History of Pittsburgh and environs, from prehistoric days to the beginning of the American revolution .. . erved as vestryman of Church, Homestead, for a number of yearsprior to moving to Pittsburgh. He holds the thirty-second degree in the Masonic order, his lodge, Home-stead, Free and Accepted Masons, and he is also a mem-ber of Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles ofthe Mystic Shrine, likewise affiliating with HomesteadLodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Politi-cally he is a Republican, and is a life member of theAmericus Republican Club. He has served as a memb
History of Pittsburgh and environs, from prehistoric days to the beginning of the American revolution .. . erved as vestryman of Church, Homestead, for a number of yearsprior to moving to Pittsburgh. He holds the thirty-second degree in the Masonic order, his lodge, Home-stead, Free and Accepted Masons, and he is also a mem-ber of Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles ofthe Mystic Shrine, likewise affiliating with HomesteadLodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Politi-cally he is a Republican, and is a life member of theAmericus Republican Club. He has served as a memberand president of the Homestead School Board. In1913 Mr. Davis removed from Homestead to Pitts-burgh. He finds his recreation in travel and out-of-door sports. Mr. Davis married Darl O. V. Shoemaker, of Charles-ton, W. Va., Sept. 19, 1906, daughter of James K. Mary Elizabeth (Cams) Shoemaker. They havethree children: Anna Elizabeth, attending Miss Simon-sons School, Nida Jean, and Dorothy Darl, attendinjWhiteman Manor School. The city residence of thefamily is at No. 5825 Northumberland BIOGRAPHICAL III THOMAS M. BENNER—For more than two hun-dred and fifty years the Benner family has been rep-resented in Pennsylvania. The pioneer Benners settledin Bucks county, Pa., but Jacob Benner, the grandfatherof Thomas M. Benner, came to Pittsburgh, later remov-ing to Allegheny City (now North Side, Pittsburgh).He was engaged in the flour milling business for manyyears, and being an inventive genius, he perfected thefirst successful smut machine used generally in the flourmilling industry, and was also the inventor of the longhandled pruning hook now in general use by orchardists. His son, Thomas McC. Benner, was born in 1839, anddied in 1898. He was long connected with the iron in-dustry of Pittsburgh, was a Civil War veteran, servingin the iioth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, and wasa prominent member of the Grand Army of the Re-public, Post No. 88, of Allegheny. H
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