Luther L. Davis
Luther L. Davis, an old and esteemed citizen of Jackson Township, was born in Harrison County, Virginia, May 31, 1810. He came to Ohio in 1831, and located in Clarke County, where, on the 10th of May, 1835, he married Miss June Morris, who was born in Clarke County, Ohio, November 23, 1815. Mr. and Mrs Davis came to Shelby County in 1837, entered, made improvements, and settled on the east half of the southeast quarter of section 17, Jackson Township, on which they have since resided. They reared a family of eleven children, viz., Bianca, Augustus A., Permetha, Clarissa, Israel L., Calvin W., Mary J., Albert B., Rosetta B., Richard W., and Edgar C. Three of the above-named children are now dead, viz., Permetha, Bianca, and Mary J. Augustus A., Israel L., and Calvin served in the war of' 1861.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883