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E. H. Davis, a prominent farmer and stockman of Wright County, Mo., is a Tennesseean, born in 1850, and is a son of Jesse P. and Lucinda H. (Pibas) Davis, the former being born in Bedford County, Tenn., in 1818. He grew to manhood and was married in that county, and in 1844 immigrated to Missouri, but shortly after returned to Tennessee, where he resided until 1853, at which time he came back to Missouri, and located on the farm where he now lives. During the Civil War he was a member of the Forty-fourth Missouri Infantry, United States Army, and did honorable and active service. Miss Pibas was his second wife, and by him became the mother of nine children: K. M., E. H., J. B., T. J., R. L, J. L., and triplets, all of whom lived to be fourteen months old, and P. S. grew to manhood. E. H. Davis grew to manhood in Wright County, and attended the common schools. At the age of eighteen years he was married to Miss Sarah M. Randolph, who was born in Tennessee in 1847, and the following are the names of the children born to their union: V. B., N. I., J. T., M. E., W. A., J. R., and J. G., who died at the age of seven months. Immediately after his marriage Mr. Davis settled down to farming and trading in stock, at which he has been quite successful, and is now the owner of 200 acres of valuable land in Wright County. His wife is a daughter of G. R. Randolph, of Tennessee, who became a resident of Laclede County, Mo., in 1859, and he is one of the progressive and stirring men of the county, and makes every effort to keep up with the times. He inherits his stability and perseverance from his Dutch ancestors, and is a leading man in the business circles of the county. He votes the Democratic ticket, and is a member of the A. F. & A. M. and the Agricultural Wheel, and he and wife are members of the Christian Church. His grandfather was probably a native of North Carolina, and one of the family characteristics is their small stature.