Merced County CA Archives Biographies.....Davis, C. R. 1880 - 
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Author: John Outcalt (1925)

C. R. DAVIS

   The name of C. R Davis is well-known throughout Merced County, where he has
been identified with the business, political and social life for several years,
and he holds a place of especial prominence among the citizens of Livingston. He
was born in Steubenville, Ohio, on January 12, 1880, a son of Edmund and Laura
(Kettlewood) Davis, natives of Wales and Pennsylvania, respectively. Edmund
Davis came to America while a young man and followed his trade of sheet-metal
worker; while working in a mill at Wellsville, Ohio, he sustained injuries from
which he died in 1916, aged sixty-eight years. The mother is still living and
makes her home at East Liverpool, Ohio, and has reached the age of sixty-eight
years.

   C. R. Davis is the third in a family of seven children and is the only one
residing in California. He grew up in his native State and there received his
education in the common schools; after leaving school he thoroughly learned the
sheet-metal trade. Before leaving Ohio, Mr. Davis was married to Miss Erla
Thompson, born at Wellsville that State, a daughter of John and Elizabeth
(Malone) Thompson, in whose family there were four children. The mother passed
away when Mrs. Davis was six years old and the father is now deceased. Mr. and
Mrs. Davis have a family of four children: Willed: McFarland is a lineman for
the San Joaquin Light & Power Company; Ralph; Bert; and Dorothy Elizabeth. The
Davis family came to California in 1903 and direct to Merced County, where Mr.
Davis bought forty acres one mile north of Livingston; this he improved to fruit
trees and vines and after five years sold it. He then entered the employ of
Hammatt and Crowell as outside man, putting in crops of oats, rye, barley and
wheat; two years later he became clerk in the store for the same company. He has
grown up with the business and is now head of the hardware department for the
Crowell-White Company, Inc., successors to Hammatt and Crowell. Mr. Davis and
his family reside in a modern six-room residence in Livingston built in 1913. He
is a Democrat in politics and is a member of the Boosters' Club of Livingston.
When Livingston was incorporated as a city, Mr. Davis was elected a member of
the first board of trustees; for six years he served as clerk of the grammar
school board. For the past eighteen years he has served as a fireman, first on
the bucket brigade; Livingston now boasts an up-to-date fire department and Mr.
Davis serves as fire chief. Largely through the efforts of Mr. Davis the
Livingston branch of the Merced County free library was established. Fraternally
Mr. Davis is a member of the Knights of Pythias and Modern Woodmen of America of
Livingston. The family are members of the Episcopal Church of Livingston.


Additional Comments:
From:

HISTORY OF
MERCED COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
WITH A
Biographical Review
OF
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present

HISTORY BY
JOHN OUTCALT

ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1925


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