Edward DAVIS

                   Taken from the  History of Vigo County, Indiana, with Biographical Selections by H.C. Bradsby  FHL 977.245  H2b:

"Edward Davis, a dealer in general merchandise at Coal Bluff, was born in Nevins township, Vigo county, Ind., March 16, 1844, and is a son of Isaac and Mary H. (Hull) Davis, natives of Ohio and of English descent.  The father was among the pioneer farmers of Nevins township, where he settled in 1832.  It was then a wild wood, but by hard toil he cleared the farm where Edward was born, spent his childhood and attended school.  The father died in 1878.  The family consisted of ten children, Edward being the seventh.  After passing through the distrcit school, Edward attended Bloomingdale Academy, and acquired a taste for literature and a desire to know something of the movements of the day. He concluded to make farming his business, but in 1862 he enlisted in Company B, Eighty-fifth Indiana Volunteer Infantry.  He was a good soldier, and served in Gen. Sherman's command on the march to the sea, being in several engagements.  He served until the close of the war, when he returned home, and was engaged at the brick-mason's trade until 1874, when he embarked in his present business.  He has propered, and met with deserved success.  Mr Davis is a member of the K. of P. and I. O. O. F. societies, and is a Master Mason."