Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, ed. 8-B
Johnson County
DANIEL DAVIS was born in Johnson County, Ky., February 12, 1844, a son of
John and Jemima (Wheeler) Davis, natives respectively of Lawrence and
Johnson Counties, Ky. John Davis was a merchant, a producer and
manufacturer of tobacco, and limber dealer; he also ran a tannery, shoe
factory, and a saddlery. The grandparents of our subject were Joseph and
Elizabeth (Borders) Davis, of Virginia, the former of whom came to Kentucky
in 1810, and the latter in 1802, and located on the banks of the Big Sandy,
at a place well known as Joe Davis' Bend. Daniel Davis received a
common-school education, and is a general merchant, trader and farmer,
owning 2,300 acres of land, 600 acres of which are improved, and the rest in
timber. December 24, 1879, Mr. Davis married Martha J. Teass, of Johnson
County, widow of William H. Teass, and daughter of A.W. and Angie (Spradlin)
Rule. She is the mother of six children, two by her first marriage, John W.
and Nolia, and four by her second marriage, Harry, Roy, May and June. Mr.
Davis is a member of Masonic Lodge No. 381, Paintsville, and in politics is
a Republican.
