Wapello County IA Archives Biographies.....Davis, Omer C. 1861 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

OMER C. DAVIS.
An excellent farm property on section 3, Competine township, is owned by Omer C.
Davis, who ranks with the representative agriculturists of the county. His work
has been capably done in every connection, and his sound business judgment is
manifest in his growing success. He is one of the county's native sons, born
April 8, 1861. His parents were William and Priscilla (Mowery) Davis, of whom
more extended mention is made on another page of this work in connection with
the sketch of his brother George W. Davis. The usual experiences of the farm lad
came to Omer C. Davis in his boyhood and youth. He attended the district schools
and through the periods of vacation worked in the fields, taking his place
behind the plow almost as soon as old enough to reach the plow handles. He has
lived to see remarkable changes in the methods of farming and in the machinery
used in the work of the fields, and at all times he has kept abreast with the
trend of modern improvement. He remained under the parental roof until he
attained his majority and then purchased the farm upon which he now resides,
comprising two hundred and sixty acres of land that is rich and arable. He has
wrought a marked transformation in the appearance of the place by adding main
improvements and modern equipments, and in addition to cultivating the cereals
best adapted to soil and climate he raises good grades of stock and in the sale
of his stock adds materially to his annual income.

In 1886 Mr. Davis was united in marriage to Miss Samantha Argenbright, who was
born in this county and is a daughter of David and Winnie Argenbright, both of
whom remained residents of Wapello county until called to their final rest. To
Mr. and Mrs. Davis were born four children: Frank E.; Doris Ida, now the wife of
Rex V. Hawthorn; and William D. and Ira E., both at home. The wife and mother
passed away January 1, 1897, and in 1898 Mr. Davis was again married, his second
union being with Miss Mary E. Webb, a native of this county and a daughter of
Isham and Jane Webb. Her father was born in Iowa, but her mother was born in
Ohio and was brought to this state during her early girlhood. Mr. and Mrs. Webb
were the parents of five children, four of whom yet survive. By Mr. Davis'
second marriage there were born four children: Virgil, who was born in 1900 and
died in 1902; Mamie A.; Ruth G.; and Lester O.

Mr. Davis gives his political support to the democratic party, but the honors
and emoluments of office have never had attraction for him. For twenty-seven
years he has served on the school board and is much interested in the
development and improvement of the schools, realizing how important a factor
they are as a preparation for citizenship and all the duties of later life. Both
he and his wife are members of the Baptist church and to its teachings are loyal.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME II
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914


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