1830 - 1876

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• Birth	25 Jul 1830	Brookfield, Madison Co., New York
  Gender	Male
  Buried	1876	Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin   [1]
  Died	10 Feb 1876	Eldorado Canyon, Nevada
  Person ID	I14014	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2004 00:00:00
  Family	Harriet L. NASH, b. 19 Apr 1829, Rhode Island
  Married	25 Jan 1853
  Children	1. Percival W. DAVIS, b. 28 Nov 1853, Wisconsin   2. F. A. M. "Effie" DAVIS, b. 4 Sep 1855, Wisconsin   3. Evan DAVIS, b. 24 Jan 1858, Wisconsin
  Family ID	F6521	Group Sheet

• Notes

  "The Portrait and Biographical Album of Rock County, Wis.",1889, p 719, 720. P. F. DAVIS, deceased, was an early settler of this county andwas for several years a leading business man of Edgerton, buthad resided in Milton a few years prior to his death. He wasborn in Madison County, N.Y., on the 25th day of July,1831, ason of Evan and Ann (DAVIS) DAVIS. When a child, he removedwith his parents to New Jersey, residing in that State until hisremoval to the West in 1851. Deciding to try his fortune inWisconsin, he settled in Walworth County, where he remainedabout one year, when attracted by the discovery of gold inCalifornia, he crossed the plains to the Pacific slope andengaged in mining in the Sacramento Valley until 1853.Returning to Wisconsin in that year, he became a resident ofRock County and began business in Edgerton, embarking in themercantile trade, in which he was very successful. He became aprominent business man of that town, and was one of the companywho established the brickyard at that place.The same year, Mr.DAVIS married Miss H. L. NASH, the ceremony being performedonthe 25th day of January. The lady was a native of Rhode Island,born in Westerly, and is a daughter of Jonathan and Sarah(GAVIT) NASH. Unto Mr. and Mrs. DAVIS were born three children,two sons and a daughter. Percival W., who was born November 28,1853, and now makes his home in Nevada, is superintendent of theSouthwestern Mining Company; F. A. M., born September, 4, 1855,is living with her mother in Milton; Evan, born January 24,1858, married Ida E. RANSOM of Emerald Grove, Wis., and is nowresiding in Milton, where he has one of the most elegantresidences in the town. He is president of the Imperial MiningCompany of Michigan, and is a prominent business man. Mr. DAVISwas the owner of a one-halfinterest in the southwestern MiningCompany of Eldorado Canyon, Nevada, at the time of his death,which occurred at that place. He was a member of the SeventhDay Baptist Church, to which his wife also belongs, and hisdeath was mourned bya large circle of acquaintances andfriends, by whom he was held in high regardas an upright,honorable man. "Rock County, Wisconsin", 1908, p 652. Edgerton Ferdinand DAVIS, who sold the first stock of goods, came at thistime. He had a wife and two sons, Percy and Evan, who were sentto Milton College to complete their education begun in thevillage schools. Mr. DAVIS and wife were from New Jersey. In1853 they went to California, where he died, leavingconsiderablewealth in silver mines. They were Seventh DayBaptist people.

• Sources

  [S316] Milton Cemetery, (1980). p 87