Hocking-Franklin County OhArchives Biographies.....Davis, Atlee H March 12 1912 - November 21 1986
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Author: David H. Davis
Biography of Atlee Harrison Davis

4.  ATLEE HARRISON DAVIS (FLOSSIE E.3, THOMAS HENRY2, WILLIAM W1) was born 
March 12, 1912 in Logan, Ohio (Hocking Cty); 31, and died November 21, 1986 in 
Crawfordville, Fla; 31.  He married LOUISE ARNETTA HUGHES1 June 20, 1936 in 
Logan, Ohio (Hocking Cty); Quality: 01, daughter of HARRY HUGHES and IDA HOPP.  
She was born August 21, 1915 in New Straitsville, Ohio (Perry Cty); 3, and died 
November 30, 1975 in Columbus, Ohio (Franklin Cty); 3.

Notes for ATLEE HARRISON DAVIS:
Description: Ford Motor Company, Detroit, Michigan around 1930
Description: White Castle Systems, Columbus, Ohio
Description: General Motors plant, Journeyman tool & die maker, Columbus, Ohio 
for 34 years.

He liked to hunt. He took me hunting with him in the fall, down around his 
boyhood haunts in Logan, Ohio. He was an excellent marksman. I don’t remember 
him missing his targets very often. He had a large collection of very well kept 
rifles. He was meticulous in their care. This was a major focal point in his 
life, being meticulous. It showed in his personal and professional life.

He very much liked tooled items, and appreciated good workmanship. He had a 
large collection of well kept die making tools, which were in near new 
condition several decades after he bought them for use in his work. There was a 
rumor he had two nick names at the GM Plant in Columbus, Ohio. Sanitary Sam and 
Mr. Clean! That was because he never left his machine at the end of the day 
unless it was thoroughly cleaned and all his tools cleaned and put away. He was 
a member of Local 969, UAW for decades.

He was also a pilot. He learned to fly in early adulthood. There was a small 
runway on top of the hill west of  Thomas Henry’s farm. He would fly out of it 
on joy rides frequently. 

He lived in Columbus, Ohio, on the west side for several decades. This put him 
in close proximity to work. He then moved south of the city for a decade or so, 
around the town of Five Points, on ten acres of forest at the edge of a valley. 
He retired to Crawfordville, Florida, on property owned by his third wife until 
his death in the mid 1980’s.

He was raised by his grandfather. His grandfather, Thomas Henry Davis, owned a 
large farm on Davis-Chapel Road, south of Logan, Ohio, in GoreTownship, off of 
Route 595. Atlee worked on the farm, and worked the saw mill Thomas Henry ran 
there. This farm was sold to George Walker, who married Velma Davis, Thomas 
Henry’s daughter, both of whom lived and worked on the farm until their deaths 
in and around the 1970‘s. They are buried on the hill,north of the family home, 
Davis Chapel Cemetery, Davis Chapel Road, Gore Township, Ohio

More About ATLEE HARRISON DAVIS:
Burial: November 25, 1986, Crawfordville, Fla; Quality: 31
HSCH: High School Attenda: January 01, 1928, Carbon Hill High School, Hocking 
County, Ohio; Quality: 31




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