Davis, A. T.

DAVIS, FOUTZ, HAINES, BLASHFIELD

Posted By: Daniel K. Higginbottom (email)
Date: 11/14/2014 at 13:48:10

DAVIS, A. T.-Farmer, section 2 (Madison Twp.), P. O. Polk City. Was born in Licking county, Ohio, on the 10th of April, 1829, and while a small boy his parents removed to Henry county, where he was raised on a farm and came from there to this county in September, 1848. Has never been out of the county to exceed three months at any one time since. He was one of the jurymen on the first murder case in this county, that of Pleas Foutz for killing his wife, and since he has resided here has held various positions of trust in this township. His homestead consists of 251 acres of well-improved land. He has been twice married. First, in 1848, to Miss Matilda Haines, of Indiana, who died in October, of 1857, and left five children: Samuel, Louisa, Benjamin, Susannah and Henrietta. His second marriage was in this county to Almina Blashfield, in April of 1858. They have a family of seven children living: George, Rosanna, Charlie, Lewis, John, Edward and Lucretia.

Source: "The History of Polk County, Iowa" pp. 1027-28. Des Moines, Union Historical Company, 1880.