"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
JACKSON TOWNSHIP AND MORGANTOWN
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ROBERT C. DAVIS, merchant at Mahalasville, was born December 18, 1833, in
Hancock County, W. Va., and is the eldest of the family of Enoch and Nancy
(Cunningham) Davis, natives of West Virginia, and respectively of Welsh and
Irish descent. Robert, in company with his parents, moved to Washington
County, Penn., where he attended the high school and acquired a good
education. He early showed a tact for business, and when seventeen engaged
as traveling salesman, which he followed some years, and then peddled on his
own account. In 1862, he and parents moved to Georgetown, Brown County,
where he continued in business until 1877; during this trip he lost his
goods by the sinking of the boat transporting them. January 1, 1856, he
married Miss Louisa H. Ritchey, of Ohio, with the following issue: John C.,
William W. and James W. (twins), Ella M., Eva E., Nancy J., Robert, Charley
C., Edgar and Lela. While in Ohio, Mr. Davis served two terms as Trustee.
He is Postmaster, railroad agent and express agent; carries a large stock
of goods, and is an upright and efficient business man. He is a member of
the Masonic fraternity and of the Knights of Honor. Mr. and Mrs. Davis are
members of the Presbyterian Church.
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