Bio: |
Davis, Damon R. (History - 1827) |
Contact: |
Janet Schwarze |
Email: |
stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org |
Surnames: |
DAVIS GLIDDEN BRYANT CHASE WHELPLEY |
----Source: Biographical History of Clark
and Jackson Counties, Wisconsin published by The Lewis Publishing
Co, 1891 page 255 :
DAMON R. DAVIS, is one of the early settlers
of Clark County, having come to Wisconsin when this section of
country was a dense forest, and there were no roads, and no travel
there was an abundance of wild game, and he became a skilled
huntsman, and has laid low many a bear, wolf, and deer. The life of
a pioneer is not without its charms, although the privations have
sometimes overshadowed the delights. Mr. Davis was born at Crown
Point, Essex County, New York, August 7, 1827, and is a son of
Daniel R. and Maria (Glidden) Davis. The father was born in
Vermont, and came to Essex County, New York, at an early day in
1830 he removed to St. Lawrence County, New York, and settled in
Stockholm, where he passed the remainder of his days. He had a
family of fourteen children all of whom lived to maturity: Damon
R., our subject Elizabeth, Fannie, Calvin, Theodore, Alma, Whiston,
Mary A., Bushrod, Huldah, Sidney, Asenath, Solon, and Subael.
Mr. Davis is the eldest child, and was reared in St. Lawrence
County, New York. In 1848 he went to Greene County, Illinois, and
spent four years in that and adjoining counties, working at
whatever presented itself at the end of this time he returned to
New York, and remained there until 1865, when he came to Clark
County, Wisconsin, as before stated. He purchased 160 acres of
forest land, and has since disposed of forty acres of it he has
given the most of his time and attention to agricultural pursuits,
although he is master of the carpenter's trade. Politically he
affiliates with the Republican party.
Mr. Davis was married, March 5, 1848, to Miss Azuba Bryant, a
native of Essex County, New York, and a daughter of Benjamin and
Macelia Bryant she died in Grundy County, Illinois, September 2,
1852, leaving two children: Hudson V. and Benjamin R. July 15,
1855, Mr. Davis was again united in marriage to Miss Polly Chase,
who was born in St. Lawrence County, New York, August 7, 1834. Her
parents, John and Paulina (Whelpley) Chase, were natives of
Massachusetts and Vermont respectively, and were early settlers of
St. Lawrence County, New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Davis have had born to them five children: Damon W.,
Azuba R., Daniel I., Harmon E., and Cornelia.
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