William W. Davis (1848)

Ancestors

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Omar Mustardo [send private message]

Biography

Notes

Excerpt from 'The Davis Family' ^[1]

THE DAVIS FAMILY

A History of the Descendants of William Davis and His Wife, Mary Means

by

Thomas Kirby Davis

of Wooster, Ohio

Imprinted for the Family by

The Plimpton Press

Norwood, Massachusetts

[1912]

p.55

7. WILLIAM W. DAVIS, son of William and Mary Johnston Davis, was born December 5, 1848. He received his education in the public schools, at Allegheny College, and at the Meadville Commercial College. In January, 1869, he went into the service of the Titusville Savings Bank as bookkeeper. In 1871 he was transferred to the Citizens’ Bank as teller. In June, 1874, he organized the Jamestown Banking Company, at Jamestown, Pa., and occupied the position of cashier for nine years.

p.56

He was then induced to return to the oil country in the service of the Commercial Bank of Titusville. On account of impaired health he left the banking business in 1886 and entered the service of the Mahoning Gas Company, at Youngstown, Ohio, where he remained two years. He then went to St. Louis, Mo., and engaged in the manufacture of leaded and stained glass for churches and other public and private buildings.

In 1874 he married MARY FRANCES TEFFT who was an excellent wife and admirable woman. She died in 1898. One who knew her well thus wrote to me of her: Mrs. Wm. W. Davis had an unusually bright and winning personality which endeared her to the entire connection, especially to her many nieces and nephews, who, as children, counted greatly upon her for their entertainment and amusement. Her unselfishness and devoted service to all with whom she came in contact, her sympathy for the poor, her care for animals, and above all her sunny, merry spirit have left an indelible impression on the hearts of the family into which she married, and of which she was a much-loved member.

Sources

1. ↑ https://archive.org/stream/davisfamilyhisto00indavi/davisfamilyhisto00indavi_djvu.txt Full text of "The Davis family; a history of the descendants of William Davis, and his wife Mary Means" by Thomas Kirby Davis.