THOMAS J. DAVIS, hardware merchant, Montfort; son of Benjamin J. Davis, who settled in Iowa Co. about 1844; his parents were natives of Wales; they settled in the town of Ridgeway, from the State of Ohio; Thomas was born in the town of Ridgeway in 1852; he engaged in the hardware business with his brother Daniel in the village of Arena, Iowa Co.; afterward engaged in teaching several terms of school; he came to Montfort and engaged in his present business Nov. 14, 1878.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.