Ada County ID Archives Biographies.....Davis, Edwin H. 1882 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1920)

Edwin H. Davis

EDWIN H. DAVIS is the president of the Thomas J. Davis Estate, Inc., and is thus
active in the management of real estate interests of large value. He is a young
man of marked business ability and enterprise whom Boise is proud to number
among her native sons. He was here born on the 21st of November, 1882, and is
the fifth child and third son of the late Thomas Jefferson and Julia Davis, who
were Boise pioneers, very prominent in the business, industrial and social life
of the community, where they remained until death called them. The wife and
mother passed away September 19, 1907, and the father died on the 10th of June,
1908. They are mentioned at length on another page of this work. Their son,
Edwin H. Davis, was born and reared in Boise and in the acquirement of his
education passed through consecutive grades in the public schools, becoming a
high school pupil. He afterward entered Notre Dame University of Indiana and
later studied in the Phillips Exeter Academy of New Hampshire. From early
manhood he has been an active factor in business life and since his father's
death has been manager and president of the Thomas J. Davis Estate, Inc., which
is one of the largest in this section of Idaho. He was the chief organizer of
the Davis Meat Company, which is an important and prosperous packing industry,
constituting one of the leading productive industries of Boise. The plant is
located on the left bank of the Boise river about a mile west of Boise, on
property which the father owned. The plant consists of one large main building
of solid concrete and various smaller buildings and pens for live stock,
together with several cottages that are occupied by those conducting the plant.
The entire plant is fashioned and designed along the most modern scientific
lines and is fully equipped with the latest improved machinery such as is found
in every modern packing house. It is supplied with electric lights and a water
system and its product is chiefly sold in Boise. The Thomas J. Davis Estate also
embraces large realty interests both within and outside of Boise, the realty
outside including about seven hundred acres of fine lands in the Boise valley
along the river just west of the city—lands that are most fertile and productive
and which include the beautiful and famous Chinese gardens, visible to and
admired by all travelers on the Nampa Interurban Railway line, which follows the
crest of the hill above the gardens, and they are seen as well by all who travel
the public highway along the hillcrest. These Chinese gardens are all on the
Thomas J. Davis estate and constitute one of the most beautiful sights in the
valley of Boise through the summer seasons.

   On the 31st of December, 1907, Edwin H. Davis was married to Miss Marcella
Torrance, who was born in Denver, Colorado, November 25, 1882, a daughter of the
late Samuel and Anna (Shepard) Torrance. She was reared chiefly in Boise, where
her father established and conducted the first foundry of the city. Mr. and Mrs.
Davis have four children: Julia, who was born May 10, 1913, and was named for
her grandmother; Thomas Jefferson, who was born August 4, 1915, and was named
for his grandfather; Marcella, who was born February 11, 1917, and was named for
her mother; and Mary, born September 18, 1918. Mrs. Davis is a member of the
Catholic church.

   Mr. Davis is a Mason of high degree, having become connected with the Royal
Arch Chapter and Knight Templar Commandery, and he is also a member of the
Mystic Shrine. He is a most progressive business man who, thoroughly trained by
his father in business methods, has become a most active factor in the care and
conduct of important interests. Opportunities that others pass heedlessly by win
his recognition and in the utilization of these he has steadily advanced the
business interests which are controlled by the estate. His life work has added
new laurels to an untarnished family name.


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