Individual Details

The first member of this branch of the DAVIS family of whom there was a record is William DAVIS, born in Blair Co., PA. He was left an orphan at an early age and was brought to Penn Twp., Huntingdon Co., by his paternal aunt, Mrs. Jane GEISSINGER, who made the journey across the mountains on horseback to bring the child to her own home. He grew up at the GEISSINGER farm and at a suitable age learned the carpenter's trade, becoming an expert mechanic. After his marriage he located at Marklesburg, where he worked at his trade, later becoming a contractor, many buildings in that locality yet standing as mute witnesses of his industry and skill. After several years as a successful builder, his health failed, compelling a change of occupation. He purchased a farm in the neighborhood, spending the years 1870 to 1875 thereon, then retired to a home in Huntingdon, where he died in 1876. He was a Democrat in politics, and both he and his wife were members of the Lutheran Church.

It is believed that this was actually Jane BARRICK/BARRACK GEISSINGER, whose son-in-law, Dewalt Shontz FOUSE, was a first cousin of William's second wife, Mary Ann MOYER.

Birth	4 JUL 1828	Blair Co., PA
Marriage	Bef 1854	Mary P. GROVE
Marriage	1871	Mary Ann MOYER
Death	4 JUN 1876	Huntingdon, Huntingdon Co., PA
Burial		Old Stone Church Cem., Penn Twp., Huntingdon Co., PA
Occupation		carpenter and farmer
Religion		a member of the Lutheran Church

Spouse	Mary Ann MOYER (1844 - 1935)
Child	Benjamin Franklin DAVIS (1871 - 1939)
Child	Luther Irvin DAVIS (1873 - 1958)

Spouse	Mary P. GROVE (1831 - 1869)
Child	John Calvin DAVIS (1854 - )
Child	Mary Martha DAVIS (1856 - 1856)
Child	George Washington DAVIS (1857 - )
Child	Henry Harrison DAVIS (1859 - )
Child	Susan DAVIS (1861 - 1940)
Child	William J. DAVIS (1863 - )
Child	Anna "Annie" DAVIS (1866 - 1935)
Child	Maurice DAVIS (1869 - )

Father	James DAVIS ( - 1828)
Mother	Susan (WIFE OF DAVIS, JAMES) ( - )
Sibling	John DAVIS ( - )