History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 627.
[Scott County]   [Stamping Ground Precinct]

DUDLEY H. DAVIS, farmer; P. O. Skinnersburg.  His father, Elijah Davis,
was born in Fairfax County, Va., January, 1777, emigrated to Clark County
in 1821 and removed to Scott County in 1823, where he died Oct. 9, 1854.
He was a farmer, and a soldier in the war of 1812.  His wife, Margaret
(Riley) Davis, the mother of our subject, was born in Fairfax County, Va.,
in 1775; came to Scott County with her husband, and died in 1850.  They
were the parents of nine children.  Dudley H. Davis was born in Clark
County, Ky., June 24, 1821, and in 1844, in Harrison County, he married
Miss Mary E. Brockman; she was born in Harrison County, May 24, 1827.
They are the parents of six children, three of whom are now living, viz:
Manderville, Wm. T. and Josephine.  Mr. Davis commenced life a poor man,
and the first piece of land he owned was only 39 acres.  By his
perseverance and hard work he has accumulated 900 acres of land.  He and
wife are members of the Christian Church.  He is a Democrat.

Davis Riley Brockman
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Clark-KY Harrison-KY Fairfax-VA

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