My Genealogy Hound

DAVID DAVIS, farmer; P. O. West Milton; was born on Sec. 17, in this township, Jan. 27, 1831; his father, Benjamin Davis, was born in South Carolina Nov. 12, 1793, and removed to Ohio with his parents when only 10 years of age; his father, Abiatha Davis, born in Wales, was one of the early pioneers of Miami Co., settling here in 1804. Our subject’s mother, Margaret (Fetters) Davis, was born in Pennsylvania in 1802; her parents died in Pennsylvania, and she emigrated to Miami Co., where she was married to Benjamin Davis; she departed this life in 1851, aged 49 years; her husband died Nov. 7, 1876, aged 84 years; they were the parents of ten children, of whom five are living, viz., David, Susana, Margaret, William and George; the deceased are Sarah, Lavina, Phoebe, Rhoda, and one dying in infancy. Our subject was reared on his father’s farm, where he assisted in the duties of the same till his 21st year, when he began his own career in the world and engaged in farming, which he has followed uninterruptedly all his life; he first purchased 80 acres of land from his father; on this he labored for twelve years, when he disposed of it, and removed to where he now resides in 1862; he now owns 148 acres of well-improved land, which is all in a good state of cultivation and pleasantly situated. He was united in marriage with Anna Mote in 1852, a daughter of John and Rhoda Mote; her father was born in Georgia Dec. 31, 1797, and removed with his parents to this county in 1805; her mother, Rhoda (Teague) Davis, was born in Ohio April 30, 1801; Mr. and Mrs. Teague, were natives of South Carolina; they were the parents of three children, of whom two are living, viz., Samuel and Anna M.; Elizabeth deceased; her father died Oct. 28, 1859; her mother departed this life Nov. 22, 1834. Mr. and Mrs. Davis are the parents of five children, of whom four are living, viz., Osborne, Warren, Laura and Mary; Lambert deceased; his wife is a member of the Friends’ Church, and is an exemplary Christian woman.