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Born 1862
From An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912)
ELLSWORTH E. DAVIS (1893) is a farmer and a member of the Board of County Commissioners residing in Lynd township. Mr. Davis is a native of Wisconsin and was born near Oshkosh May 7, 1862, a son of Shadrach and Louise (Sharatt) Davis, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The father is a native of Wales and the mother of England. The father came to America with his parents when he was eleven years of age, locating in Pennsylvania. After reaching maturity he went to Wisconsin, where he still resides.
Ellsworth received his schooling in Winnebago county, Wisconsin, where he attended school until eighteen years of age. He then entered the employ of his father, for whom he worked until twenty-one years of age. Then he went to work in the pineries, where he worked five winters. He again took up farming, this time operating his father's farm. He continued working his father's place until he came to Lyon county in 1893. Mr. Davis purchased two hundred forty acres in Lynd township, which he still owns and manager. Besides farming, Mr. Davis raises considerable stock, among other breeds, Duroc-Jersey hogs and Shorthorn cattle, besides a great number of fowl. He is a successful farmer and stock-raiser.
The subject of this sketch is a member of the M. W. A. lodge. He is a stockholder in the following enterprises: Farmers Elevator Company of Lynd, of which he is president; the town hall company of Lynd; Lyon County Agricultural Association. He was an officer of school district No. 1 for twelve years and was clerk of Lynd township. In the fall of 1910 he was elected county commissioner to represent the fourth district.
On September 2 9, 18 86, Mr. Davis was married to Jennie Fitzgerald, a daughter of James and Mary Fitzgerald, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald are natives of Ireland. Mrs. Davis was born in Wisconsin on Christmas Day, 1863. Mr. and Mrs. Davis are the parents of the following children: Homer, born June 20, 1887; Belle, born October 14, 1888; Olive, born January 16, 18 90; Hazel, born May 6, 1891; Albert, born December 3, 1893; Bernice, born April 4, 1895; Mark, born July 22, 1897; Hugh, born January 31, 1899; Yesta, born September 12, 1900; Alma, born July 26, 1902; George, born December 8, 1904. All reside at home with their parents.
As printed in An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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