Bio of Davis, James P., M.D. (b.1843) Wabasha Co., MN
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Davis, James P., M.D., Kellogg, is a son of John and Maria Davis, all born
in Monmouthshire, Englane; our subject in July, 1843. When the latter was
about two years of age his parents settled near Pomeroy, Ohio, where they
died within a few years. Young Davies received instruction in public and
private schools and an academy; he also spent three years in the schools
of Covington, Kentucky, and Cincinnati. The completion of his eighteenth
year found him engaged in active warfare in the service of the United
States, 4th Va. Inf. He served in West Virginia in 1861-2, participating
in the battles of Charlestown and Bush Creek, besides some skirmishing
with bushwhackers. From January, 1863, to March, 1864, he was in the army
of the Tennessee, and was an actor at the attack on Haynes Bluff, Yazoo
River campaign, siege and capture of Vicksburg, campaign against Jackson,
Mississippi (July, 1863), campaign to relieve Chattanooga and Mission
Ridge, and the skirmish with Forrest's cavalry near Tuscumbia, Alabama. He
served in the Shenandoah valley in 1864, taking part in the battle of
Piedmont in June. On account of poor health he was soon after discharged.
From the fall of 1864 to the close of the civil war he was employed on a
United States picket boat on the Mississippi. After the struggle was ended
he went to St. Louis and pursued a course of medical study in the Missouri
Medical College, from which institution he graduated. In the spring and
summer of 1878, he traveled through this state in search of health, and
settled at Kellogg in 1875, continuing a good practice to the present
time. He is a member of the county and state medical societies. Was reared
in the Presbyterian church, and is a supporter of the Christian faith. He
is married, and has one son, William F., now in business at St. Paul.