Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John A. Davis and Emily Wright




Husband John A. Davis 1

           Born: 26 Oct 1818 - Youngsville, Brokenstraw Twp, Warren Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: May 1908 - Meadville, Crawford Co, PA 1
         Buried: 


         Father: Isaac Davis (      -      ) 2 3 4
         Mother: Margaret Andrews (      -      ) 1 2 4


       Marriage: 



Wife Emily Wright 1

           Born: 26 Mar 1823 - Norwich, Hampshire Co, MA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Mar 1897 1
         Buried: 


         Father: Horatio Wright (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Hannah Eels (      -      ) 1




Children
1 F Mary Agnes Davis 1

           Born: 29 Aug 1850 - Youngsville, Brokenstraw Twp, Warren Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: L. M. Carpenter (      -      ) 1
           Marr: 1 Jan 1874 1


2 M De Forest Davis 1

           Born: 10 May 1852 - Youngsville, Brokenstraw Twp, Warren Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Mary Beatty (      -      ) 1
           Marr: 20 Mar 1894 1


3 F Flavia Davis 1 5

           Born: 21 Oct 1858 - Youngsville, Brokenstraw Twp, Warren Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John Porter (1832-      ) 6 7
           Marr: 1 Aug 1889 1 5



General Notes: Husband - John A. Davis


He acquired his education in the district school in the vicinity of his boyhood home, and was then apprenticed to learn the trade of shoemaking, with which he was identified until 1861. In that year he engaged in the oil producing business at Tidioute, Warren County, Pennsylvania, followed this three years, then purchased a farm of thirty acres east of Meadville, where he lived for a number of years, and finally made his home in Meadville.

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1647.

2 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), BP xiv.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1646.

4 Spencer P. Mead, History and Genealogy of the Mead Family (New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1901), Pg 315.

5 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 113.

6 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 868.

7 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 112.


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