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

GEO. W. DAVIS, farmer, P. O. Virginia, was born in Monroe 
Precinct, this county, May 11, 1834, son of James and Elizabeth 
(Foster) Davis; he, born in Kentucky in 1796; a farmer by 
occupation, and died in 1857; she, born in Tennessee in 1800 and 
still living.  They had fourteen children, nine of whom are yet 
living.  Our subject was educated in the schools of his native 
county, learned the trade of a carpenter, but has been engaged 
in farming all his life.  Sept. 22, 1851, he married Miss 
Frances V. Tureman, daughter of Mr. George Tureman, of this 
county, and four children have been born to Mr. Davis: Alma E.; 
Willis T., who is in Washington Territory; Minnie M., and Horace 
A. Mr. Davis has filled the positions of School Director and 
Road Supervisor; is a Greenbacker, a Mason, and an A.O.U.W.

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