The Davis family : a history of the descendants of William Davis and his wife, Mary Means .. . ch no intoxicatingliquor was furnished to the men who assisted. The verynext day he proceeded to carry out a plan he had thoughtout while hard at work. He invited Mary Rosetta Olin,the daughter of a neighbor, to take a pleasure ride withhim. This ride proved to be the beginning of a courtshipwhich resulted in a wedding, and a life-long and blessedattachment. In 1851 he bought out his neighbor,David Longcoy, and left the house he had built in 1835,and moved into a larger and better one, which he occup
The Davis family : a history of the descendants of William Davis and his wife, Mary Means .. . ch no intoxicatingliquor was furnished to the men who assisted. The verynext day he proceeded to carry out a plan he had thoughtout while hard at work. He invited Mary Rosetta Olin,the daughter of a neighbor, to take a pleasure ride withhim. This ride proved to be the beginning of a courtshipwhich resulted in a wedding, and a life-long and blessedattachment. In 1851 he bought out his neighbor,David Longcoy, and left the house he had built in 1835,and moved into a larger and better one, which he occupiedas long as he lived. It was on November 29, 1835, that J. D. Haymakerand Mary Rosetta Olin were married. The bride wasborn in Perry, Wyoming County, N. Y., February 22,1820, the daughter of Arvin Olin and Betsy Bennett, hiswife. The Olin family is one widely known, with exten-sive connections, having branches in Vermont, New York,Ohio, and Michigan. An interesting history of the EzraOlin family has been published, prepared by George , one of the descendants. To it I am indebted for. MRS. JAMES DAVIS HAYMAKER n. JAMES 73 nearly all that I am able to give concerning Rachel Davisand her descendants. A notable event in the history of James Davis Hay-maker and his wife was the celebration of their goldenwedding in 1885, when over two hundred friends re-sponded to invitations, and nine of their ten survivingchildren were present. The congratulations of theirfriends, the reception of beautiful gifts, sweet music,poetry,and song, with the beauty and fragrance of flowers,all united in making the occasion a most happy one, andone long to be remembered. With long-continued failing health, Mr. Haymakerwas brought down gradually to the closing scene of life,which ended gently and peacefully, January 31, 1889, inhis eightieth year. Mrs. Haymaker died in Ravenna, January 27, 1907,in her eighty-seventh year. They were active and liberal members of the Univer-salist Church. Their childr
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