David Davis
David Davis was born on April 5, 1845, in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, to Noah Davis and Margaret Gwynn. His parents were Welsh immigrants. His father worked as a blacksmith, and he died in 1859. The family moved to Hanover, Pennsylvania, sometime in the 1840s before settling in Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, in the 1850s. Davis grew up and attended school there before beginning work at the Crane Iron Works. He became the company’s errand boy in January 1860 and eventually became a clerk. Davis enlisted in the Union army on June 30, 1863, and mustered into the 38th Pennsylvania Militia Infantry. He married Annie McKibbin around 1869, and they had at least five children: Charles, Willard, Bessie, Mabel, and Mattie.
 
Davis returned to the Crane Iron Works after leaving the army. He served as chief clerk for several years, and he became a cashier there in January 1892. He joined the Republican Party, and he was elected Recorded of Deeds for Lehigh County in 1905. He died in Catasauqua on June 25, 1917.
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DATABASE CONTENT
(705)Davis, David1845-04-051917-06-25
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 17

  • (2875) [recipient] ~ Daniel Davis to David Davis, 22 November 1862
  • (2876) [recipient] ~ Daniel Davis to David Davis, 18 March 1862
  • (5210) [recipient] ~ Daniel Davis to David Davis, 15 March 1863
  • (5213) [recipient] ~ Daniel Davis to David Davis, 31 May 1863
  • (5215) [recipient] ~ Daniel Davis to David Davis, 11 June 1863
  • (5216) [writer] ~ David Davis to Margaret Davis, 13 July 1863
  • (5217) [writer] ~ David Davis to Brother, 18 July 1863
  • (5218) [writer] ~ David Davis to Henry Davis, 22 July 1863
  • (5220) [recipient] ~ Daniel Davis to David Davis, 11 October 1863
  • (5221) [recipient] ~ Daniel Davis to David Davis, 11 November 1863
  • (5233) [recipient] ~ Daniel Davis to David Davis, 12 January 1865
  • (5237) [recipient] ~ Daniel Davis to David Davis, 9 February 1862
  • (5249) [recipient] ~ Daniel Davis to David Davis, 1 November 1862
  • (5395) [recipient] ~ Daniel Davis to David Davis, 25 March 1864
  • (5397) [recipient] ~ Daniel Davis to David Davis, 30 June 1864
  • (5398) [recipient] ~ Daniel Davis to David Davis, 17 July 1864
  • (5399) [recipient] ~ Daniel Davis to David Davis, 30 August 1864

People - Records: 4

  • (705) Davis, David is the [sibling of] (694) Davis, Daniel
  • (705) Davis, David is the [child of] (697) Davis, Margaret
  • (1352) Davis, Henry is the [sibling of] (705) Davis, David
  • (1353) Davis, (?) is the [sibling of] (705) Davis, David

Places - Records: 2

  • (663) [birth] ~ Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
  • (661) [death] ~ Catasauqua, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (219) [enlisted] ~ 38th Pennsylvania Militia Infantry
SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; James F. Lambert and Henry J. Reinhard, A History of Catasauqua in Leigh County, Pennsylvania (Allentown, PA: The Searle & Dressler Co., 1914).