From: KyArchives [Archives@genrecords.org] Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 10:17 AM To: Ky-Footsteps Subject: Davidson.E.k.1858.Woodford-Barren.BIOS E.k. Davidson January 5, 1858 - Woodford-Barren County KyArchives Biography Author: The Biographical Record of Livingston and Woodford Counties, Illinois, Chicago, S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1900. Barren Co. This prominent and well-known citizen of Cruger township, whose home is on section 14, was born in that township, January 5, 1858, and belongs to one of Woodford county's most honored pioneers, being a son of Calvin G. and Eliza (Kinnear) Davidson. The father was born in Kentucky [Barren], October 13, 1826, and in 1831 came to Woodford county, Illinois, with his parents, Caleb and Martha (Glazebrook) Davidson, natives of South Carolina, who removed to Kentucky at an early day. The family settled in what is now Cruger township before the county was organized and took up government land, at the same time buying other tracts, which the grandfather of our subject improved. He died in that township in 1870, and his wife died in Eureka in 1882. Their children were Mrs. Letitia Oatman, of Kansas City; Marshall E., of Nevada, Missouri; Mrs. Susan Eckles of Washington, Illinois; Calvin G., father of our subject; Mrs. Martha Lindsay, of Brooklyn, New York; Mrs. Eliza Jones, of Missouri; William A., of Eureka, who is represented on another page of this volume; Frank, of Hannibal, Missouri; Sarah, wife of Dr. Crawford, of Eureka; and Mrs. Mary Reynolds, of Peoria. Calvin G. Davidson, our subject's father, grew to manhood on the old homestead in Cruger township, and there he was married, March 8, 1855, to Eliza Kinnear, who was born near Kingston, Ohio, September 1, 1833, a daughter of Charles and Ellen (Ritchey) Kinnear, also pioneer settlers of Woodford county. On first coming to this state they located in Bloomington, and then removed to Cruger township, Woodford county, where Mr. Kinnear opened up a farm on section 14, making it is home throughout the remainder of his life. He died in 1892, his wife in 1884. They had five children: Eliza, mother of our subject; George, a resident of Seattle, Washington; Rachel, wife of E. F. Earl, of Paxton, Illinois; John R. and Lockwood A., both of Seattle. After his marriage the father of our subject settled near the village of Cruger, but later moved to the Kinnear homestead, where he engaged in farming for several years. He took an active part in organizing the county and served as [sic] politics he is a Democrat. He and his wife are now living in Watseka, Illinois. They have a family of five children: W. O., now serving as supervisor of Cruger township; RE. K, our subject; and Mrs Capitola Hirshi, Mrs. Caddie Kern and Mrs. Anna Martin, all residents of Watseka. Our subject was reared on the old Kinnear homestead, where he now resides, and was educated in the district schools of Cruger township. Throughout his active business life he has followed the occupation of farming with marked success, and is justly numbered among the most thorough and skillful agriculturists of his township. He was married in Vernon county, Missouri, in 1894, to Miss Cornelia A. McDaniel, a native of Alabama and a daughter of Lowry and Anna Amanda (Coats) McDaniel who died in Alabama. By this union has been born one child, Calvin Lowry. As a Democrat Mr. Davidson has taken a leading and influential part in local politics, and served as supervisor of his township in 1894 and 1895. Socially he is a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge of Eureka; William C. Hobbs Lodge, No. 306, F. & A. M.; Tazewell Chapter, No. 199, R. A. M.; Couer de Leon Commandery, No. 49, of El Paso, and Mohamet Temple of Mystic Shrine, of Peoria. He is eminently public spirited and progressing and identifies himself with those interests whose object is to advance the welfare of the township and county. Mr. Davidson is widely and favorably known, and those who know him best are numbered among his warmest friends. Submitted by: Sandi Gorin http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00002.html#0000404 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/