Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Davis, Uriah C 1852 - 
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Author: Bio/Gen Record LaSalle/Grundy 1900

Uriah C. Davis

The mercantile interests of Morris are well represented by Uriah C. Davis, 
furniture dealer and undertaker. He owns and conducts a large and well-
equipped store and possesses the essential characteristics of a successful 
business career. A native of Kendall county, Illinois, he was born November 
15, 1852, and is a son of Phineas Davis, a retired farmer now residing in 
Morris. The father was born in Livingston county, New York, January 24, 1827, 
and in 1847, when twenty years of age, came to Illinois, locating in Kendall 
county, where he purchased a farm upon which he made his home for twenty-seven 
years.  In 1874 he took up his abode in Morris, and is now accounted one of 
the respected citizens of this place. He was married January 22, 1848, to 
Maria L. Phipps, who was born in New Jersey in 1822 and died in 1879, leaving 
two sons—James and Uriah C. In 1881 the father again married, his second union 
being with Sally C. Frasee, widow of Barnard Frasee.

Upon the homestead farm Uriah C. Davis spent the days of his boyhood and 
youth, and as soon as old enough to handle the plow began to assist in the 
improvement of the fields and in the cultivation of the crops.  He was 
provided with excellent educational privileges and is a graduate of both the 
Fowler Institute and the Morris Normal. He also attended the Illinois State 
Normal for a time and successfully engaged in teaching for four years, being 
principal of the Mazon schools for two and a half years.  In 1881, however, he 
abandoned that profession and embarked in his present business in partnership 
with W. R. Cody. In 1885 his brother, James L., purchased an interest in the 
business, and in 1887 the Davis brothers bought out the interest of Mr. Cody.  
This partnership was continued till 1892, when our subject became sole 
proprietor. He has conducted his store with signal success, having a large and 
complete stock of furniture of modern design, calculated to meet the varied 
tastes of the public. He has built up an excellent trade and also has a 
liberal patronage in the undertaking department. He is a graduate of two 
schools for embalming, the Sullivan and the Hoenschau. He is regarded as the 
most skilled undertaker in Morris.

In 1881 Mr. Davis was united in marriage to Miss Nellie F. Cody, and their 
union has been blest with three children Edith, William and Ralph.  In his 
political views Mr. Davis is a Republican, and for four years served as an 
alderman of the city. He is now the secretary of the Morris Commercial Club, 
is an official member of the Methodist church and belongs to the order of 
Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.  In all the 
relations of life he is true to every duty devolving upon him, and his career 
has been an upright and honorable one. The success which he has achieved has 
been gained by close application to business combined with sound judgment and 
capable management. He is regarded as one of the leading and influential 
citizens of his adopted county, and it is with pleasure that we present the 
record of his life to our readers.

Additional Comments:
Source:  Biographical and Genealogical Record of La Salle and Grundy Counties 
Illinois, Volume 11, Chicago, 1900, pages 559-560

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