Sketch of the Davis Family, St. Charles County, Missouri >From "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, with numerous sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to Early Days in Missouri" by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, Published by Bryan, Brand & Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1876. ********************************************************************** Lewis Davis, of Albemarle County, Virginia, had seven children: Edward, Matthew, Rachel, William, Rhoda, Martha and Virginia. Ed- ward married Miss Walton, of Virginia, and settled in St. Charles County, Missouri in 1829. The names of his children were: Mary A., Joel A. and Lucy M. Mary A. married Ira Shannon, of New York. Joel A. married Frances A. Guthrie, of Virginia. Lucy M. married Peter Randolph, of Virginia. Edward Davis was a blacksmith, and had a shop on McCoy's Creek. Like most of the early settlers, he was fond of a good article of whisky and when his supply ran out he would take a sack of corn on his horse, go to the distillery, and have it made into whisky, without the fear of revenue officers be- fore his eyes, for they had no such encumbrances then. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Penny Harrell ====================================================================