Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed.,
Carroll Co.

JOHN W. DAVIS was born in Carroll County, Ky., April 22, 1850, the youngest
son of Hardin and Lucinda (Tandy) Davis, also natives of Carroll County,
but of Virginian descent.  The paternal grandfather, also named Hardin,
settled in the State prior to 1800, eight miles east of Carrollton, and
was a major in the war of 1812.  The maternal grandfather, John Tandy,
settled in the same neighborhood about the same time.  The younger Hardin
Davis, father of John W., was born in 1801, was a farmer, and died in 1865.
John W. Davis was reared on the home farm, and educated in the local
schools.  In 1879 he began selling goods at Eagle, but relinquished this
trade in 1884, and became railroad ticket agent at Sanders.  In June, 1886,
he was appointed deputy sheriff under William Whitehead, and still holds
that office.  September 26, 1870, he married Miss Maxil Bronaugh, of
Carroll County, and there has been one child born to him--Allie B.  Mr.
Davis is a Knight of Pythias, and the owner of a farm of 120 acres.

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