Logan County, West Virginia          Biography of George Lewis DAVIS- Logan Co.

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History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.
Chicago & New York, Volume 111
Page 371

     There is probably no phase of the coal mining industry that has not
become a part of the practical experience of George Lewis Davis, who
though a  young man has been working in and around coal mines since
boyhood. Mr. Davis is one of the coal mining officials of Logan Co.,
being superintendent of mines at Micco and the Omar branch of the
Chesapeake & Ohio.
     Mr. Davis was born at Redwood in Franklin County, Virginia, January
2, 1887. His ancestors were substantial Virginia planters. His
grandfather Davis was a Confederate soldier at the time of the Civil
war. His grandfather Pardue was one of the most influential men in his
section of Virginia in his day, active as a man of affairs and also a
leader in politics. The parents of George L. Davis were John P. and
Elizabeth (Pardue) Davis, natives of Virginia. His father was a farmer
and stone mason and builder, and he put up many buildings all over
Franklin County. During the war between the states he was with a
Virginia regiment, but was captured and was held a prisoner at Point
Lookout, Maryland, for eight months. After the war he resumed farming
and his business as a building contractor.
     George Lewis Davis attended common school at Redwood, and his
education from books as well as from practical experience has never
ceased. He attended night school, and for a period of ten years kept up
his studies with the International Correspondence School of Scranton,
from which he received diplomas in geology, chemistry, coal mining and
in a general business course.
     He started work in a coal mine at the age of eighteen, his first
employment being on track work. Rapidly accumulated knowledge and
efficiency has promoted him from this humble stage to his present
responsibilities as a superintendent. For six years he was with the
Pocahontas Coal Company at Pocahontas, Virginia. He was then with the
Pittsburgh Coal Company, two years at Marano, Pennsylvania, and then
eight years as mine foreman at Holden, West Virginia. Since then he has
been superintendent at Micco for Mines Nos. 1,2 and 3 of the Main Island
Creek Coal Company.
     At Dingus, West Virginia, Mr. Davis married Miss Genoa Moore,
daughter of Eldy and Nora (Roberts) Moore, natives of Kentucky. They
have four children: Okie and Oney, twins, Lulu and Haskil. The family
are members of the Christian Church, and Mr. Davis is affiliated with
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias.