Nicollet and LeSueur Counties
Volume II (biographies)
William Gresham
1916

Last Updated: 01 March 1998


This file contains transcriptions for:
Hon. H. Howard Flowers
Stephen H. Briggs
Henry F. Pettis
Ebenezer R. Davis
William W. Dickie
Charles Roscoe Davis

Still to do:
Hon. Charles Russell Davis
Albert Eben Davis
Martin F. Ponwith
Hon. Mahlon R. Everett
Martin L. Flowers


HON. H. HOWARD FLOWERS

The Hon. H. Howard Flowers, representative in the lower house of the 
Minnesota General Assembly from the twenty-seventh district and speaker of 
the House in the session of 1915, president of the Frist State Bank of 
leveland, LeSueur county, for seventeen years postmaster of that village 
and for many years one of the leading merchants of Cleveland, is a native 
of that same district, having been born on a pioneer farm on September 11, 
1865, son of William A. and Margaret (Jones) Flowers, the former of whom was
born in Champaing county, Ohio, in 1832, and died in Pennsylvania in April, 
1915, and the latter, born in Wales in 1840, died at her home in Cleveland, 
LeSueur county, in 1882, both of whom were pioneers in LeSueur county.

William A. Flowers was the son of Charles and Margaret (Rhodes) Flowers, 
the former a native of New York state and the latter a native of New Jersey,
born in 1808, who died in 1892.  Charles Flowers was a farmer and merchant, 
and he and his wife were the parents of five children, three sons and two 
daughters, whom they reared in the faith of the Methodist institution, 
Asbury College, now DePauw University, at Greencastle, Indiana, and became 
a school teacher.  After teaching awhile in Indiana he came to Minnesota in 
1856 and located at Ottawa, in LeSuer county, where he taught for several 
years, spending his summers on famrs in that neighborhood.  He was married 
in 1859 and taught but a few winters thereafter, devoting the remainder of 
the active years of his life to the development of his extensive farming 
interests in Cleveland township, having been one of the most substantial 
landowners and influential residents of that neighborhood.  Mr. Flowers was 
a Republican and ever took an active interest in local political affairs, 
serving his township very usefully in several official capacities.  He was 
a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at St. Peter and for years 
took an active part in the affairs of that order.  He and his wife were 
faithful members and influential workers in the Methodist church, he having 
been a trustee in the church for many years, and their six children, Ella, 
William, Howard, John, Dora and May, all of whom are living, were reared in 
that faith.  Following the death of his wife, in 1882, Mr. Flowers spent 
much time in the East, in and about the place of his birth, and his death 
occurred in Pennsylvania in 1915, he then being eighty-three years of age.

H. Howard Flowers received his elementary education in the district school 
in the neighborhood of his boyhood home in Cleveland Township supplementing 
the same by attendance at the high school at St. Peter, up??? completing 
which course he entered a business college at Fayette, Ohio, from which he 
was gradtuated in 1886.  Upon his return from college Mr. Flowers began 
teaching school in LeSueur county and was thus engaged until 1889, in which 
year he engaged in the agricultural implement business at Cleveland, which 
business he presently merged into a general hardware and general merchandise
business, which he continued with much success until 1913, when he sold his 
store.  In the meantime, in 1902, the First State Bank of Cleveland was 
organized and Mr. Flowers was elected first president of that institution, 
a position which he has occupied ever since that time, long having been 
regarded as one of the leading bankers in this part of the state.  In 
addition to his extensive banking and other interests in and about Cleveland
Mr. Flowers is the owner of eleven hundred and fifty acres of land in 
LeSueur county and Canada and is regarded as being very well circumstanced.

Even from the days of his youth Howard Flowers has given his most thoughtful
and intelligent attention to political affairs hereabout.  As a Republican 
he early became one of the acknowledged leaders of that party in LeSueur 
County and his excellent judgment and thorough acquaintance with local 
conditions gave much weight to his counsels in the deliberations of the 
party managers.  His first public service was as village recorder at 
Cleveland, a position he held for eight years, rendering excellent service 
in that capacity.  For ten years he was clerk of the local school board, in 
which position he was enabled to do much toward elevating the standards of 
education in his home village.  He was actively interested in the 
consolidation of the Cleveland township schools in the school now at 
Cleveland.

