William Davis and Sarah Patterson

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Husband William Davis ^{1 2}

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           Born: 18 Nov 1823 - Northumberland Co, PA 1
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         Father: Elijah Davis (Abt 1795-1846) 1 2
         Mother: Mary Banghart (      -      ) 1

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   Other Spouse: Elizabeth Henley (      -      ) 3

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Wife Sarah Patterson ³

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         Father: William Patterson (      -      ) 3
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Children

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1 F Effie Davis ⁴

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           Born: Abt 1850
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           Died: 1895 5
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         Spouse: Dr. Cassius M. Porter (1846-      ) 6

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2 F Mary A. Davis ³

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         Spouse: J. P. Harvey (      -      ) 3

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General Notes: Husband - William Davis

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For many years he followed threshing, being in partnership with his brother, Robert Davis.

He was given all of the education available at that time, and until his seventeenth year worked on the farm for his father. At that age he determined to strike out for himself. His natural bent seemed to be in the line of agricultural pursuits, and these he followed. Later on he purchased a threshing outfit, and for many years in the proper season carried on this work. Accumulating some means, he bought the Samuel Boies farm, which had two log houses, one log barn and a single lone apple tree on it. As time went on Mr. Davis erected a handsome residence and ample barns. His one apple-tree increased to a fine, large orchard, and many other kinds of fruit were grown in abundance on the place. A graceful and tasty arrangement of shrubbery and hedges about the buildings gave the home acre an exceedingly pleasing appearance.
Politically he was always a Democrat of the old school. In church affiliations he was a Disciple.

He and his second wife had eleven children; five were still living in 1897.

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General Notes: Wife - Sarah Patterson

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She died at the age of twenty-five.

1 Editor, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 142.

2 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 579.

3 Editor, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 143.

4 Editor, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 143, 146.

5 Editor, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 146.

6 Editor, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 145.