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HENRY DAVIDSON, farmer, post office Culmerville, was born Nov. 26, 1829, in County Armagh, Ireland, son of Henry and Jane (McClure) Davidson, former of whom died in March, 1856, aged sixty-six years; he was a farmer and administrator, taking an active part in county affairs; his wife was a cousin of Judge McClure, of the Pittsburgh bench, and she died in 1863, aged sixty years. Henry was the youngest of three sons, and came to Pittsburgh in June, 1853, where he followed teaming for a short time, and then for seven years had a sale-stable in Pittsburgh. He purchased his present farm of one hundred acres in 1866, and moved here in 1867. He has always dealt in fine horses, and purchased them for the army; also to ship east and south, many of them going to New York and Philadelphia. He was married, in 1867, to Mary Porter, of West Deer township, daughter of John and Margaret (Hazelett) Porter, both deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Davidson had two children, Henry M. and John Alexander, the former now attending Center County (Pa.) College. Mrs. Davidson died in December, 1877. They were members of the Bull Creek Presbyterian Church. Mr. Davidson has a farm of two hundred acres, with good buildings. Mr. Davidson brought from Ireland, in April, 1881, two of his sister’s daughters, Agnes Jane Porter and Lizzie Holmes, both of Markethill, County Armagh; the first named remains with him still; also a nephew, Davidson Parks, of Hamiltorsbaum, County Armagh, Ireland, who is doing business for himself in the city of Allegheny.