Columbia-Crawford County PA Archives Biographies.....DAVENPORT, Ray H. 1874 - living in 1899
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  RAY H. DAVENPORT, although a young man, is possessed of wonderful business
  ability and holds the responsible position of superintendent for the Berwick
  Store Company, Ltd., one of the largest department stores in the state of
  Pennsylvania.
  
    The store is located in a handsome three-story brick building which is heated
  by steam and lighted throughout by electric lights. The south side of the store
  is devoted to a large stock of groceries, crockery, hardware, confectionery,
  etc., while the north room on the first floor is stocked with a complete line of
  men's furnishings in the front, and in the rear is a meat and produce market.
  The second floor is equipped with everything in the line of ready-made clothing,
  hats and caps, boots and shoes, and bicycles. The third floor is heavily stocked
  with a comprehensive line of household furnishings, having a great variety of
  the best furniture, carpets, curtains, draperies, etc. In the near vicinity, the
  company has a large coal yard, also a store where are sold feed, flour and
  grain. In fact, everything that could be desired by the public is kept in this
  establishment, and thirty-five clerks, five delivery-men, and eight bookkeepers
  are constantly employed to care for the ever increasing business. The store is
  well arranged and everything is carefully systematized; the clerks are polite
  and courteous and it is a pleasure for customers to trade there.
  
    Ray H. Davenport, the subject of this review, was born February 4, 1874, in
  Crawford County, Pa., and is a son of Levi and Civil (Hills) Davenport. He
  removed to Berwick in 1891 and became entry clerk in the store of Jackson &
  Woodin, serving in that capacity for five years. At the expiration of that time
  the firm was merged into the Berwick Store Company, Ltd., when our subject, on
  account of his thorough knowledge of the affairs of the firm, was made
  superintendent and has since faithfully performed the duties of that position.
  He is a man of marked ability and has won not only the approval of his
  employers, but the confidence and respect of those under his supervision.
  
    Mr. Davenport formed a matrimonial alliance with Idella Bloss, a daughter of
  John Bloss of Berwick, and they are the happy parents of two children, namely:
  Donald H., and John B. Socially he is a member of the Knights of Malta, and
  Lodge No. 246, I. O. O. F., of Berwick. Politically Mr. Davenport is a Republican.
  
  
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  Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District
  Published by 
  Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)
  
  
  
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