In 1837, David Davis bought 100 acres in joint tenancy with brother Samuel Davis on the south side of Muddy Creek. He served as a Justice of the Peace in the early 1850's. He died young, in the mid-1850's.
Occupation: Farmer, farmed 100 acres west of Samuel's farm.
David Davis had two children (Almira and William W.) by his wife, Susannah, whom he married about 1841. Both children died without issue by 1869. He fathered another child in 1838 (David Porter Davis, 1838-1912) by Ann Graham, daughter of Daniel Graham of Brady Twp. David Porter Davis was raised in his maternal grandfather's home but shared the estate of his father together with his father's siblings.
[S42] 1850 Census of Butler County, Center Twp., PA.
Sept. 13, 1850, Pg. 6; David Davis, age 38, Farmer, Value of R.E. 1,000.; Susannah, age 28, Elmira, age 8; Wm. W., age 7. All born in Pennsylvania.