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the trade of carpenter, which he followed continuously for thirty-five years. His health becoming impaired, he quit carpentering and took up the lighter and less laborious pursuit of acting as an agent for a fruit-tree nursery, in which line he was active until a few years before his death, which occurred September, 1892. He was a deacon and elder for many years of the old Ebenezer Presbyterian church, whose pastors in early times carried their gun with them into the pulpit, on account of Indians that were then infesting that locality. Mr. Davis was an old-line whig, who believed in protection for American citizens as well as for American manufactures, and when the whigs gave up their party organization he went into the ranks of the then newly-organized Republican party. He married Eliza Miller. Their children living are: Margaret, wife of William Lewis; McClain Stewart, of Indiana State Normal school of Pennsylvania; Rev. Samuel M., D. D., a Presbyterian minister, of Kansas; Dr. M. H.; and Martha, wife of S. M. Nesbit. M. H. Davis was reared on the paternal acres, received his education in the common schools and the academy at Paroe, now Lewisville, Indiana county, and then commenced teaching when but fifteen years of age. He taught his first term in Canoe township; his second, in Raynetownship; his third and fourth terms, in Burrell township; his fifth, in White township; his sixth, in Conemaugh township; his seventh, at Jacksonville; and his eighth term at Covode, and all in Indiana county. During his last terms of teaching he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. J. M. Shields, of Covode, and read with him for four years, a part of which he served as clerk in the doctor's drug store. At the close of his course of medical study and reading with |
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Dr. Shields, in 1868, he became a partner with the doctor, and the partnership lasted four years. He then, in 1874, removed to New Florence, Westmoreland county, where he practiced with good success until 1881, in which year he came to Conemaugh, where he has been in active and remunerative practice ever since. He does a general practice, and at times is called quite a distance from home. In 1874 Dr. Davis married Kate Allison, a daughter of Dr. Allison, of Saltsburg, Indiana county. To Dr. and Mrs. Davis have been born six children: Charles E., who died at sixteen years of age; Arthur, who died in infancy; Ross M., Grace H., Bessie and Virginia. Dr. Davis is a member of the Mehodist Episcopal church; Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Washington Camp of Patriotic Order Sons of America. A republican in politics, and in full accord with his party, yet Dr. Davis rarely interests himself actively in local political issues, but gives his time mainly to his practice.
LOUIS VAN LUNEN is a son of Charles and Henrietta (Koster) Von Lunen, and was born in Lunen, Prussia, on January 15, 1840. Lunen, Prussia, was also the native city of his parents, from which place they emigrated in 1849. On reaching America they located in Johnstown, this county, where Mr. Von Lunen engaged in the mercantile business. He followed this line of business several years, and then moved to the farm on which his son now lives. In 1869 he removed to Oregon, Holt county, Missouri, where he remained about six years, and then removed to St. Joseph, Missouri, at which place he died in 1876, at the age of seventy-two years. |
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