Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Lewis Publishing Company, 1904, pp 412-413 [Caldwell] JOHN DAVIS, of the firm of John Davis & Son, marble and granite dealers, Princeton, Kentucky, is an Englishman by birth, but has been a resident of America since from early boyhood. He was born about seventy-five miles from London, England, in 1839, and came to America with his parents in 1848, locating with them at Evansville, Indiana, where his father, Moses Davis, was engaged in railroading. The elder Davis died at Evansville at about the age of forty-seven years. The mother bore the maiden name of Carrie Lowe. She died at New Orleans, where subject is the oldest of four living children, namely; John, Thomas, Mary Ann and Betsie. When a young man John Davis served an apprenticeship of three years to the marble and stone cutter's trade, with M. A. Lawrence, at Evansville, after which he worked at his trade four years as a journeyman. Then he engaged in business for himself at a little town called South Carrolton, Kentucky, where he remained for a period of eighteen years. At the end of that time he came to Princeton. That was in the spring of 1881, and here for twenty-two years he has conducted a marble and granite business, now having his son as partner, and doing business under the firm name of John Davis & Son. The firm does all forms of monumental work, and the workmanship is of the highest class. Their business is not simply local, but extends over many counties. In many cemeteries of western Kentucky can be found many excellent monuments erected by John Davis & Son. The firm is constantly busy and enjoys a steadily increasing business, all being due to excellent workmanship, stock and fair dealings. Mr. Davis was married, at Evansville, Indiana, in 1860, to Miss Annabel Young, who, like himself, is of English birth and was brought to this country when a child. Mrs. Davis is a daughter of Thomas and Martha Young, natives of England. The children of this union are five in number, namely; Carrie, wife of S.B. Mott, of Princeton, Kentucky; William, his father's partner, and who married Cora George, daughter of Garrett George, and has three daughters and one son, Ethel, Louise, Annabel and John G.;Lillie, wife of Albert George, of Tulare, California; Mattie, wife of John Fairchild, of Evansville, Indiana; and Ruth, at home. Politically Mr. Davis is a Republican, and while he has never been a politician, he has always taken a commendable interest in public affairs, and was at one time a member of the city council of Princeton. He has membership in Center Lodge No. 82. F. & A. M., and is identified with the Methodist Episcopal church. Davis Fairchild George Lawrence Lowe Mott Young = England IN CA http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/caldwell/davis.j.txt