make a home in the woods. Let us keep their names bright, never forget them. Samuel S. Davis, son of John Davis, resides in Union Township, where he owns a fine farm near the Midland R.R., and is a patron of the "Early Life and Times of Boone County."

Transcribed by: Julie S. Townsend - June 9, 2007
Source: "Early Life and Times in Boone County, Indiana," Harden & Spahr, Lebanon, Ind., May, 1887, p. 265.