Washington Davis    

WASHINGTON DAVIS, farmer, post-office Balm, was born April 16, 1837, in Butler County, to Joseph and Mary Jane (Morrison) Davis, natives, the father of Bedford, and the mother of Butler County, Penn. The parents came to Mercer County in 1856, and settled on the farm in Findley Township now owned by Davis Shilling. Here the father died in February, 1880, and the mother is still living. They had the following children: Harriet, married William Crothers; Morrison; Washington; Clarissa, married John Snyder; and three are dead. The father was previously married to Isabella Oliver, by whom he had Anna, married Thomas Clark, and John. The present Mrs. Davis was the widow of a Mr. Stewart when she married Joseph Davis. The parents were members of the Presbyterian Church. Washington Davis was educated in the common schools, and was brought up on a farm. He was married in 1860 to Mary Johnson, born November 25, 1842, daughter of James and Agnes (Gray) Johnson, natives of Ireland and Scotland, respectively. Her parents immigrated to Pittsburgh about the year 1831, and to Mercer County in 1852. Here the father died in 1884, and his widow survives. Their children were as follows: Margaret, John (deceased), Lizzie, Mary, Jane (wife of George Shannon). Mr. and Mrs. Washington Davis have four children: James J. is clerk at the transfer depot, Pittsburgh; Pearson, Ella and Agnes. James J., the eldest, is married to Hattie Holmes, of Rochester, Penn. He is a part owner of the old Findley farm, near Mercer; his, brother, Pearson, is interested with him in the same.  Mr. Davis settled on his present farm of fifty-three acres in 1861, and has been successful. He is a Republican, and he and wife are members of the Second United Presbyterian Church of Mercer.

History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present : including its aboriginal history, its early settlement and development, a description of its historic and interesting localities, sketches of its boroughs, townships and villages, neighborhood and family histories, portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc. : also, a condensed history of Pennsylvania. Chicago, Ill.: Brown, Runk & Co., 1888.  Read this book on line - Free Trial  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.