Robert R. Davis
Robert R. Davis, chairman of the board of trustees of Radnor Township, and a prominent and influential citizen of this section, resides on his valuable farm of 89 acres which he has placed under a fine state of cultivation. Mr. Davis was born December 12, 1854, in Radnor Township. Delaware County. Ohio, and is a son of John H. and Maria Davis.
The parents of Mr. Davis were natives of Wales. After marriage they emigrated to America and about 1842 settled in Radnor Township, Delaware County. Ohio. They there passed the remaining years of their lives, John H. Davis dying in 1893, having survived his wife for some years. He was a deacon in the Calvinistic Methodist Episcopal Church, at Radnor.
Robert R. Davis grew to manhood in Radnor Township, attending the local schools, and since youth has been engaged here in agricultural pursuits. In addition to cultivating his ample farm, Mr. Davis has been engaged in the threshing business for the past quarter of a century, in partnership with H. H. Davis, under the firm name of R. R. and H. H. Davis. He is considered one of the substantial and representative men of his community.
In early manhood, Mr. Davis was married to Elizabeth Davis, who was born in Radnor Township and is a daughter of the late James Davis, formerly a well-known farmer of this section. Mr. Davis is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church at Radnor, being a deacon in the same. Mrs. Davis belongs to the Congregational Church.
In his political views, Mr. Davis is a Republican. He has been an active member of his party and on many. occasions has been sent as a delegate to county conventions. He has done much to forward the cause of education in his township. For nearly eight years he has been township trustee and for a considerable part of this time has been chairman of the board. Mr. Davis belongs to the Odd Fellows at Radnor, and has passed all the chairs of Radnor Lodge, No. 250.
20th Century History of Delaware County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens, Edited and compiled by James R. Lytle, Delaware, Ohio, Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, 1908