- VERNON S. DAVIS, farmer, Sec. 16; P.O. Beloit; born in Thompson,
Conn., in 1842. His
- father and mother, Albert and Lucelia DAVIS, moved to Wisconsin
and located in Waukesha Co., in 1850, and, Dec. 24, 1850, moved
to Newark. They were married in Thompson, Conn., in 1833; had
three children when they came to Newark - Mary (born in October,
1834, and died in Newark July 26, 1878), Jerome B. (born January,
1839, and died in the army May 21, 1862), Vernon S. (born February,
1842, and is now living). When his father first came to Newark,
he bought eighty acres of land of Archibald ROSS, and, afterward,
eighty acres of school lands; he made all improvements, and owned
160 acres, with residence, barns, etc. His father died in Newark
Sept. 12, 1859, of apoplexy; his mother is still living with
him on the farm. Vernon married July 1, 1875, Nellie CURTICE,
and they have four children - Maud and Mabel (twins), Franklin
and Alice. He is now serving as Town Clerk, and has held that
office two years; was also Town treasurer three terms, and has
been Secretary and Treasurer of the Newark Farmer's Club since
it organization.
-
- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 771.
-
- Courtesy of Carol
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