Penobscot County ME Archives Biographies.....Davis, C H ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/me/mefiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Alice Warner Brosey http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00015.html#0003503 September 2, 2011, 11:21 am Source: History of Western Iowa, Its Settlement and Growth; 1882 Author: Western Publishing Company C. H. Davis, was born in Penobscot county, Me., in 1839; moved to Mass. in 1852 and went to sea as a cabin boy. At the breaking out of the war in 1801 he enlisted in the navy in Com. Farragut's fleet; was transferred to Com. Dahlgren's fleet in 1864. He left the navy at the close of the war and in 1866 moved to Council Bluffs, Ia., and was engaged as engineer on the Missouri river, until coming to Missouri Valley; is here employed by the S. C. & P. R. R. company. Additional Comments: From Harrison County Chapter; Missouri Valley Biographies File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/me/penobscot/bios/davis58gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mefiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb