Bartholomew County IN Archives Biographies.....Davis, Louis E. 1867 - 
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Author: B. F. Bowen (1904)

LOUIS E. DAVIS.

   Louis E. Davis, who is engaged in general farming, has spent his entire life
in Sand Creek township, his birth having occurred on the farm where he now lives
July 30, 1867. His parents were John R. and Millicent (Newsom) Davis. The father
was a native of North Carolina, where he spent the days of his childhood, and
when a young man, came to the west, settling in Bartholomew county, Indiana,
which he believed offered better opportunities, because land could be purchased
at more reasonable prices than in the east and competition was not so great. He
became a man of considerable means as the result of his careful control of
mercantile interests and farming through his untiring diligence. He was quiet
and unassuming in manner and was a devoted member of the Friends church, his
Christian faith permeating his entire life and shaping his daily conduct so that
friends and neighbors entertained for him the highest regard. He died of
paralysis, aged sixty-six years. His widow still survives and is living in
Azalia. They were the parents of three sons and three daughters who reached
mature years and two who died in infancy. Those yet living are: Albert H., who
is engaged in general farming in Sand Creek township; Esther, who makes her home
with her mother in Azalia; Nora E., the wife of Isaac Newsom, a merchant of
Azalia; Emma, the wife of Dr. O. A. DeLong, of Azalia; and Louis E., of this
review.

   Louis E. Davis's active connection with the cultivation of the farm began as
soon as he was old enough to handle the plow. He worked in the fields through
the summer months and in the winter seasons he pursued his studies in the
district schools until he was eighteen years of age, thus acquiring a good
common school education. Later he became a student in Purdue University. at
Lafayette, Indiana, where he remained for three years, and thus by a liberal
education he was well fitted to enter upon the practical and responsible duties
of a business career. Putting aside his text books, he returned to the home farm
and has since been engaged in its further development and cultivation. The place
has excellent improvements upon it and everything is neat and thrifty in
appearance from the substantial building to the well tilled fields and good
grade of stock. Mr. Davis is engaged extensively and successfully in the raising
and sale of hogs and cattle, making a specialty of shorthorn cattle.

   In the year 1893 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Davis and Miss Cora
Parker, a daughter of Willis and Sarah R. (White) Parker. She was born in Sand
Creek township and obtained her education in the public schools. By her marriage
she has become the mother of three daughters, Iva, Ruth and Alma. Mr. and Mrs.
Davis belong to the Friends' church, with which they have always been
associated, and they contribute generously to its support and are deeply
interested in its welfare and the extension of its work along lines that will
prove of marked value in the moral development of the community. Mr. Davis also
has membership relations with the Modern Woodmen of America. He votes with the
Republican party, but has never been an active worker in its ranks aside from
casting his ballot in favor of its men and measures. His interest centers in his
farm, his home and his family and he puts forth his strongest efforts in order
to provide his wife and children with the comforts of life and thus promote
their welfare and happiness. His birthplace was also his playground in youth and
is now the scene of his manhood's labors, and in the community Mr. Davis is
accounted a progressive and enterprising farmer.


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BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY
INDIANA

INCLUDING BIOGRAPHIES OF THE GOVERNORS AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS OF INDIANA

ILLUSTRATED

1904

B. F. Bowen PUBLISHER


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