My Genealogy Hound

DAVID DAVIS, fruit farmer, post office McKee’s Rocks, is a son of Lewis and Ellen Davis, and was born in this county, in 1810. Lewis Davis was born in Wales, and came to this country about 1800. He followed the trade of a carpenter until the war of 1812, then purchased Davis island, five miles below Pittsburgh, and turned his attention to farming. His first wife died on the ocean while coming to America; his second wife was Ellen, daughter of Lewis Enoch, of this county, and their children were Elizabeth, wife of James Cole, Sr.; David, John, Lewis, Ellen and James, and two others, only two of whom are now living, David and Lewis. David learned the trade of saddler, which he followed fourteen years; then settled on a part of his father’s estate, where he now resides, engaged in farming and fruit culture. He was married, in 1868, to Maggie, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Burns, and their children’s names are John E. Parke, Lewis, Frank, David B., Laura A., Elizabeth B., Enoch and one deceased.