J. H. Davis

As printed in 1881

J. H. DAVIS, farmer, section 6, postoffice DeKalb, was born in Montgomery County, Kentucky, August 13, 182 1. His school advantages were ordinary. August 13, 1850, he married Lucinda White. She was born in Montgomery County, Kentucky, June 4, 1823. They have had four children, Mary Ann, born August 25, 1853; Samuel G., born December 4, 1856; he died October 5, 1858; James W., born January 5, 1860, died May 5, 1862, and one child who died in infancy. He emigrated to Missouri November, 185 1, locating in Crawford Township in March, 1852. By his own industry and economy he has secured 233 acres ot land, all of which is under fence, and in a good state of cultivation. He has a good house and barn and three acres of orchard in fine, thrifty condition. He was captain of Company K, Twenty-fifth Enrolled Missouri Militia, then reorganized and served in the Eighty-first Pawpaw Militia, receiving full pay for himself and all his men. Captain Davis recruited more men than any other man in the county for the Federal service and State Militia. Serving the government about four years, from first to last, his was the first company sworn in and about the last discharged. He is a Master Mason and member of Wellington Lodge, No. 22. He is also a member of the Christian Church, and has donated toward building churches and school houses. His meritorious wife is a member of the Masonic organization known as Eastern Star, and also the Christian Church. Their surroundings denote peace, plenty, and true happiness.

As printed in The history of Buchanan County, Missouri (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.