Husband Alpheus J. Davis 1 2
Born: - Reading, Steuben Co, NY 1
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Father: Greeley Davis (1787-1863) 1 2 3
Mother: Lucy Dow (1792-1868) 1 2 3
Marriage: 1852 4
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Wife Nancy J. Miles 4 5
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Father: Robert Miles (1793-1877) 5 6
Mother: Sally Smith (Abt 1794-1882) 7 8
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1 F Jessie Miles Davis 4 5
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Spouse: Dr. Amos C. McAlpine, D.D.S. (1858- ) 4 9
2 F Annie Grace Davis 4 5
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General Notes: Husband - Alpheus J. Davis
He received his education at Reading and at Warren, Pennsylvania, to which place the Davis family moved in 1833. At fifteen years of age, leaving his older brothers to assist on the farm, he was apprenticed to a clothier, and served three years. Then, wishing to continue his education, he passed the next three years at school in Warren. Afterward he engaged in the lumber business, and continued to be most actively and extensively connected with that interest through all his side issues of other business operations. He served a year as constable of Warren borough with such fidelity that the people earnestly importuned him to serve longer, but the pressure of his private affairs, and his dislike for public office constrained him to refuse. In 1858 he opened a flour and feed store, in which he remained two years. Meantime he was appointed the first express agent of Warren county, and he held that office with signal credit until his resignation in 1861, in favor of his friend, L. D. Crandall. He had always been successful in business enterprises, selling out readily at good opportunities. Upon the first development of petroleum he built on Oil Creek a refinery with a capacity for sixty barrels per diem, which, after successfully managing for three years, he sold, and returned to the lumber business. From 1876 to 1883 he owned the largest drug store in Warren.
Although a strong Democrat, he never took any active part in political matters, preferring rather to assist in advancing the material interests of his own town. He was a member of several town and county associations, and performed the duties which devolved upon him with credit to himself and advantage to others. He contributed liberally to the support of the Presbyterian Church, of which his wife was a member.
He was a charter member of Warren Lodge No. 339, I. O. O. F. The lodge was organized February 27, 1849, and Mr. Davis was its first secretary.