Henry
C. Davis, son of Orange
Runnells Davis, Sr. and Adelaide Barlow, was born July
06,
1844, and died in 1914 in
Minnesota. He married Melissa Pettis,
daughter of Charles and Sarah
'Horsford' Davis. She was
born February 07, 1842 in Illinois and died 1925 in Minnesota.
Both are
buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, St
Peter, Kasota Township, LeSueur Co Minnesota
1875 State
Census of LeSueur Co Minnesota Kasota Township
27
H. C. Davis, age 31 M born
in Illinois , both parents born in Canada
M. Davis, age 32 F born in
Illinois
father born in Vermont, mother born
in Connecticut
Chester Davis, age 11 M
born in Minnesota
Lilly M. Davis, age 6
F born in Minnesota
E. L. Davis, age 5 F
born in Minnesota |
Children of Henry C. and Melissa
Davis are:
1. Chester
H. Davis, born 1862, died 1947
2. Lily M. Davis
3. Ella Davis
4. Annetta Davis
5. Stella M. Davis
6. Albert
Eben Davis
7. Cecil I. Davis
8. Charles
Roscoe Davis
9. Harriet F. Davis
The following was extracted from
the biography of Albert Eben Davis, son of Henry C. Davis
Nicollet and LeSueur Counties Volume
II William Gresham 1916
Henry C. Davis was but ten
years of age when he came with his parents to Minnesota, where he
finished
his education and became
a farmer, working on the home place until he
had reached maturity, after
which he pre-empted a quarter
section of land in Kasota township, this county, and lived for many
years
as a successful farmer of
this community, at one time owning four hundred and sixty
acres of excellent
land in LeSueur and Nicollet
counties, Minnesota. In addition to his agricultural
pursuits, Henry C.
Davis, for some years, was a
well-known auctioneer of LeSueur county, crying many of the large
sales in
this part of the country.
Henry C. Davis was prominent in
the official life of LeSueur county, serving as deputy sheriff for
many
years, as well as having served
as constable of Kasota township, during several terms.
Politically, Mr.
Davis was a Republican.
During the time of the Indian outbreak Mr. Davis was a member of
the defen-
sive forces and had
a part in several engagements which resulted in the subjugation of
the blood-thirsty
Indians. Mr. Davis
was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
and together with his
wife was an active member and worker
of the United brethren church. Henry and Melissa Davis were the
parents of nine children:
Chester H., Lily M., Ella (deceased), Annetta, Stella M., Albert E., Cecil
I., C.
Roscoe and Harriet F.
Melissa Pettis moved from her native
home in Pike county, Illinois, and then, in 1854, with her parents,
moved to Minnesota,
where the father homesteaded one hundred
and sixty acres of land in Kasota
township, LeSueur county,
establishing a home on the north side of Lake Emily, where
the elder Pettis
conducted a store in connection
with his agricultural pursuits. The parents, Charles
and Sarah Pettis,
had a family on
nine children: Stephen W., Catherine F., John L.,
Anna B., Olive G., Melissa J.,
Emily F., Charles C. and Henry F.
Woodhaven Cemetery
Records, St. Peter, Kasota Township, LeSueur Co Minnesota
CHESTER H. DAVIS
1862 - 1947
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MAGGIE, wife of C.H. Davis
Died June 16, 1886
Aged 19 years 8 months
20 days
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