STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1899, page 8, column 4

JOHN DALE DAVIS, 07 Apr 1870 - 29 Aug 1899

   DIED in Angola, Indiana, August 29, 1899, John Dale Davis, aged 
29 years, 4 months and 22 days.

   Deceased was born in Jackson township, Steuben county, Indiana, 
and was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace E. Davis.  March 12, 1895, he 
was joined in marriage with Miss Nettie C. Kain, of Angola, and to 
the union was born one son, who with his mother, survives him. Mr. 
Davis came to Angola soon after his marriage, and after clerking in 
a store for a few months, purchased, in company with Mr. Menges, the 
City Dray Line, and continued in the work until a few days ago, when 
he had a severe attack of typhoid fever that resulted in his death.  
He was a quiet, industrious, honest man and highly respected by all 
who knew him.  He was a member of the Christian church and the 
I.O.O.F.  Funeral services will be held at the Christian church 
today (Wednesday) at two o'clock, Elder C. S. Medbury, minister 
officiating.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 

John Dale Davis, 07 Apr 1870 - 29 Aug 1899, was the son of Horace 
Ephriam Davis and his 3rd wife, Eliza Green Davis.  He also went by 
the name of Dale John Davis.  He married Nettie P. (Kain) Davis, 
1872 - ? , daughter of Alex and Libbie (DeVaul) Kain.  Her 2nd 
husband was Z. E. Danner, 1866 - 1938.  John, Nettie and Z. E. are 
all buried in the same plot at Circle Hill Cemetery, Angola, 
Indiana.  

Horace Ephriam Davis was the son of Steuben County pioneer settlers, 
Abner, born about 10 Dec 1796 - 20 Mar 1845, and Polly 
(Bardsley/Beardsley) Davis, born about 10 Oct 1799 - 27 Feb 1881.

"Cemeteries of Steuben Co., Ind., 1990" by Audree Siebel Lewis, Vol. 
I, pages 461, 466, 471, 472. 

Submitted by:  Mona Hilden-Beckwith
e-mail:  hilbeck123@att.net