Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Charles Davidson and Fannie Johns




Husband Charles Davidson 1 2

           Born: Abt 1851
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           Died: 16 Feb 1921 2
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         Father: Col. Daniel Rogers Davidson (1820-1884) 2 3 4 5 6
         Mother: Margaret Clark Johnston (      -1898) 2 5 7


       Marriage: May 1884 2



Wife Fannie Johns 2

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Children
1 F Edith Davidson 2 8

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         Spouse: Harry L. Mitchell (1883-      ) 2 8
           Marr: 19 Sep 1908 8


2 M William J. Davidson 2

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3 M F. G. Davidson 2

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General Notes: Husband - Charles Davidson

Connellsville, Fayette Co, PA

He was superintendent of the Davidson and Devoe Coke plant at Connellsville until that company was taken over by the H. C. Frick Company. He was an organizer of the Second National Bank, serving as director from its organization, a trustee of the Cottage State Hospital, Connellsville, founder of the Fayette Lumber Company, a director of the Connellsville Machine and Car Company, president of the West Penn Traction Company, and was engaged in coal operations under the name of the Connellsville-Davidson Coal and Coke Company of Point Marion, and a founder of the Sligo Iron and Steel Company.
In April, 1917, Governor Brumbaugh appointed Charles Davidson of Connellsville, a member of the Committee of Safety for Pennsylvania during the period of the first World War.


General Notes: Wife - Fannie Johns

from Deer Park, IL

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Sources


1 —, Book of Biographies, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 247.

2 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 16.

3 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 372, 406.

4 —, Book of Biographies, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 23, 244.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 1038.

6 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 22.

7 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 23.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 877.


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