Archibald Wallace Davidson and Tillie Della Gilghrist

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Husband Archibald Wallace Davidson ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 22 Aug 1865 - Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co, PA 3
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           Died: 9 Mar 1917 - Butler Co, PA 3
         Buried:  - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA

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         Father: Isaac Armstrong Davison (1827-1905) 3
         Mother: Ann Eliza Armstrong (1831-1869) 3

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       Marriage: 17 May 1893 - Butler Co, PA 2 3 4

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Wife Tillie Della Gilghrist ³

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            AKA: Tillie D. Gilgrist,4 Tillie B. Gilchrist 2
           Born: 27 Sep 1869 - Butler Co, PA 3
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           Died: 27 Dec 1953 - Butler Co, PA 3
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         Father: Robert Gilghrist (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Sarah Conway (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 M George Braden Davidson, Sr. ^{2 3}

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           Born: 5 Mar 1894 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 2 3
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           Died: Dec 1972 - ? Butler, Butler Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Salome A. Shaffer (1900-1974) 3 5
           Marr: 10 Jan 1917 3

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2 M Wallace Archibald Davidson, Sr. ³

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           Born: 7 May 1898 3
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           Died: Sep 1982 - ? Slippery Rock, Butler Co, PA
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         Spouse: Catherine Shaffer (1902-      ) 3
           Marr: 17 Dec 1920 3

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3 M Ira Roland Davidson, Sr. ³

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            AKA: Ira F. Davidson 5
           Born: 14 Nov 1902 3
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           Died: Dec 1955
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         Spouse: Sarah Redick (1905-      ) 3
           Marr: 11 Jun 1919 3

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4 M John Elmer Davidson ³

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           Born: 23 Nov 1905 3
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           Died: May 1979 - ? Butler, Butler Co, PA
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         Spouse: Jennie Agnes Odrey (1904-      ) 3
           Marr: 29 Aug 1927 3

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5 M Thomas David Davidson ³

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           Born: 27 Dec 1908 3
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           Died: 
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General Notes: Husband - Archibald Wallace Davidson

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He was reared on the old homestead and received an excellent education. When he was twenty-one years of age he came to Butler, Pennsylvania, and worked in the oil fields, then clerked in the grocery store of Peter Mangold, and later opened a grocery store of his own at 354 East Jefferson Street, which he conducted for several years.
He was a Republican and in 1906 was elected boro tax collector. He served as school director of the Second Ward and as city treasurer. At the time of his death he was engaged in the oil production business. He was a Mason and a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, No. 170; the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Mystic Circle.

1 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1414.

2 C. Hale Sipe, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Topeka - Indianapolis: Historical Publishing Co., 1927), Pg 908.

3 Jeff McBride, Thomas Armstrong in Path Valley (Laurel, Md: Web-published, 2012).

4 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1417.

5 C. Hale Sipe, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Topeka - Indianapolis: Historical Publishing Co., 1927), Pg 909.