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He was a member of the Congregational church, and was a consistent and devout Christian.      He married Elizabeth Davis, a daughter of John Davis, who was a native of Wales, and who emigrated to the United States in an early day. He first settled in Huntingdon county , but at the time of his death was a resident of Cambria township, where he had followed agricultural pursuits. Of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Davis, four died in infancy, and the following grew to maturity: Mary, deceased; Catharine, the widow of Evan Griffith, of Altoona, Pennsylvania; Lydia, the relict of John O. Evans, of Ebensburg; Sanuel W., subject; and Lemuel, justice of the peace and real-estate agent, of Kane, McKean county, this State.     Samuel W. Davis wedded Sarah J. Evans, a daughter of David O. Evans, now of Ebensburg, but formerly of Wales, and to them have been born ten children: Emery Hubert, under his father, deputy-prothonotary; Mary E., Elmer C., Lillian June, Ralph H., Willis, Nannie Margaret, Park Meade, and Reginald S., all of whom reside at home with their parents, and one is deceased.      Lieutenant Davis acquired his mental training in the public schools of his native county, and under the direction of private tutors. Finishing his education, he was employed as clerk in his father's mercantile establishment, and afterwards became associated with him in the mercantile and lumber business, in which he continued until 1862. In August of that year he enlisted in the Federal service in company F, One Hundred and Thirty-third regiment, nine months' men. At the expiration of this term of enlistment, he enlisted as a private in company C, Two Hundred and Ninth regiment, and upon the organization of the company was made first lieutenant, and served

efficiently in that capacity until hostilities ceased between the North and the South. In 1874 he organized in Ebensburg company A of the Fifth regiment, National Guard of Pennsylvania, and for seven years held the commission of captain, and was promoted to major, and later to colonel. Returning home from the service, he again took up lumbering until 1869. Upon that date he engaged in the livery business at Ebensburg, and continued until 1885.      Politically Lieutenant Davis is a staunch and uncompromising republican, who has ever been alive to the interest and success of his party. In 1878 he was elected to the office of county commissioner, and in 1881 was re-elected to that office. At the expiration of this term of office he became clerk to the county treasurer, Alex. Stackhouse. In 1889 he was appointed deputy-sheriff by Sheriff J. C. Stineman; was continued another term under the present incumbent, Sheriff D. W. Coulter. In the autumn of 1895 he was elected to the office of prothonotary of Cambria county, for a term of three years, and is now ably and acceptably filling that office. He is a member of Summit Lodge, No. 312, Free and Accepted Masons, and John M. Jones Post, No. 556, Grand Army of the Republic, at Ebensburg.      Both as a public official and a man Lieutenant Davis' career has been one of integrity and blamelessness. He is a man of strong personality, broad minded, public spirited, conservative, and yet entertaining. He was a member of the board of commissioners when the present court-house -- a structure of architectural beauty and elegance -- was erected in 1881; was a member of the school board which built, in 1893, the present public-school

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