Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William 
Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, 
Chicago, 1882.  Cass County.

F. M. DAVIS, merchant, Beardstown; was born in Monroe, Cass 
Co., July 26, 1844; son of John and Elizabeth (Dobson) 
Davis, he (John) being born near Ashland, this county, Nov. 
16, 1823, and was the first white child born in Cass 
County.  She (Elizabeth) was a native of Kentucky.  They 
were married Nov. 16, 1842, and five children were born to 
them.  Mr. F. M. Davis, our subject, for a young man, has 
had a varied life.  At the age of eighteen he enlisted in 
the One Hundred and Fourteenth Illinois Infantry, and 
served as drummer till May 24, 1865, nearly three years, 
being in numerous hot engagements, including Vicksburg, 
Jackson, Nashville, etc.  Returning after the war, he 
clerked awhile, and then entered a commercial college.  
After his marriage with Miss Lizzie King, he removed to 
Secor, but returned to Beardstown and entered into business 
on his own account, in which he has since continued.  His 
wife is a lady of much business ability and enterprise, and 
she has for many years successfully conducted the millinery 
and dress-making business.  She is a native of North 
Carolina, born March 15, 1846.

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