Yolo County CA Archives Biographies.....Davisson, Benjamin Franklin (Sr.) 1835 - 1908
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Author: Tom Gregory

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN DAVISSON, SR.
    The subject of this sketch, now deceased, was born in Muskingum county,
Ohio, April 30, 1835, and when he was nineteen the family struck out for the
great Far West. It was in a large immigrant train—many families and much
stock—and his father was the captain. They came the well-known route along the
North Platte, Green river and the "Sinks of the Humboldt." The Indians
occasionally ran off their stock, but did not further trouble them, as the
immigrants were in too large force to attack. It took the train exactly four
months to make the journey. They continued through the Sacramento Valley down to
Suisun. For several years the Davissons farmed, during which time they purchased
a complete threshing outfit and used it during the busy harvest seasons through
the Suisun, Capay and other valleys and over the Montezuma Hills.

    Mr. Davisson married in San Francisco Miss Serrita Clark, whose parents came
to this state in 1849. The children born to them are as follows: Benjamin F.,
William H., Lawrence E., S. Grace, Jennie A., Huldah M., Ella S., Bessie M.
(deceased), and Florence L. S. Grace married T. B. Harrison; they live in
Visalia and have three children. Jennie married W. T. Jane; they live in San
Francisco, and have two daughters. Huldah, Mrs. A. C. Harley, is the postmaster
at Guinda. Ella married S. T. Clark, of Guinda. Florence married E. W. Driggs,
also of Guinda.

  B. F. Davisson, Sr., first settled on the McHenry ranch of over one thousand
acres near Esparto, then came to Capay. He there located on the Davis place of
eleven hundred acres, which he farmed for many years, or until it was sold to
the railroad company. He bought thirty acres of the old ranch, which is set to
orchard of apricots, peaches, plums and prunes, and one hundred and thirty acres
of other land in grain. He kept about fourteen head of livestock on his
well-equipped farm. In politics he was a lifelong Republican, as was his father,
and he was proud of the fact that he never changed his faith. He was also a
member of the Masonic and Odd Fellow fraternities. Mr. Davisson died in Oakland
September 1, 1908.

    B. F. Davisson, Jr., was born in Guinda July 8, 1882, and was educated in
the local schools and in Heald's Business College at San Francisco, graduating
from the latter institution in 1901. He then became a partner of his father in
farming and horticulture and soon had charge of the business. Since the death of
his father he has continued the business, and besides the management of the
orchard he also farms about one hundred and thirty acres of land to grain and
hay. He ships both the ripe and dried fruit from his orchard to market.

    Benjamin F. Davisson, Jr., married Esther Morrison, a native of Winters,
Cal., and the daughter of Robert Morrison, a retired merchant of that place. Mr.
and Mrs. Davisson have one child, Malcolm. Mr. Davisson was made a Mason in
Landmark Lodge No. 253, F. & A. M., at Madison. He is also a member of Capay
Lodge No. 230, I. O. O. F., and politically he espouses the principles of the
Republican party.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from

HISTORY OF YOLO COUNTY CALIFORNIA
WITH
Biographical Sketches
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
TOM GREGORY
AND OTHER WELL KNOWN WRITERS
ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME

HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA [1913]


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