Lacrosse County WI Archives Biographies.....Davis, David R. September 1821 - 
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DAVID R. DAVIS, carriage-maker, Bangor; was born in Oneida Co. N. Y., 
September, 1821. His parents were Roland and Margaret Davis. His father was 
born in Wales, and came to the United States a short time previous to the war 
of 1812. He was a soldier in that war. He settled in Oneida Co., N. Y., where 
he resided till his death. David R. went to New York City when he was 19 years 
of age, where he learned the trade of carriage-maker, where he lived twenty 
years. He was married in Oneida Co., to Hannah Morris; she died at Deerfield, 
N. Y. Present wife was Ellen Griffeth, born in Wales; came to this country 
when a child. Mr. Davis has five children by his second wife - George R., 
lives in Minneapolis; Arthur, telegraph operator, at Wesley, Iowa; Jane Ann; 
Robert G. and Alfred. Mr. Davis came to Bangor in 1859. Mr. Parry having 
removed from the village, Mr. Davis is the earliest business man of the 
village.

Additional Comments:
From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 833.

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