Under President McKinley's first administration, Mr. Flowers was appointed 
postmaster of Cleveland and for seventeen years held that position, his 
service in that connection ever having been satisfactory to the patrons of 
that office.  In 1912 Mr. Flowers was elected representative from the 
twenty-seventh Minnesota legislative district and served with distinction 
in the lower house of the General Assembly during the session of 1913.  In 
1914 Representative Flowers was re-elected and the fine record which he had 
made during the preceding session, coupled with his universal personal 
popularity among the other members of the House, made him the logical 
choice of that body for speaker of the House when the 1915 session convened.
Speaker Flowers performed a signal service in behalf of the state of 
Minnesota during the period of his service as presiding officer of the 
House of Representatives and became at once a personage of state-wide 
importance, his firm rulings on numerous questions of fital concern to the 
people and his vigorous grasp of the basic principles underlying certain 
issues of large import that were raised during that session, attracting 
attention even beyond the confines of the state; his official course earning
for him not only th eunbounded confidence of the people but their warm 
gratitude, and it is harldy too much to say that Representative Flowers 
occupies a place in the hearts of the people of the state second to none 
other.

In 1889, H. Howard Flowers was united in marriage to Mary Diller, daughter 
of John and Sarah (VanAntwerp) Diller, prominent residents of this section 
of the state, and to this union four children have been born, as follows: 
Frances, who married William Lloyd; Frank, cashier of the First State Bank 
of Cleveland, and Gladys and Harry, who are in high school.  The Flowers 
have a beautiful home in the village of Cleveland and take a leading part 
in all social and cultural activities in that community, being held in the 
highest esteem by all thereabout.  Mr. Flowers is a Mason and a member of 
the local lodge of the Modern Woodmen, in the affairs of both of which 
orders he takes a warm interest.
(pages 33-35)


STEPHEN H. BRIGGS

Stephen H. Briggs, successful farmer, able business man, leading citizen and
former public official, was born in Boone county, New York on April 22, 1836
a son of Abiathar and Huldah (Coombs) Briggs.

Abiathar Briggs was a son of Abiathar and Johanna (Rounsville) Briggs, 
natives of Massachusetts, and settled in Courtland county, New York, where 
they spent their last days, the former dying at the age of seventy-eight 
years; the latter at seventy-five years.

Abiathar Briggs, Jr., was born at Middleboro, Massachusetts, and when a 
young man served in the War of 1812.  In 1856 he moved to the state of 
Wisconsin, where he lived about three years.  In 1858, Mr. Briggs came to 
Nicollet county, Minnesota, where he homesteaded a farm and then returned 
to Wisconsin, where he secured his family, whom he moved to this county in 
1859.  At a later time, Abiathar Briggs moved to Traverse where he died at 
the age of seventy-five years.  Huldah, hte wife of Abiathar Briggs died in 
New York, at the age of sixty-seven years.

Stephen H. Briggs received his education in the common schools and at the 
Courtland Academy, New York, after which he taught school in New York state 
for one year and then moved with his parents to Wisconsin, where Mr. Briggs 
engaged in the profession of a school teacher for three eyars.  Moving to 
the state of Minnesota, Mr. Briggs continued in his dutites as a school 
teacher for a short time, after which, in 1860, he bought forty acres of 
land in section 12, Traverse township, this county.  On his farm Mr. Briggs 
built a frame house in 1862, which now serves as a part of his present 
residence which is toady one of the best of the community.  From time to 
time he has added to his acreage, until now he is the owner of nearly two 
hundred acres of land on which he engages in general farming and in the 
raising of live stock.  Mr. Briggs specializes in live stock culture, now 
being the owner of a herd of about thirty cattle as well as twelve head of 
good grade hourses.  As a business man, Mr. Briggs has demonstrated his 
ability as an organizer, promoter and manager, having been one of the 
organizers of the co-operative creamery at Traverse Station, a concern which
Mr. Briggs managed for many years.  About the year 1880 he built a grain 
elevator at Traverse Station, which he managed until 1907, and he has been 
the promoter of other enterprises all of which have been notably successful.
  Some time ago Mr. Briggs surveyed a portion of his farm which adjoins 
Traverse Station.

On October 28, 1862, Stephen H. Briggs was married to Cynthia Doty, who was 
born in Tompkins, New York, and who, at an early age came to Nicollet county
Minnesota.  To the marriage of Stephen H. and Cynthia Briggs have been born 
the following children:  Frank, an employee of the state insane hospital, 
who married Mary Kretschmer and they are the parents of four children, Byron,
Marion, Margarette and Raymond; George A., a graduate of Gustavus Adolphus 
College, who makes a specialty of bee culture on the home farm, where he 
owns more than hone hundred swarms of bees; and Mary E., a musician and 
piano teacher, living at home.

