Photograph of Isaac Thomas Davis
Source: History of Boone County, Indiana, by Hon. L.M. Crist, 1914.
ISAAC THOMAS DAVIS The following is a brief sketch of the life
of one who, by
close attention to business, has achieved success in the world's
affairs and risen to an
honorable position among the enterprising men of the city with
which his interests have
been identified for the past thirty-five years. It is a plain
record, rendered remarkable by
no strange or mysterious adventure, no wonderful and lucky accident
and no tragic
situation. Isaac Thomas Davis, senior member of the well-known
livery firm of Davis
Brothers, of Lebanon, Boone county, is a man of honest convictions
and sincere
purposes, his upright career and wholesome moral influence making
him respected by all
who have come into contact with him.
Mr. Davis was born at Brown's Valley, Montgomery county, Indiana,
March 5, 1849. He
is a son of Josiah and Nancy (Carson) Davis, an old family of
that county, the father
coming there in an early day from Kentucky where he was born.
Isaac T. Davis grew to manhood in his native county, and he
received a meager education
in the country schools there. When a young man he took up general
farming which he
followed until 1869, two years being spent in the state of Missouri.
He then turned his
attention to the livery business which he has followed ever since.
He was in Ladoga,
Indiana, until 1878, where he had a good trade, then, desiring
a larger field, he came to
Lebanon where he has continued this line of endeavor to the present
time, becoming
meantime one of the best known liverymen in northern Indiana.
However, during this
period he spent two years looking after the duties of the sheriff's
office of Boone county,
to which he was elected in 1882. He give eminent satisfaction
to his constituents in this
branch of public service, proving an able, courageous and faithful
servant of the people.
He remained in the livery business alone until 1902 when he took
his brother, John H.,
into partnership, under the firm name of Davis Brothers and they
still continue. They
have large and modernly equipped stables, the equal of any in
this section of the state in
every respect, keeping good horses and vehicles of all kinds,
and they strive to render
prompt and high-grade service. Our subject is an experienced horseman
and an
exceptionally good judge of a horse.
Mr. Davis was married in 1865 to Jennie Mitchell, a native
of Montgomery county, and
to this union one child was born, which died early, and the death
of the wife and mother
occurred in 1872. Mr. Davis married in 1874 Maggie Andrews, of
Jamestown, Boone
county, and to this second union four children were born, one
of whom is deceased. The
three surviving are: Carl A., who is engaged in the hardware business
in Lebanon; Will
C. is engaged in the shoe business in Lebanon; Beulah is at home
with her parents.
Politically Mr. Davis is a Democrat and faithful in his support
of the party. He is a
member of the Baptist church, and fraternally belongs to the Knights
of Pythias and the
Improved Order of Red Men..
ANDREWS CARSON DAVIS MITCHELL
Submitted by Amy K Davis
