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DAVIS, JOHN F., far., Sec. 3; P. O. Denmark; son of Wm. and Ann Davis, nee Jenkins, natives of Wales; in 1815, early settlers of Cincinnati, Ohio; his father helped to launch the first steamer built at Cincinnati. They had ten children, five sons and four daughters still living; the second son John, was born in Cincinnati in 1819; when 8 years of age, his parents removed to Dearborn Co., Ind., where his mother died April, 1866, at 77 years of age; his father in 1867, at the age of 82; five of the sons came to Lee Co, one daughter became a resident of Davis, the others remained in Indiana; J. F. remained at home until in his 26th year; then married Miss Jane Williams, daughter of Benjamin Williams and Annie Dodge; he of New York and she of Vermont, but married and settled in Indiana. Mrs. Davis was born in Dearborn Co., Ind., in 1824; there married March 4, 1845; they came to Iowa by water via Cincinnati, Cairo and St., Louis to Fort Madison, making the trip in two weeks; first settled in Green Bay Tp.; moved in 1851 to present residence, where they own 155 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre; he was a Henry Clay Whig; having no children of their own, in 1873 they adopted the daughter of Uriah and Emily Skinner, of Ohio, who died near Denmark, leaving five children; this was the youngest, born 1868. Mr. and Mrs. D. are believers in universal salvation.