Joshua Frederick Davis and Harriet E. Snyder
Husband Joshua Frederick Davis 1
Born: 26 Oct 1835 - Jefferson Twp, Mercer Co, PA 1 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Joseph Davis (1808-1891) 1 Mother: Catharine Cozins ( -1891) 2
Marriage: 13 Jun 1882 3
Other Spouse: Caroline Mook ( -1877) 3
Wife Harriet E. Snyder 3
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: John B. Snyder ( - ) 3 Mother: Susan Brobse ( - ) 3
Other Spouse: John Scott Gibson ( - ) 3
Children
• They had no children.
General Notes: Husband - Joshua Frederick Davis
attended the district schools and followed farming and stock-raising throughout his years of manhood. At the time of the Civil war he showed his patriotism by serving in Company A, One Hundred and Sixty-ninth Pennsylvania Regiment. He was honorably discharged at Harrisburg in 1863.
Politically, Mr. Davis was a "free coinage Democrat" and was not afraid to argue the question with any person. He held the offices of assessor, inspector, tax-collector, supervisor and judge of elections in his township and also served as constable. He was a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
1 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 859.
2 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 922.
3
J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 860.
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