Mr. Briggs has taken a conspicious part in the political career in 1875, of 
his community for many years.  He started his political career in 1875, when
he was elected to the office of county surveyor; he also has been the 
occupant of the offices as assessor, township treasurer for Traverse 
Township, during a term of fifteen years; clerk of the school board and a 
member of the school board for many years.  Mr. Briggs has served his 
township as supervisor and was postmaster Traverse for some time.
(pages 195-196)


HENRY F. PETTIS

Henry F. Pettis, successful farmer, and a citizen prominent in the business 
and official life of Kasota township, LeSueur county, Minnesota, was born 
in Pike county, Illinois, on June 9, 1852, a son of Charles and Sarah 
(Hosford) Pettis, natives of Vermont and Connecticut, respectively.  Charles
Pettis was a son of Stephen Pettis and wife, the former a veteran and a 
colonel of the War of 1812, who moved from Vermont to Ohio and then to Pike 
county, Illinois, where he spent his last days.  Stephen Pettis was four 
times married.

After spending his early days and receiving his education in the public 
schools of Vermont, Charles Pettis moved to the state of Ohio with his 
father.  Here Mr. Pettis lived until after his marriage, when he moved to 
Pike county, Illinois, he there engaging in farming and in his early trade 
as a carpenter until 1853, when, together with his eldest daughter and 
eldest son and other relatives, he came to Minnesota, and located on eighty 
acres of land on the banks of Lake Emily, in LeSueur county.  On this land 
he lived as a "squatter," until his death in 1856, after which the land was 
pre-empted by the administrator of the estate of Mr. Pettis.  Later the 
widow of Charles Pettis pre-empted some adjoining land on Lake Emily, living
on her ninety-seven acres of land for some time and then selling it shortly 
before her death in 1889.

Charles and Sarah Pettis were the parents of nine children: Stephen W., 
Catherine, John, Eliza, Olive, Melissa, Emily, Charles, who was a veteran 
of the Civil War, and Henry F.

Henry F. Pettis received a common school education after which he remained 
on the home farm in LeSueur county, until the death of his mother and then 
moved to a farm of twenty acres in Kasota township, which he had purchased 
some years previously.  Later, Mr. Pettis moved to the farm which was 
originally the property of his eldest brother, Stephen, and on this place, 
which now contains one hundred eighteen acres, he lives as a general farmer 
and as a raiser of high grade Shorthorn cattle and Norman horses.  Mr. 
Pettis also is owner of one hundred and seventy acres of land in Kasota 
Township, this county, the first twenty acres of which he purchased in 1872.

In addition to his general agricultural pursuits, Henry F. Pettis takes an 
active place in thebusiness life of this community, being a director of the 
Pettis Elevator Company, an office which Mr. Pettis has occupied since the 
organization of the company in 1908.

On February 25, 1873, Henry F. Pettis was married to Mary Randolph, who was 
born in Whiteside county, Illinois, a daughter of James Randolph and wife.  
On July 2, 1911, Mr. Pettis was married, secondly, to Mrs. Harried (Handly) 
Pettis, widow of Stephen Pettis, a brother to Henry F. Pettis.  By her 
former marriage Mrs. Pettis is the mother of two children, Dora and Cecil.

Mr. Pettis has taken a place of note in the official life of Kasota Township
and of LeSueur county.  For ten years he served on teh township board; 
during four years was a county commissioner, and for twelve years a member 
of the school board.  Fraternally, Mr. Pettis is a member often Independent 
Order of Odd Fellows and is a member of the Knights of Pytias, in this 
county.  Mr. Pettis is one of the highly respected and esteemed citizens of 
Kasota township and LeSueur county, being a man who has taken no small part 
in the present development of this community.
(pages 205-206)


EBENEZER R. DAVIS

The late Ebenezer R. Davis was a native of Canada, but counted among the 
pioneer band who found their way to LeSueur county, Minnesota.  He was born 
in 1832, a son of Orange Davis who left the Dominion of Canada in 1837 with 
his family, to escape being drafted into the army.  Ebenezer R. Davis was 
only five years of age at the time his parents moved from his birthplace to 
New York state, where they spent some time, then moved on west as far as 
Pike county, Illinois.  They remained there until 1853, when the father, 
Orange Davis, came to LeSueur county, securing a tract of land from the 
government on the shores of Lake Emily.  The next year the family joined 
the elder Davis, who divided his time between farming and making shingles.  
He was an industrious and honorable citizen of LeSueur county, who bore well
his part in a wild, unsettled country.  He died at St. Peter, to which 
place they had retired; his wife died at her daughter's home, at Lake Emily.
these good people had endured the privations and hardships only known to 
pioneers in Minnesota, in the fifties and sixties.

