Children of Charles Davis and Emily Haven are:

  1. Fanny Ripley Davis,  born  April  06, 1878,  and  died  September 17, 1878,  burial  in Woodlawn
      Cemetery,  St. Peter, Kasota Township, LeSueur Co Minnesota.

  2. Harriet Clarke Davis, born  August 1881, and died July 09, 1884,  burial in Woodlawn  Cemetery,
      St.  Peter, Kasota Township, LeSueur Co Minnesota.

  3.  Isabella A. Davis, married Walter C. Poehler

  4.  Russell H. Davis,  married Gertrude Gensler

  The  Honorable Charles Russell Davis,  of St. Peter, who since  the year 1902  has represented the third
  Minnesota  district in the lower  house of Congress and who for years has been a leader of  the bar in this
  section of the state, is a native of Illinois,  having been born on a farm  in Pike county, that state, son of
  Sidney W. Davis, of the Dominion of Canada, and Mary (Pettis) Davis, a native of the state of Ohio.

   ....the  next few paragraphs related to Sidney Davis, father of Charles Russell Davis, and is outlined in 
  that section....  Sidney W. Davis

  Charles R. Davis  was an infant  when he  came with  his father  to  this section and  he  consequently was
  reared here.  During his high-school days at St. Peter he enjoyed  the preceptorship of  Professors Porter
  and McGill,  the latter of whom was elected  governor of the state of  Minnesota in 1888.    He was grad-
  uated  from  the  high  school  and  afterward  received instruction in the  higher branches  in the  private
  school of  Professor Creary,  at which institution  he was a classmate of  John A. Lundeen, who afterward
  became  an  instructor in  mathematics at  West Point  and  subsequently  colonel,  commanding  at  the
  Presido, California.   Later, Mr. Davis entered  upon a course in the Bryant & Stratton Business College
  at St.  Paul, during which course he gave particular attention to the study, of  penmanship,  which branch
  he  taught during the  latter period of  his attendance there.    Upon completing his schooling, Mr.  Davis
  engaged in the mercantile business at St. Peter,  in which he continued for two years, at the end of which
  time he went to Omaha, Nebraska,  where  he remained for  about two years.   He  then  returned  to St.
  Peter and  shortly afterward he  entered the law office of the Hon. Alfred Wallin,  where for nearly, three
  years he devoted himself to the study of the  law under that able preceptor.   He was  admitted to  the bar,
  and shortly after he entered  into a partnership  with Mr. Wallin, and offices were  opened  at New, Ulm,
  the firm's legal business became quite extensive.  Several years later Mr. Wallin moved to North Dakota, 
  where he became the  first chief justice of the  supreme court of  the new state, and  Mr. Davis continued
  his practice alone and still retains the same suite of rooms in St. Peter occupied by the firm of  Wallin &
  Davis, the rooms in which Mr. Davis began the study of law under the kindly direction of the distinguish-
  ed jurist.   After his election to Congress,  when the necessities of his official position required  his conti- 
  nued absence in Washington, Mr. Davis admitted George T. Olsen into partnership in his legal business, 
  under the firm style of Davis & Olsen, and this mutually agreeable  partnership has since continued, Mr. 
  Olsen necessarily being in charge of the office  the greater part of the time, while  Mr. Davis is absent on
  affairs of state.

