this was supplemented by attendance at Read's Institute, Clarion county, Pennsylvania. He was engaged in the profession of teaching in Cambria county, Pennsylvania, for twelve years, and in addition cultivated the homestead farm. He then entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company as a laborer, October 6, 1887, and was soon advanced to the position of clerk in Conemaugh, and later to that of passenger and freight agent at the same station, June 10, 1900, a position which he is still holding to the satisfaction of those in charge. He has taken an active interest in all matters concerning the welfare of the community in which he lives, more especially in educational matters. He has been director on the school board for nine years; treasurer of the same, seven years; treasurer of the borough, two years; and burgess of Conemaugh, three years. He is a member of the Baptist church, and a stanch supporter of the Republican party, in whose councils his opinion has considerable weight. He married. October 4, 1873, Sophia Custer, who was the daughter of Jonathan and Frances (Ream) Custer, and one of five children: Emanuel A., married Jennie Snyder; Frederick, married (first) Jane Good, married (second) Mrs. Steel: Elizabeth, married Jacob Stiffler; Sophia, mentioned above; and Annie, married Samuel Sensabaugh. The children of William and Sophia (Custer) Davis were: 1. Elizabeth, married Scott Dougherty. 2. Maud, married W. E. Wissinger. 3. Cyrus W., see forward. 4. Estella, deceased.
Cyrus W. Davis, third child and only son of William and Sophia (Custer) Davis, was born in Vinco, Cambria county, Pennsylvania, June 10, 1880. He received a good common school education in the Conemaugh borough schools, and then attended the Indiana normal school. He turned his attention to the study of pharmacy, and is a graduated druggist. He was also graduated from the Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia, May 24, 1903. He established himself in the drug business in First street, Conemaugh, August 17, 1903, and has one of the finest and best appointed stores of its kind in the city. His business is in a most flourishing condition and is modern in all its appointments. Before engaging in the drug trade he taught school for two years in Jackson township. His political affiliations are Republican, and he is a member of Conemangh Lodge, No. 403, Knights of Pythias. He married, May 24, 1905, Mary E. Hughes, daughter of Thomas J. and Eliza (Ellis) Hughes. Thomas J. Hughes, son of John T. and Annie (Williams) Hughes, is at present steward of the almshouse at Ebensburg, a position he has held for ten years. His children were: May; Edna; Leah; Martha; John, deceased; and Mary E., mentioned above.
Timothy Davis, sixth child and eldest son of Richard Davis (1), was born in Cambria county, Pennsylvania, in 1829, died November 14, 1900. His education was received in the common schools of his county, and after its completion he engaged in the lumber business, which continued to occupy most of his time until 1886, when he retired from active business life. He was a man of considerable prominence and influence in his time, and devoted much of his time to public matters in the township. He was township constable for a few years, and held a number of other township offices. He married, in 1856, Lydia Burkhart, born 1833, died May 8, 1881. She was one of eleven children: Phoebe, married James Finley; Susan, married Thomas Davis: Lydia, mentioned above; Elizabeth, married Joseph Paul; Esther, married Benjamin Byers; Jennie, married Samuel J. Morrell; Daniel, married
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