Isaac L. DAVIS

                   Taken from the History of Vigo County, Indiana, with Biographical Selections by H. C. Bradsby  FHL 977.245  H2b
Isaac Davis, farmer, Nevins township, P.O. Seelyville, was born in Clermont, Ohio, November 24, 1836, and is the son of Isaac and Mary (Hull) Davis, natives of Ohio, and of English descent.  The father, who was a farmer during his life, came to Vigo county in 1836, and settled on a farm, where he spent the remaining years of his life, dying in 1879.  His family consisted of six sons and three daughters, Isaac being the third in the family.  Our subject was reared in Nevins township on the farm, attending the district school, and chose farming, which he has since carried on, except during the time he was manufacturing brooms.  In 1862 he enlisted in the Eighty-fifth Ind. V. I., Company B,; he was a non-commissioned officer, was in one engagement, and was discharged for disability in 1863, at Franklin, Tenn.  He is a member of the G. A. R., in politics a Democrat.  Mr. Davis was married in Vigo county, in 1866, to Miss Lucinda Smith, whose parents were natives of Ohio, her father being now a well-to-do farmer of Nevins township, this county.  She is a member of the Methodis Episcopal Church.  Mr. Davis has many friends.

There is a Robert Davis male, age 25 living next door; dwelling # 1256  born in Indiana, Angeline Davis female, age 19 born in Kentucky and Rose Davis age 50 born in Indiana. There is a Leander Davis age 25 farmer, born in Ohio, and Caroline age 17, born in New York (His Wife),