Individual Details

Jacob Gemmill Davis was the son of Patrick Gilbert Davis (1810-1865) and Elizabeth Osborn Davis (1815-1862). He was baptized May 11, 1850 at the Hartslog Presbyterian Church. J. Gemmill Davis was named after Dr. Jacob Mytinger Gemmill, the doctor that delivered him. He was also the descendant of Bartholomew Davis who fought in the Revolutionary War.
He was employed at the Lyon, Short & Company, Iron Masters at Bald Eagle Furnace in 1867.
J. Gemmill Davis was a commission merchant in Chicago, Illinois in 1872.
He was then employed at the Altoona Bank, now Central Trust Company, from 1873-1895.
J. Gemmill Davis married Eleanor Banks Gardner on September 19, 1876 in Spruce Creek, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. They had the following children:
Mary Gardner Davis (1877-1954)
Eleanor Stockdale Davis (1879-1887)
Grace Davis (1882-1883)
George Elliot Davis (1884-1972)
William Isett Davis (1887-1960)
After Eleanor died in 1892, J. Gemmill Davis married Kate Moyer Isett on October 27, 1896 in Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania. Kate and Eleanor were first cousins. John Stockdale Isett was their Grandfather.
They had the following children:
Gemmill Cluggage Davis (1898-1976)
Baby Boy Davis (1901-1901)
John Stockdale Davis (1904-1973)
Henry Osborne Davis (1906-1971)
David Moyer Davis (1909-1909)
J. Gemmill Davis was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, having served in the Civil War as a member of Company F, 195th Regiment of Infantry, Pennsylvania Volunteers, and also in the 79th Pennsylvania Regiment of Volunteers. He was a member of the Altoona Rotary Club, the Altoona Cricket Club, the Spruce Creek Rod and Gun Club (Founder-1904), the Chamber of Commerce, the Blairmont Country Club, and the Credit Men's Association. He was the treasurer and a director in the Blair Hotel Company, treasurer of seven Building and Loan associations, treasurer of the Altoona Hospital, and president of the Rothert Company. During the World War he was chairman for Blair County of the Liberty Loan drives.
On May 31, 1930 he died at the Altoona Hospital, in Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania, at the age of 80.
[Davis Family Data]

Birth	3 DEC 1849	Barree, Huntingdon Co., PA
Baptism	11 MAY 1850	Hartslog Presbyterian Church, Hartslog Valley, Porter Twp., Huntingdon Co., PA
Marriage	19 SEP 1876	Spruce Creek, Spruce Creek Twp., Huntingdon Co., PA - Eleanor Banks GARDNER
Marriage	27 OCT 1896	Altoona, Blair Co., PA - Kate Moyer ISETT
Death	31 MAY 1930	Altoona Hospital, Altoona, Blair Co., PA
Burial		Fairview Cem., Altoona, Blair Co., PA

Spouse	Kate Moyer ISETT (1866 - 1941)
Child	Gemmill Cluggage DAVIS (1898 - 1976)
Child	(Baby Boy) DAVIS (1901 - 1901)
Child	John Stockdale DAVIS (1904 - 1973)
Child	Henry Osborne DAVIS (1906 - 1971)
Child	David Moyer DAVIS (1909 - 1909)

Spouse	Eleanor Banks GARDNER (1854 - 1892)
Child	Mary Gardner DAVIS (1877 - 1954)
Child	Eleanor Stockdale DAVIS (1879 - 1887)
Child	Grace DAVIS (1882 - 1883)
Child	William Isett DAVIS (1883 - 1960)
Child	George Elliot DAVIS (1884 - 1972)

Father	Patrick Gilbert DAVIS (1810 - 1865)
Mother	Elizabeth OSBORNE (1818 - 1862)
Sibling	Miles Green DAVIS (1842 - 1877)
Sibling	Rachael Elizabeth DAVIS (1845 - 1865)
Sibling	Dr. James Osborne DAVIS (1847 - 1925)
Sibling	Isabella DAVIS (1852 - )
Sibling	George Elliot DAVIS (1855 - )