James D. Davis
(1817–1898)		 = Elizabeth A. Myers
(1817–1878)		 David Jamison
(1825–191?)		 = Margaret
(1827–187?)
RICHARD BIDDLE DAVIS
(1845–1929)		 = NANCY ELLEN JAMISON
(1845–1938)
William
Howard
(1866–1949)

=		 John
Alexander
(1868–1958)

=		 David
Jamison
(1870–1930)

=		 Gregg
Algeo
(1872–1944) 		Stella

(1873–1958)

=		 Cora
Elizabeth
(1876–?) 		Charles

(1878–1973)

=		 James
Franklin
(1881–1918)

=		 Edwin
Forest
(1883–1956) 		Margaret
Ida
(1887–1977)

=

Henrietta
Rankin
(1860–1936)		 Suesannah Hays Trimble
(1868–1938)		 Suesanna A.
Rankin
(1868–1947)
Charles G.
Couch
(1870–1953)
Cora E.
Winstein
(1877–1965)		 Cora Elizabeth
Kline
(1889–1931)
Erbine
Newell
(1888–1964)
Clyde
Floyd
Percy
Hilda
Louise
Willis
 Hester
Richard
Llda
Edythe
 Mildred
 Leone
James
Harriet
Margaret
Sarah
 Edwin
Edna
Dorothy
Charles
 Estella
Llda
James
Cora
Edwin
John





NAME
 Richard Biddle Davis
 Nancy Ellen Jamison

DOB
 February 9, 1845
 May 1, 1845

LOCATION
 Upper St. Clair Township, PA
 Upper St. Clair Township, PA

DOD
 September 13, 1929
 November 16, 1938

INTERNMENT
 Melrose Cemetery, Bridgeville, PA
 Melrose Cemetery, Bridgeville, PA

MILITARY SERVICE
 Civil War: Corporal, Co. B, 155th Pennsylvania Volunteers

OCCUPATION
 Farmer; Sawyer; Lumber Merchant

MARRIED
 1 March, 1866


NOTES
 Richard went by his initials, R.B., pronounced “Arby.” He and Nancy were married on 1 March, 1866 in Pittsburgh, PA, by Pastor Holmes at the Smithfield Methodist Church. Ed and Gregg never married, both worked as painters, and they are buried next to each other in Melrose cemetery. (Gregg has no headstone.)





YEAR
 LOCATION
 HEAD
 OCCUPATION
 SPOUSE
 CHILDREN AT HOME

1870
 South Fayette Township, PA
 Richard (25)
 Farm Laborer
 Nancy (25) William (3)
John (2)
David (11 Mths)

1880
 Mt. Pleasant Township, PA
 Richard (34)
 Sawyer
 Nancy (34) William (13)
John (12)
David (10)
Greg (9)
Stella (6)
Cora (3)
Charles (1)
James Hitchen (25) (Servant)
James Davis (62) (Father)
Annie (21) (Sister)

1890
 (Records Destroyed)




1900
 Collier Township, PA
 Richard (54)
 Lumber
Merchant
 Nancy (55) Cora (23)
[James] Frank[lin] (19)
Edwin (16)
Margaret (13)

1910
 Upper St. Clair Township, PA
 Richard (64)
 Retired
 Nancy (63) Gregg (39)
Edwin (26)
Margaret (22)
David Jamison (89) (Father-in-Law)
Reta Rovesti (13) (Servant)

1920
 Carnegie, PA
 Richard (74)
 Retired
 Nancy (74) Gregg (39)
Edwin (36)
Margaret (26[33])






Nancy Ellen Jamison Davis




R.B. out on the hunt with “Dan”



RB-Dan

R.B. and “Dan” enjoying a sunny day



FourGenerations

Four Generations—R.B. (center) with son, William (left),
and father, James (right) holding William’s son, Clyde
Undated photos in the possession of John H. Wallace



Cora-Ed-Floyd

Ed Davis (center) with sister-in-law Cora Winstein Davis (left, wife
of David), and nephew Floyd Davis (right, son of William)



RB-Death

Memento mori—photo of the location where R.B. died (marked
with blue ink), 13 September, 1929, reproduced as a Post Card









Melrose Cemetery, Bridgeville, PA
Original photographs (1997) in the possession of John H. Wallace