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  1. James G. Davis: Birth: JUL 1872 in Decatur County, Indiana. Death: BET 1920 AND 1930 in Decatur County, Indiana

  2. Nora M. Davis: Birth: JUL 1876 in Decatur County, Indiana. Death: AFT 1930


Notes
a. Note:   Census
 1880 Decatur County, Indiana: Davis, William 33, Clarissa 31, James G. 8, Nora M. 6
  1900 Decatur County, Indiana: Davis, William Jan 1847 married 30yrs, Harriott C. July 1845 2/2, Mabely, Nora M. July 1874 married 9 years 1/1, Orpha T. Jan 1895
  1910 Dectur: William 62, Harriett 67
  1920 Decatur William F. 72, Harriett E. 73
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  Please note that in the 1900 Census George T. states his Father was from New Jersey and his mother was from Kentucky. It states that below George T. (William's Father) was the son of a Robert Davis. I can not find a Robert Davis in the Decatur Census until 1850 and then he was eight (8) years of age.
  WILLIAM DAVIS
 Not many years ago in Clay township, this county, a farmer began his married life with less than one thousand dollars and within seven years he owned fire hundred and thirteen acres of land, all of which he made and paid for himself. This enterprising farmer is William Davis, a well known citizen of Clay township, whose home farm of two hundred and eleven acres lies eight miles southwest of Greensburg.
 William Davis, the son of George T. and Mary (Case) Davis, was born in Sand Creek township, Decatur county, in 1848, and lived on the old home farm until twenty-one years of age. George T. Davis was a native of Franklin county, born in 1818, who died on January 17, 1909, at the age of ninety-one years. He came to Decatur county when a young man, after his marriage, and settled on a farm in Sand Creek township, where he spent the rest of his life. He was a successful farmer and accumulated considerable land, being the owner of one hundred and eighty acres at the time of his death. George T. Davis was the son of Robert Davis, who came to Decatur county in pioneer times and entered three eighty-acre tracts, which, later in life, he gave to his children. At the time this land was given to George T. Davis by his father he set out some locust trees that are still standing. A member of the Whig party until 1856, George T. Davis became a Republican upon the formation of the latter party. He was a member of the Masonic lodge at Westport and of the Baptist church at Letts. He and his wife were the parents of eleven children, of whom seven are still living, namely: William, the subject of this sketch; Isane, of Iowa; Thomas C., of Tennessee; Martha, of Vernon, Indiana; John, of Letts Corner, this county; Lavina, who married John Jerris of Marion township, this county, and Mrs. Hannah Brown, of Connersville, Indiana.
  In 1870 William Davis was married to Harriet Hunter, the daughter of Lewis and Mirah (Martin) Hunter, both natives of Dearborn county, this state, the former of whom was born in 1806 and died in 1859, and the latter of whom was born in 1814 and died in 1848. Lewis Hunter moved from Dearborn county to Jennings county in an early day and spent the rest of his life in that county. After the marriage of Mr. Davis, in 1870, he and his wife worked on a farm, and he worked by the month. After a few years of hard and diligent labor he rented a farm and finally purchased two hundred and ninety-nine acres, paying seven or eight thousand dollars for the property. He paid this debt off in seven years and then purchased two hundred and thirteen acres more, having come to own, within seven years, five hundred and thirteen acres. At that early period he received no financial assistance and was not benefited by any legacies. He has made his money from the live-stock business, buying, feeding and selling cattle and hogs. For years he was a large dealer in live stock and some weeks shipped between five and ten thousand head of hogs, mostly to Louisville.
  To William and Harriet (Hunter) Davis two children have been born, James G., who farms the home place, married Mrs. Dora Stout, widow of Albert Stout, and daughter of Herman Myer, and has three children, George W., Mary and Denzel D., and Nora, who married Ralph McGee, of Greensburg, a farmer, and has one child, a daughter, Orpha. Mr. and Mrs. Davis are members of the Baptist church and are regarded as among the leaders in the good works of their community.
  Mr. Davis is a Republican and is a strong believer in the Republican principles. He was beaten by only one vote for trustee in Sand Creek township, at a time when the normal majority of the opposition was one hundred. Fraternally, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Greensburg. First and last a stockman, Mr. Davis feeds about fifty head of cattle every year and has two silos. The land is gently rolling and originally grew sugar trees and walnut, as well as yellow poplar. Broad-minded in his views and charitable in his attitude towards others, Mr. Davis is always ready to help the unfortunate and is a good, strong, substantial citizen.
  "History of Decatur County, Indiana"
 Lewis A. Harding
 B. F. Bowen & Co.
 Indianapolis, Indiana
 published in 1915.


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