Ebenezer Davis, son of Orange Davis and wife, was only a mere boy when he 
accompanied his parents to Illinois from New York state.  In 1850, during 
the gold excitement in far-off California, young Davis joined the throng of 
fortune-hunters in that country.  He remained in California until 1852, when
he returned to Illinois, and with his mother and the other members of the 
family, came to Minnesota in 1854, the father having immigrated here in 1853
prepatory to the coming of his family.  Ebenezer R. remained at home until 
1855, when he obtained land in his own name, the same now being known as the
Gault farm, which he sold in 1858, purchasing the one he later lived on for 
a half century.  He was united in marriage in 1855 to Louisa J. Pettis, born
on November 7, 1837, daughter of John and Ann (Cummings) Pettis.  Mrs. Davis'
parents, however, had died when she was yet quite young, the mother passing 
away in Ohio and the father was stricken by cholera in St. Louis, Missouri, 
the same year.  The daughter was taken into the home of an uncle, Charles 
Pettis, who brought her with the family to LeSueur County, where they made 
their home on the shores of Lake Emily.  It was there that Charles Pettis 
made his permanent home, remaining until overtaken by death in 1857, while 
his wife survived him and lived to a ripe old age.  In the John and Ann 
Pettis family there were six children born, three of whom are still living. 
 These besides Mrs. davis are her brother, Charles, who makes his home with 
her, and Thomas, who resides in Illinois.

Mr. and Mrs. Davis lived on their farm at Kasota for over fifty years, and 
there he died on May 11, 1909, and after that sad event, Mrs. Davis moved to
St. Peter, purchased a handsome residence on North Minnesota avenue, where 
she has since made her home.  In numerous capacities Mr. Davis had been 
associated with those things which were calculated to develop this county 
and state.  In the first instance, it was he who aided in making the 
original survey of the town plat of St. Peter, he having carried the chain 
for the surveyor in charge.  In addition to operating his farm he was 
connected with the management of the Kasota flouring-mills.  Many a pioneer 
recalls him as having a stirring, enterprising way about him, which caused 
him to be much admired by his fellow citizens.

In all charitable works, helping the worthy poor and unfortunate, Mr. Davis 
was ever foremost.  His religion was of that type that caused others to be 
happy and live exemplary lives in the community.  Many persons living in 
this and adjoining counties, have reason to cherish his name for his 
generosity and sterling traits of character.  No children were born to Mr. 
and Mrs. Davis, but the childhood and youth of many in the community knew 
them as fast friends, and mourned with older ones when he passed away.
(pages 264-265)


WILLIAM W. DICKIE

William W. Dickie, one of the best-known and substantial farmers of 
Cleveland township, LeSueur county, is a native of the bonnie land of the 
heather and the thistle, havning been born in Scotland on October 16, 1856, 
eldest son of John and Margaret (Watt) Dickie, both natives of Scotland, the
former of whom was born on October 16, 1828, and the latter, April 24, 1833,
who became pioneer residents of this section of Minnesota.  Early in the 
year 1857 he and his wife and their infant son, William, the immediate 
subject of this biographical sketch, came to America, proceeding at once to 
Minnesota, settling near Scotch lake, in Cleveland township, LeSueur county.

