BIO: James DAVISON, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 833 & 834.
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  JAMES DAVISON, one of the leading citizens of Chest township, Clearfield 
county, Pa., where he owns 200 acres of improved land, was born September 27, 
1831, in Albany county, N. Y., and is a son of C. and Elizabeth (Warner) 
Davison, and a grandson of a patriot who served through the Revolutionary war.  
The father of Mr. Davison died on our subject's farm, in 1891, aged eighty-two 
years, having survived his wife since 1863.  They had seven children, the two 
survivors being James, of Chest township, and William S., of Indiana county.
  James Davison obtained his education in the early schools near his parents' 
home and afterward worked as a blacksmith and in the lumbering industry until 
1850, when he came to Clearfield county.  This land had to be cleared and in the 
course of years the work was accomplished through Mr. Davison's industry and for 
many years it has been considered one of the best farms of the township.  Never 
taking any particular interest in politics, Mr. Davison has devoted his 
attention mainly to the development of his land and in later years has been able 
to enjoy the comforts his early industry provided for.
  Mr. Davison was married to Miss Ellen Hunter, who was born in Scotland and 
died in Chest township, at the age of sixty-eight years.  Four children were 
born to them:  Sophia, who lives in California; and Emeline, who is the wife of 
A. Pierce and has had two children, Ellen and Winfield; Elizabeth, who lives at 
home; and Walter, who is deceased.  Mr. Davison is a member of the Presbyterian 
church.  He has been identified with the Grange at Ansonville, for a number of 
years, and is one of Chest township's most esteemed citizens.