Mecosta County MI Archives Biographies.....Davis, Bartley August 18, 1832 - February 13, 1879
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Author: Chapman Brothers

BARTLEY DAVIS, deceased, was born Aug. 18, 1832.  He was a son of Francis and 
Margaret Davis, natives of 

Belfast, Ireland.  At the age of six years he came to Canada with his parents, 
and attended school at 

Toronto until he was 13 years old.  Two years later he began to work in a saw-
mill for Jonah Ugel, where 

he continued until he was 21 years old.  In company with a son of his 
employer, he bought a saw-mill, and 

they went into business for themselves, where Mr. Davis thus operated five 
years.  He sold his interest in 

the mill and went to live on a farm he had previously purchased, which he 
managed until 1861.  He then 

came to Michigan, and purchased 80 acres of land in Hinton Tp., 70 acres of 
which were under the plow at 

the time of his death.  Associated with William N. Seaton, Mr. Davis built and 
operated the first saw-mill 

in the township, located at Altona.  He was connected with Mr. Seaton two 
years, and was engaged in 

lumbering to a greater or less extent each winter after coming to Hinton.  
During his life Mr. Davis was 

Supervisor several years.  He died Feb. 13, 1879, after an illness of five 
years, of consumption.  He was 

confined to his house but two weeks.

Mr. Davis was married April 10, 1858, in Canada, to Lydia M., eldest daughter 
of William and Charlotte 

(Rose) Willett, born Jan. 17, 1832.  Her parents reside in Hinton Tp.  Of six 
children born to Mr. and 

Mrs. Davis, three survive:  Newton E., born April 12, 1859; Ella M., Nov. 22, 
1861; Charlotte M., April 2, 

1865.  Two children died in infancy; Ezra W., born Oct. 7, 1860, died Feb. 18, 
1881.  Mrs. DAvis resides 

on the homestead.

Additional Comments:
1883 Portrait & Bio Album of Mecosta Co., MI.

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