Wapello County IA Archives Biographies.....Davis, George W., Sr. 1853 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

GEORGE W. DAVIS, SR.

George W. Davis is the owner of an excellent farm property in Competine township
and his possessions are the visible evidence of a life of well directed energy
and thrift. He was born October 9, 1853, and is a son of William and Priscilla
(Mowery) Davis, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Ohio. In 1852
the father came to Iowa. His marriage occurred in Jefferson county, this state,
and he established his home upon a farm in Wapello county. Mr. Davis at once
began to till the soil and in due time gathered good crops. Year by year he
carried on the work of the farm until he was called to his final rest in 1903.
He is still survived by his wife, who has reached the advanced age of eighty
years. In their family were eight children, of whom George W., E. D., C. F., O.
C., and B. F. are all residents of Competine township. I. O. makes his home in
Pleasant township. Ida is the wife of L. B. Ulery of California, and Mary is the
wife of S. J. Ulery, whose home is in Ontario, California.

George W. Davis, Sr., spent his youthful days under the parental roof and during
that period acquired a public-school education, while later he concentrated his
energies upon farm work. He had liberal training in the best methods of tilling
the soil, and his practical experience well qualified him to take charge of a
farm of his own when he started out in life on his own account. He purchased two
hundred and ninety-seven and a half acres of land on section 2, Competine
township, and at once began to improve the property by the development of the
fields and the erection of good buildings. He now has an attractive and
commodious residence and substantial barns and sheds. He utilizes the latest and
improved machinery in the work of the fields and he keeps on band good grades of
stock. Everything about his place is attractive by reason of the spirit of
thrift and enterprise which there prevails.

On April 5, 1879, Mr. Davis was married to Miss Anna Coffey, who was born in
Missouri, a daughter of Thomas and Mary (Dalten) Coffey, natives of Ireland,
whence they came to America in 1848. At first they located in Ohio and afterward
removed to Missouri, where both Mr. and Mrs. Coffey passed away. Unto Mr. and
Mrs. Davis were born four children, C. O., C. A. L. A. and G. C., but the last
named is now deceased.

Mr. Davis belongs to Abingdon Lodge, No. 104, A. F. & A. M., and in his life
exemplifies the beneficent spirit of the craft. His political support is given
the democratic party, and for fifteen years he served as town assessor and
clerk, proving most capable in the discharge of his duties. For thirty years he
has been a member of the school board, and the cause of education finds in him a
warm friend. His energies and activities have placed him in a prominent position
as a successful agriculturist and as a representative and reliable business man.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME II
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914




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