Biographical Sketch of Michael Davis, Johnson County, Missouri
Jackson Township
>From "The History of Johnson County, Missouri," 
Kansas City Historical Co. 1881

MICHAEL DAVIS,

postoffice, Pittsville.   Was born in Morgan county, East Tennessee,
November 23, 1819.  His father and mother were both of southern
families--his father of North Carolina, his mother born in Tennessee.
Her maiden name was Rebecca Curtis.  His father, Abraham Davis,
emigrated to Missouri in 1843, and stopped in the southern part of the
state and died soon after.  Michael Davis, who is our subject, came to
Missouri in 1846, and settled on his present farm in Jackson township,
in 1849, consisting of 200 acres, most of which is in cultivation.  Mr.
Davis commenced life in meagre circumstances, but as a farmer he has
been a success.  He married Miss Marsha Riggle, in October, 1838,
daughter of George Riggle, Esq., and they have raised a family of twelve
children: Isaac B., Holt F., Lizzie, Jonathan F. and Catherine C.  Lost
seven.  Mr. Davis is a good neighbor, widely known and much esteemed.

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