  Charles R. Davis began his official career early in life &  it is but  proper to say in this connection that in
  all  his relations to the public service he has been faithful and  true,  discharging every  official  obligation
  with an eye single to the common welfare.  Shortly after his admission to the bar,  Mr. Davis was elected 
  city attorney  and served in that capacity for eighteen years.   He was elected county attorney and served 
  the public in that important capacity for twelve years, during which time he prosecuted some of the most 
  notable criminal cases in the history of the state.  On April  25, 1888, Mr. Davis received a commission
  as captain  of  Company I, Second Regiment,  Minnesota National Guard,  and served for four  years in
  that  connection.      In  the  year  last  mentioned,  Mr. Davis  was elected  on  the Republican  ticket  to
  represent Nicollet county in the lower house of the Minnesota Legislature, in which capacity he perform-
  ed such admirable service in behalf of his constituency  that he later was elected state senator, represent-
  ing the seventeenth senatorial district of Minnesota for four years.  During his service in the Legislature, 
  Mr. Davis  became  quite a  prominent  figure in that body, being a  member  of a  number of  the  more
  important committees, among which was the committee on the judiciary.  It was during his service in the
  Legislature that the special investigation of the affairs of the hospitals for the insane was  ordered and he 
  was  chairman of  the legislative committee  which  had charge of  that investigation,  his attitude in  that 
  connection  creating  much  antagonism on  the part of  those who  had charge of  the  finances of  these 
  institutions.  In 1902 Mr. Davis was elected to represent the third congressional district of Minnesota in
  the  lower  house of Congress and  has  been re-elected  at each succeeding election  since  that time,  his
  distinguished and honorable course in the House of Representatives having been a continual incentive to
  the people of this district to retain him in that responsible position.   During his service in Congress, Mr. 
  Davis has become a national figure,  long  having been recognized as one of the most forceful represent-
  atives   in  Congress.      His  committee  assignments  include  places  on  some of  the  most  important 
  committees of the Lower house, among  which  is a place on the  powerful committee on  appropriations,
  and his  able  service in  Congress has  earned  for  him the  full  confidence  and  the  high  regard of his
  confreres in that body.    Able in counsel and skilled in debate,  Congressman Davis has  represented his 
  constituency  in the  third  district with  marked ability,  and  his continued re-election is regarded by the
  people hereabout as but a proper expression of their appreciation of his conscientious discharge of  every
  obligation thus imposed.

  Charles R. Davis was  united in  marriage to  Emma Haven, who was  born in Chicago,  the home of  her 
  parents at the time of her birth having been located on the present site of the great  Marshall Field store, 
  and to this union  four children  have been born,  two of whom died in infancy, Isabella B.,  who married
  Walter C. Poehler,  a  prominent official of  the Minneapolis  Chamber of Commerce,  and  Russell H., 
  now a captain  of  the  United States  marine corps,  stationed in Pekin, China.   Captain  Davis has had
  service  in Cuba, Nicaragua,  Haiti and  Panama,  and  participated  in  the  memorable  naval  "Parade" 
  around  the  world  commanded by  Admiral  "Bob"  Evans in  1908.  Captain  Davis  married  Gertrude
  Gensler, of Washington, D.C.,  who is prominent in Washington  social life,  and  he is one of  the  most
  popular  officers in  his  branch of the service.  Mrs. Davis, wife of Congressman Davis,  is a  daughter of 
  Aaron Haven and Emily Parker, formerly of Boston, Massachusetts. 

  Hon. Charles R. Davis -   Whatever  may  be  said of  the legal  fraternity,  it  cannot be  denied  that  the
  members of the bar have been more prominent factors in public affairs than any other class of American
  people.   This  is  but the natural result  of causes  which  are  manifest and require no explanation.    The
  ability and training which qualify one to practice law also qualify him in many respects for duties which lie
  outside  of  the  diametrical line of  his profession and which  touch the general interests  of  society.  The
  subject of this record is a man who has brought his keen discrimination and thorough wisdom to bear not
  alone in professional  paths, but also for the benefit of  the community in which he makes his  home, and
  with whose interests he is t horoughly identified.    He holds  and merits a place among  the representative
  legal practitioners of  Nicollet county and is a prominent citizen of St. Peter.

  Mr. Davis was born  September  17, 1849, upon a farm near Pittsfield, in  Pike county, Illinois, and is a 
  son of Sidney W. and Mary (Pettis) Davis.  His  mother, who was a native  of  Ohio, died in  Pike county,
  Illinois, in 1851.  On the paternal side he is of Welsh descent, his great-grandfather coming from Wales,
  but his grandfather, Orange Davis,  was born in Lower Canada, near Quebec.    The wife of the latter was
  born in Montreal, of  French parentage.

  Sidney W. Davis, the father of our subject, was born in  Kingston, Canada,  in 1825, and with  his family
  removed to northern  New York, in 1837,  where he remained one year,  and then went  to  Pike county, 
  Illinois,  locating  upon a  farm just  outside the corporation limits of  Pittsfield, the county  seat.  On the
  10th  of  May, 1853, with  his family  he came to Minnesota,  and settled upon a farm in Lesueur county,
  where he continued to engage  in general farming and  stock-raising until 1867, which year witnessed  his
  arrival in St. Peter.  Here he has since resided and for ten years was actively engaged in Merchandising.

