George B. Davis and Anna M. Wright
Husband George B. Davis 1 2 3
Born: 10 Jun 1856 - Washington Co, PA 2 3 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: George Davis (1815-1870) 2 4 5 6 Mother: Martha Crawford (Abt 1818-1872) 1 2 6
Marriage: 1878 2
Wife Anna M. Wright 2 3
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Father: Edward Wright ( - ) 7 Mother:
Children
1 M Walter L. Davis 7
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2 F Mary M. Davis 7
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3 M Edward W. Davis 7
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General Notes: Husband - George B. Davis
Monmouth, Warren Co, IL - an architect
At one time he was in partnership with his brother Wilson C., but later was a contractor and builder of Twin Falls, Idaho.
He was reared on the home farm and received his education in the public schools and Washington college. At sixteen years of age he apprenticed himself to learn the trade of carpenter, and after serving an apprenticeship of three years engaged in contracting, which business he followed until 1885. In the spring of that year he opened a lumberyard at Hills station, which he operated for one year and then came to Saltsburg, where he engaged in a planing-mill and lumber business.
He was an ardent temperance man and a prominent supporter of the Prohibition party. He was a member of the Saltsburg United Presbyterian church.
1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1475.
2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 224.
3 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 682.
4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 576, 1475.
5 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1057.
6 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 681.
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Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 225.
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