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Born 1826
From The History of Buchanan County, Missouri : containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., biographical sketches of its citizens, Buchanan County in the late war, general and local statis (1881)
REV. I. D. DAVIS, farmer and fruit grower, section 14, postoffice. Rushville, was born im Lewis County, Kentucky, February 22, 1826,. and when two years of age his parents moved to Missouri, and located in Clay County, where they remained one year. Then went to Clinton County, and after two years located in Buchanan County, where he was raised and educated When he was about twenty-three years of age he went to Davis and DeKalb Counties, remaining in each about twa years, when he again located in Buchanan County, where he has since resided. He has followed farming from boyhood. His farm contains 40 acres, which he uses principally for fruit, having about twenty acres of the finest varieties of both large and small fruits. Was married, June 13, 1862, to Miss Mary Dykes. She was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, December 25, 1844. They have had six children, five of whom are living: George F., Hattie A., Charley V., and infant twins, both boys. Mr. D. has been a minister of the M. E. Church South since 1860. Mrs. D. is also a member of that denomination.
As printed in The History of Buchanan County, Missouri : containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., biographical sketches of its citizens, Buchanan County in the late war, general and local states (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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