. The Davis family; a history of the descendants of William Davis, and his wife Mary Means . , who was succeededin its ownership and occupancy by his son, James StewartDavis. But the present occupant of the farm, V. Davis, told me that he has always understoodthat the first James owned and lived upon a farm whichlay a short distance south of the one occupied by histhree descendants and namesakes. Mr. James Davis died July 20, 1819, in his sixtiethyear, at the home of his son James. His wife Rachel hadpreceded him to the better land April 18, 1801, at the ageof thirty-nine. Their child
. The Davis family; a history of the descendants of William Davis, and his wife Mary Means . , who was succeededin its ownership and occupancy by his son, James StewartDavis. But the present occupant of the farm, V. Davis, told me that he has always understoodthat the first James owned and lived upon a farm whichlay a short distance south of the one occupied by histhree descendants and namesakes. Mr. James Davis died July 20, 1819, in his sixtiethyear, at the home of his son James. His wife Rachel hadpreceded him to the better land April 18, 1801, at the ageof thirty-nine. Their children were four in number: 1. William, , 3. Mary, and 4. Rachel. A. William Davis was born May 14, 1784, in BucksCounty, in all probability. He was a lad of eleven whenthe family moved to the West. As he approached man-hood, he went to live in Meadville. Mrs. J. C. Cottonwrites, Mr. John Reynolds told me that William Daviswas better educated than most of the business men ofMeadville were at that time, so that he was able to teachsome of them things they needed to know for the proper.
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