Joseph Davis and Elizabeth Wall
Husband Joseph Davis 1 2
Born: 9 Jun 1836 - near Grampian, Penn Twp, Clearfield Co, PA 2 3 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Joseph Davis ( - ) 2 3 Mother: Rebecca Moore ( -1871) 2 3
Marriage: 1862 2 4
Wife Elizabeth Wall 2 5
Born: Christened: Died: 4 May 1909 2 Buried: - Friends Cemetery, Grampian, Clearfield Co, PA
Father: William Wall (1807-1878) 6 Mother: Sarah Wall (1810-1879) 6
Children
1 M James Truman Davis 2 7
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Jennie Kester ( - ) 2 7
2 F Sarah Ann Davis 2 8
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Wilmot I. Wall ( - ) 2 8
3 F Mary Alice Davis 8 9
Born: Christened: Died: 1897 4 Buried:Spouse: Frederick Smith ( - ) 8 9
4 F Cora Davis 8
Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Status: TwinSpouse: Bruce Kendall ( - ) 2
5 F Eva Davis 2 8
Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Status: TwinSpouse: Clyde Kendall ( - ) 2
General Notes: Husband - Joseph Davis
He was located in Penn township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, engaging in general farming. He had a farm of 147 acres, which he purchased of Jonathan Wall, and substantial buildings erected. He was also interested in lumbering.
He was the eighth born in a family of ten children. His schooling was in Penn township, where he made the most of his opportunities and even attended one term after he had reached his twenty-first year. Farming and working in the woods at lumbering occupied his time until he purchased his farm. He was one of the progressive farmers of Penn township and was a charter member of Penn Grange.
He was a prominent member of the Society of Friends and in 1904 was sent as a delegate to a convention of this church held at Toronto, Canada. In politics he was a Republican and served as auditor, treasurer and school director in Penn township. He was a stockholder in the Curwensville National Bank at Curwensville.
General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Wall
Penn Twp, Clearfield Co, PA
1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 573, 869, 967.
2 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 721.
3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 967.
4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 968.
5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 868, 968.
6 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 573, 868, 977.
7 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 573, 869, 968.
8 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 573, 968.
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Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 667, 721.
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