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Author: Bowen & Co. (1903)

JAMES C. DAVIDSON.

   A native son of Wyoming, and one of the successful and progressive young
stockmen of Albany county, James C. Davidson, of Pollock postoffice, is the
subject of this sketch. He was born on March 25, 1876, at the city of Laramie,
and is the son of James and Elizabeth Davidson, the former a native of Scotland
and the latter of County Wexford, Ireland. His father was born in Glasgow in
1838, and was a bricklayer in his native country until he had attained to the
age of twenty-two years, when he emigrated, and upon arriving in this country he
located in Menominee, Michigan, where he remained for a number of years,
following his occupation of bricklaying. In 1874 he came to Laramie, in the
territory of Wyoming, where he resided until his death in i890. He was a
Thirty-second degree Freemason and a member of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows. The mother came to America during early life and passed away at the age
of fifty-four years, leaving four children, John (deceased), Frank, James C. and
William. James C. Davidson grew to manhood in Laramie, Wyo., and received his
early education in its public schools. At the age of seventeen years he left
school and secured employment in a mercantile store in his native place. Here he
remained for eight years and acquired a (borough knowledge of merchandising, but
believing that stockraising offered larger opportunities for the accumulation of
a fortune, he resigned his position in the Laramie store and purchased the ranch
at Pollock which he now occupies, and engaged in cattleraising. He is now the
owner of a fine ranch to which he intends adding from time to time and makes a
specialty of growing fine grades of Shorthorn cattle. He is slowly but surely
building up a good paying business and is one of the rising young stockmen of
that section of Wyoming. In 1900 he was united in marriage to Miss Irene
Johnson, a native of Germany and .a daughter of Hans and Christina (Brady)
Johnson, both natives of that country. The parents of Mrs. Davidson are
well-known and respected citizens of Wyoming. Politically, Mr. Davidson is a
stanch member of the Republican party, and takes an active and leading part in
public affairs. In his section he is one of the most trusted and energetic of
the local leaders of the party, ever foremost in all matters that concern the
public welfare. He is at present the postmaster at Pollock, having been
appointed to that position during the administration of the late President
McKinley and he has discharged the duties of the position to the satisfaction of
the public and the department. To Mr. and Mrs. Davidson has been born one child,
namely, Lloyd, who already gives promise of being a worthy successor of his
father. Their home is a popular resort for a large circle of friends, and they
find pleasure in dispensing a generous hospitality.


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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF THE STATE OF WYOMING

ILLUSTRATED

A people who take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors, will
never achieve anything worthy to he remembered with pride by remote
generations.—.MACAULAY.

CHICAGO, ILL.
A. W. BOWEN & CO.
PUBLISHERS AND ENGRAVERS
1903


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