John Dickie was born on a farm in Scotland, the youngest of the nine 
children of William and Elizabeth (Penny) Dickie, the others having been 
William, Alexander, Peter, Elsie, Isabelle, Mary, Margaret and Christina.  
John Dickie grew to manhood on the home farm in Scotland and married 
Margaret Watt, a neighborhood lassie, youngest of the three children of 
Alexander and Agnes (Delgarno) Watt, the others having been Alexander and 
Isabelle.  Early in the year 1857 he and his wife and their infant son, 
William, came to America, proceeding at once to Minnesota, settling near 
Scotch lake, in Cleveland township, LeSueur county.  John Dickie bought 
forty acres there on which he established his home in the wilderness and 
there he and his family lived through the hardships and difficulties which 
confronted the pioneers of that period, suffering the terrors of the Indian 
uprising and all the dangers of that time.  Mr. Dickie was a good farmer, 
however, and a substantial citizen and presently began to prosper in his 
pioneer farming, it not being long before he was recognized as one of the  
leading factors in the development of that region.  After awhile he added 
to his original homestead by the purchase of an adjoining tract of 
seventy-five acres, to which he later added an additional twenty acres and 
became a very substantial farmer.  During the Cival War Mr. Dickie 
demonstrated his patriotic devotion to the land of his adoption by enlisting
for service in the Union cause in Company E, Fourth Regiment, Minnesota 
olunteer Infantry.  He enlisted on January 2, 1865, and was mustered out 
with his regiment, at the close of the war, at Louisville, Kentucky, July 
19, 1865.  John Dickie and his wife were earnest members of the Christian 
Church and their nine children, William W., Peter, John, Margaret, Mary, 
Catherine, Harriet, Rose and Elizabeth, were reared in that faith.

William W. Dickie was not a year old when he was brought to America by his 
parents and he grew to manhood on the old home farm in Cleveland township.
  His first schooling was gained in a little log shanty in the neighborhood 
of his home and he grew up a witness to all the trials and hardships which 
the pioneers of that period were compelled to face.  Being the eldest child 
in a growing family, he early began helping his father in the work of the 
farm and lent valuable assistance in the labors of developing the home acres.
He has remained a farmer in Cleveland township all his life and now owns a 
fine farm of one hundred and thirty-five acres, on which he has prospered 
fairly well, being regarded as one of the substantial residents of that 
community.  Mr. Dickie has not neglected his duty to the public and has 
served the township faithfully in several public capacities.  He is a 
Democrat and served for years as a supervisor, for some time having been 
chairman of the board of supervisors.  He also has served as a member of 
the school board and in both these positions of public trust and 
responsibility rendered admirable service in behalf of the people.

In 1880 William W. Dickie was united in marriage to Sophia Harriman, 
daughter of B. W. and Susanna (Brown) Harriman, who came to Minnesota from 
West Viriginia about the year 1855, settling in Dakota county, whence they 
presently moved to LeSueur county.  To William W. and Sophia (Harriman) 
Dickie nine children have been born, as follow: Charles, who married 
Florence Davis; Anna Belle, who married Fred Davis; Elizabeth, who married 
Thomas J. Lloyd, and Paul C., Walter, Hubert, Irene, Raymond and Helen.  
Mr. and Mrs. Dickie are earnest members of the Christian church, Mr. Dickie 
having been an officer of that church, either as a deacon or trustee, for 
the past thirty-five years or more, and their children have been reared in 
that faith.  The Dickies are earnest in all good works in the neighborhood 
in which their home has been so long established and are held in high 
regard throughout that entire community.  Mr. Dickie is a member of the 
Modern Woodmen, in the affairs of which he takes a warm interest.
(pages 299-301)


CHARLES ROSCOE DAVIS

Charles Roscoe Davis, a well-known and enterprising young business man of 
Clevelan, LeSueur county, member of the progressive firm of Lloyd Brothers 
& C. R. Davis, dealers in general hardware, agricultural implements and 
automobiles at Cleveland, is a native of LeSueur county, having been born 
on a homestead farm in Kasota township, September 26, 1882, son of Henry C. 
and Melissa (Pettis) Davis, both members of pioneer families and prominent 
residents of that section, whose respective fathers had left Pike county, 
Illinois, in 1853, and had homesteaded land in LeSueur county, where they 
established their permanent homes.

Henry C. Davis was born in Pike county, Illinois, July 6, 1844, youngest son
of Orange R. and Adelaide (Barlow) Davis, both natives of Canada, who 
migrated from the Dominion to New York state and thence to Illinois, where, 
in Pike county, Orange R. Davis operated a farm until 1853, in which year 
he came to Minnesota and entered a claim to a quarter of a section of land 
in Kasota township, LeSueur county.  The next year he established his family
on this homestead tract and there he and his wife spent the remainder of 
their lives, long having been accounted among the most prominent and 
influential residents in that section.  They were the parents of ten 
children:  Thomas, S. William, Orange R. Ebenezer R., Louisa B., Isaac B., 
Sarah Ann, Caroline, Harriet and Henry C., the latter of whom, father of the
subject of this biographical sketch was about ten years of age when he came 
to Minnesota and here he spent the rest of his life, becoming one fo the 
most substantial residents of Kasota township, as well as one of the best-
known men in this part of the state.  Henry C. Davis grew to manhood on the 
Kasota township homestead and in due time pre-empted a quarter section of 
land for himself in the same township and there established his home.  
In early days he served as deputy sheriff of LeSueur county and for many 
years was constable of Kasota township.  During the time of the Indian 
outbreak he was a member of the Home Guards and participated actively in 
the bloody engagements with the Souix.  He was one of the detail of soldiers
which brought the thirty-eight condemned redskins from New Ulm to Mankato 
and was a member of the detail which had charge fo the execution of those 
bloodthirsty leaders of the uprising.  For thirty years or more, Mr. Davis 
was a practical auctioneer, crying sales throughout this part of the country
and became very well known hereabout.  He prospered in his agricultural 
ventures and presently became the owner of about four hundred sixty acres 
of excellent land in LeSueur and Nicollet counties.  He was a Republican and
a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.  He and his wife were 
members of the United Brethren church and ever took an active part in the 
good works of their neighborhood.  They were the parents of nine children, 
all of whom are still living, save Ella, the third in order of birth, who 
died in 1913, the others being Chester H., Lily M., Annetta D., Stella M., 
Albert E., Cecil I., C. Roscoe and Harriet E.

Melissa (Pettis) Davis, mother of the above children, was born in Pike 
County, Illinois, February 7, 1842, daughter of Charles and Sarah (Hosford) 
Pettis, the former a native of Vermont and the latter of Connecticut.  As a 
young man, Charles Pettis emigrated from Vermont to Ohio, where he married 
and a few years later moved to Illinois, settling on a farm in Pike County, 
where he lived until 1853, in which year he came to Minnesota and entered a 
claim to a quarter of a section of land in Kasota township, LeSueur county.
  The next year he brought his family out here and established his home on 
the north side of Lake Emily, and there spent the reaminder of his life, 
long having been regarded as among the leaders in the community life of that
section.  Charles Pettis started a pioneer store on his place, now known as 
Pettis Station, and operated the same for years in connection with his 
farming.  He and his wife were the parents of nine children, Steven W., 
Catherine P., John L., Anna E., Olive G., Melissa J., Emily F., Charles C. 
and Henry F.

Charles R. Davis received his elementary education in the district school 
in his home neighborhood in Kasota township, supplementing the same by a 
course in Gustavus Adolphus College at St. Peter, from which excellent old 
institution he was graduated in 1901.  Upon completing his schoooling, Mr. 
Davis engaged in the grain business at St. Peter and was thus engaged for 
four years, at the end of which he went to Pettis Station, where for four 
years he was engaged in the grain business, having his headquarters in the 
general store of C. Roscoe Davis and C. A. Davis.  In 1908 he formed a 
partnership with Thomas J. and William Lloyd in the general hardware and 
agricultural implement business in the village of Cleveland and has been 
thus engaged ever since, in the meantime having continued his operations in 
grain until 1915, when he disposed of that branch of the business, and is 
now devoting the whole of his attention to the growing interests of the
mercantile establishment with which he is connected.  In 1912, following in 
the foosteps of his father, who for years was one of the best-known 
auctioneers in this section of Minnesota, Mr. Davis entered the 
auctioneering business and has made quite a success of the same, carrying 
on this branch of his business independent of his commercial interests.  He 
is an excellent and enterprising young business man and enjoys the full 
confidence of commercial circles throught this section.

In 1912 Charles R. davis was united in marriage to Stella Baker, daughter 
of R. B. Baker and wife, well-known residents of this community, and to this
union twin sons have been born, Roscoe W. and Russell M., born on March 4, 
1913, a mighty interesting pair of youngsters.  Mr. and Mrs. Davis take a 
proper part in the social activities of Cleveland and are held in high 
esteem by their many friends thereabout.  Mr. Davis is a Republican and 
gives a good citizen's attention to political affairs, though never having 
been included in the office-seeking class.  He is a member of the Equitable 
Fraternal Union, in the affairs of which he takes a warm interest, and is 
likewise warmly interested in all movements designed to promote the general
interests of the community in which he is so active a factor.
(pages 333-335)


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