The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . MRS. M. C. M. C. DAVIS. THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 6is of the craft, his hfe being in harmony withits teachings of mutual helpfulness andbrotherly kindness. During the long yearsof his residence in Vermilion county he hasever lived as to command the respect andgood will of those with whom he has beenassociated. He has seen the county developfrom a wild frontier district into one of therichest portions of this great state, and inthe work of development and progress hehas borne his part and taken deep interestin what has been accomplis


The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . MRS. M. C. M. C. DAVIS. THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 6is of the craft, his hfe being in harmony withits teachings of mutual helpfulness andbrotherly kindness. During the long yearsof his residence in Vermilion county he hasever lived as to command the respect andgood will of those with whom he has beenassociated. He has seen the county developfrom a wild frontier district into one of therichest portions of this great state, and inthe work of development and progress hehas borne his part and taken deep interestin what has been accomplished here. JAMES DAVIS. The citizen who comes to Vermilioncounty to-day enjoys all the privileges andadvantages known to the older east, whois surrounded by the evidences of progressand de\-elopment known to the world in thelast half century cannot realize what wasthe condition which the pioneer of fifty yearsago faced. The Davis family is one of theoldest of the county and James Davis welldeserves honorable mention among the earlysettlers who, taking up their abode here


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