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

ELIAS DAVIS, farmer, P.O. Virginia, is a native of this 
county, born in Beardstown, Feb. 20, 1844; son of Edward 
and Juliann (Davis) Davis; natives of Kentucky, he, a 
farmer by occupation; born March 22, 1820; she born Dec. 
23, 1811. Elias is the third child of a family of nine 
children, of whom three are deceased.  He received a fair 
education in the schools of Monroe and Virginia Precincts, 
and has since devoted his attention to farming.  He was 
married in Virginia, this county, Sept. 17, 1867, to 
Melinda J., daughter of Jarrett and Margaret Paschal; from 
this marriage four children have been born, Olive G. 
(deceased), Mark R., Harris E., and Edith A.; Mr. Davis is 
a Greenbacker; he is a member of Virginia Lodge, A.O.U.W.

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