Carroll-Boone County IN Archives Biographies.....Davidson, William R. 1855 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

WILLIAM R. DAVIDSON.

   William R. Davidson is a prosperous farmer of Deer Creek township, Carroll
county, where he owns one hundred and nineteen acres of well-improved land, and
where he is one of the leading farmers and stockmen. He is a native of Kentucky,
born on October 13, 1855.

   The parents of William R. Davidson were Capt Roy D. and Elizabeth
(Stephenson) Davidson, the former of whom was born in Ohio and the latter in
Kentucky. They were married in the Blue Grass state and were the parents of four
children, one of whom died in infancy; N. N., who died at the age of eighteen;
Mary E., who also died at the age of about eighteen, and William R., who is the
only surviving child.

   In 1861 Mr. Davidson's parents came to Boone county, Indiana, and settled on
a farm, where they remained until 1872, when they moved to White county,
Indiana. The father died about 1890 and the mother in 1903 in White county. They
were both members of the Christian church.

   At the breaking out of the Civil War, Roy D. Davidson organized Company I,
Twenty-fourth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry. He served as captain of Company C,
One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and also of Company I,
of the Kentucky regiment. He was wounded in the battle of Shiloh and, at the end
of the war, received an honorable discharge.

   William R. Davidson was educated in the common schools of the Hoosier state.
He remained at home with his parents until his marriage in 1889 to Minnie Onken,
a daughter of John Onken, who immigrated from Germany to the United States and
settled in Jasper county, Indiana, where he and his life lived for some time.
They are now living on a farm in Pulaski county, Indiana.

   Mr. and Mrs. William R. Davidson have been the parents of three daughters,
all of whom are living, Ida E., the wife of Samuel Hewitt, of White county,
Indiana; Nellie H., and Geneva, both of whom live at home.

   From 1872 until 1912, Mr. Davidson owned a farm of one hundred and
thirty-nine acres, but in 1912 sold out and purchased one hundred and nineteen
acres in section 9, of Deer Creek township. This land comprises a thoroughly
well-improved farm. Mr. Davidson has made a specialty of raising the very
highest grade of live stock. His influence upon the live stock business of Deer
Creek township especially has been incalculable.

   The Davidsons are members of the Presbyterian church of Meadow Lake, Indiana.
Mr. Davidson is a member of Walcott Lodge, No. 158, Independent Order of Odd
Fellows. Both he and his wife are members of the Daughters of Rebekah, at Delphi.


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Biographical Section of

HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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