Charles Roscoe Davis, a well-known and enterprising young business man of Cleveland, LeSueur county,
  member of  the progressive  firm of  Lloyd Brothers &  C. R. Davis, dealers in general hardware, agricul-
  tural  implements  and automobiles at Cleveland, is a  native of  LeSueur county, having been born on a
  homestead farm in Kasota township,  September 26, 1882,  son of  Henry C. and Melissa 'Pettis' Davis,
  both members of pioneer families and  prominent residents of that section,  whose respective fathers had
  left Pike county, Illinois, in 1853, and had homesteaded land in LeSueur county,  where they established 
  their permanent homes.

  Charles R. Davis  received  his elementary education in  the  district school in  his home neighborhood in
  Kasota township, supplementing the same  by a course in Gustavus Adolphus College at  St. Peter,  from
  which  excellent old  institution  he was  graduated in 1901.   Upon  completing his schooling,  Mr. Davis
  engaged  in the grain  business at  St. Peter and was  thus engaged for four years,  at the end  of  which he
  went to Pettis Station, where for four years he was engaged in the grain business, having his  headquarters
  in the general store of C. Roscoe Davis and C. A. Davis.   In 1908 he formed a partnership with Thomas
  J. and William Lloyd in the general hardware and agricultural implement business in the village of Cleve- 
  land  and has been thus  engaged ever since,  in the meantime  having continued  his operations  in grain
  until 1915, when he disposed of that branch of the business, and is now devoting the whole of  his atten-
  tion to  the  growing interests  of  the mercantile establishment  with  which he is  connected.    In 1912,
  following in the footsteps of  his father,  who for years was one of  the best-known auctioneers in this sec-
  tion of  Minnesota,  Mr. Davis  entered  the auctioneering business and has made quite a  success of  the
  same, carrying on this branch of his business independent of his commercial interests.

  He  is an  excellent and  enterprising young business man and  enjoys the full confidence  of commercial
  circles throughout this section.

  In 1912  Charles R. Davis was  united in  marriage to Stella Baker, daughter of  R. B.  Baker  and wife, 
  well known residents of this community, and to this union twin sons have been born, Roscoe W. and
  Russell M., born on March 4, 1913, a mighty interesting  pair of youngsters. 

  Mr. and Mrs. Davis take a  proper  part in the social  activities of  Cleveland and  are held in high esteem
  by their many friends thereabout.

  Mr.  Davis is a Republican  and gives a  good citizen's attention to  political affairs,  though  never having 
  been included  in the  office-seeking  class.    He is a member of the  Equitable Fraternal  Union,  in  the
  affairs of  which he takes a  warm interest, and is  likewise  warmly interested  in all movements  designed
  to promote the general interests of the community in which he is so active a factor.