  The  boyhood of  Charles R.  Davis  was  passed upon the  home farm in  Lesueur  county,  and  his early
  education in the village schools of Kasota.  Later  he  pursued his  studies in the high school of  St. Peter, 
  which at the time  was taught by Porter & McGill, the latter subsequently governor of  Minnesota.  After- 
  ward he was  taught at a  private school by Professor  Creary, a noted educator, where he was a  classmate 
  of  Lieutenant  John  A.  Lundeen, professor  of  mathematics at  West  Point,  and in  1857  he  took  a 
  complete commercial course at the St. Paul Business College.

  For the ensuing two years he  was engaged in the grocery and produce  business at  St. Peter, Minnesota.
  Then, selling out  his  interest in  that business,  he took up the study of law,  under  the preceptorship of 
  Hon.  Alfred  Wallin,  the  present  chief  justice  of  North  Dakota.    March 6, 1872, is the date of  his
  admission to the bar.    At  once he formed a  partnership with his  former preceptor,  under the style  of 
  Wallin & Davis,  and they engaged actively in general practice, having offices in both St.  Peter and New
  Ulm.

  Mr.  Davis early  began  his official career,  being elected  county attorney  in 1872,  in which capacity he
  faithfully served for six years.  In 1878  he was also elected city clerk and attorney, which former position
  he has acceptably filled for the last sixteen years and still continues to  do.  On  the  25th of April, 1888,
  he was commissioned captain of the National Guards of Minnesota, serving four years.   In 1888 he was 
  also  elected  to the  legislature, on the  Republican  ticket, to represent Nicollet county for a term of two
  years, and subsequently was made s tate  senator from the seventeenth  senatorial  district of  Minnesota, 
  serving  in  the  sessions of  1891-3.    He  took a  prominent  part in the  work of  those bodies,  being a
  member  of  several  very important  committees, among  which was that on the judiciary.    He took and
  especially active part  while serving  on  the committee for the hospital for the insane, and  was  chairman
  of that committee.    His  investigations aroused much antagonism  among those  who had  charge of  the
  financial affairs of that institution.

  In 1874 Mr. Davis was united in marriage with Miss Emma Haven, who was  born and reared in the city 
  of Chicago, and is a daughter of Aaron Haven.  Mr. and Mrs. Davis have two children namely: Isabel H.,
  a graduate of  the State University of Minnesota; and Russell.

  In  his  social  relations, Mr. Davis  is  connected  with  Nicollet  Lodge,  No.  34,  F & A. M.;  St.  Peter
  Chapter, No. 22, R. A. M.;  Mankato  Commandery, No. 4, K. T.;  Oris Lodge, Scottish Rite, of  Man-
  kato;  The Mystic Shrine, Ozman Temple,  St. Paul,  Minnesota;  and  also  St.  Peter  Lodge,  No. 12,
  I.O. O. F.  He takes quite an active part in politics, local state & national,  and has  often made speeches 
  throughout  his district in  behalf of  the Republican party.    During the time  he served the  public  in an
  official capacity he made an admirable record, and as a lawyer he stands high with the profession.

  County Attorney C. R. Davis, 1870-1885   1901-1903

  State Representative:  Charles R. Davis 1889

  The senators who have represented Nicollet county have been as follow: Charles R. Davis, 1893

  PRESENT BAR.
  In February, 1916, the attorneys practicing as resident lawyers in  Nicollet countv are as follow: 
  Hon. C. R. Davis

  Hon. Charles R. Davis,  born in  Pittsfield,  Illinois, in 1840,  came to  St. Peter  with  his  parents,  who
  were natives of  Canada, in 1854.   Here he  attended  school, also at  St. Paul, and after  returning from
  the latter  city engaged  in mercantile business, which he gave up for the law.   For  three years he studied
  with A. Wallin and was admitted to the bar in  1877.   The following year  he was elected county attorney
  for  Nicollet county; was  also attorney for the city of St. Peter and clerk for three  terms.   He practiced
  alone until he was elected to a seat in Congress,  when he took  for  his  partner in  the law business T. T.
  Olsen, of  Springfield, Brown county.   He  was elected to Congress in 1802 and  is  still serving, having
  been elected  seven times to  this  important office.