William Grubb Davison and Martha J. Detrich

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Husband William Grubb Davison ^{1 2}

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           Born: 5 Oct 1849 - Antrim Twp, Franklin Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: Abraham Smith Davison (1802-1854/1856) 2 3
         Mother: Sarah Latta (Abt 1807-Aft 1887) 3 4

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       Marriage: Sep 1876 1

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Wife Martha J. Detrich ^{5 6}

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         Father: Gen. David Detrich (1807-1887) 7 8
         Mother: Margaret Davison (      -Aft 1887) 8 9

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Children

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1 F Charlotte Isabel Davison ^{1 10}

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2 F Mary Jean Davison ^{1 10}

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General Notes: Husband - William Grubb Davison

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When fifteen years old he became a clerk in a store at Greencastle, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. In 1878 he began in the grain, coal and lumber business, as the active member of the firm of J. Stouffer Snively & Co. This firm did an average business of upward of $100,000 per annum, and was one of the most important business enterprises of the place. Mr. Davison was a Republican in politics, and took an active interest in the welfare of his party. He served his vicinity in various positions of trust, such as councilman, school director, etc. He was a member of the K. of H. and American Legion of Honor, and a member of the Presbyterian Church. [HFC 1887, 707]

He was educated in the public schools and began life at the age of fifteen in the store of J. Hostetter & Co., Greencastle, where he remained three years. He was afterward a clerk in the office of the Cumberland Valley Railroad at Greencastle, for five years, and clerk for H. M. Bushey until 1878. He was associated with J. Stouffer Snively in the grain and lumber business, 1878-91. In the latter year he was appointed assignee of the Crowell Manufacturing Co., and the same year he became store-keeper of the Cumberland Valley Railroad Co. He served as a school director in Greencastle, also as a member of the town council. He afterward removed to Chambersburg. He was a member of the Central Presbyterian Church and president of the board of trustees. [BAFC, 314]

1 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 707.

2 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 314.

3 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 706.

4 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 313.

5 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 707, 710.

6 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 371.

7 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 707, 709.

8 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 313, 371.

9 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 710.

10 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 315.