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O.U. Davidson
O. U. DAVIDSON, proprietor of the marble and granite works at Cowansville,
Armstrong Co., Pa., was born at Cowansville, May 24, 1867, son of William and
Mary (Crawford) Davidson.William Davidson was born in Ohio in 1811, and his wife in Pennsylvania in
1824. He was a marble cutter, learning his trade in Scioto county, Ohio. For
over fifty years he was engaged in business in various cities and towns, in
1865 settling at Cowansville, Pa., where he established a marble and granite
business, to which his son succeeded. His death occurred in 1892, his wife
passing away in 1904. William Davidson was a man of strong conviction, and
during the war espoused the anti-slavery movement, so that when the Republican
party was organized he became one of its enthusiastic members. Although
self-educated, he was a well-in-formed man, and able to follow out a question
to its logical end. For some years he served as justice of the peace, and he
enjoyed universal respect and confidence. He was one of the pioneers in the
marble and granite business in Armstrong county.O. U. Davidson attended public school at Cowansville, and then at the age
of eighteen years went into his father’s business, which he successfully
continues. It is his pride to turn out nothing but the highest quality of work
that can be done, and his business shows the result of this care.On July 2, 1901, Mr. Davidson was married to Ina Fay Ralston, and five
children have been born of this marriage: William Raymond, Allen R., Edgar O.,
Marion F. and Robert G. Mr. Davidson is a member and elder of the Presbyterian
Church, and has been superintendent of the Sunday school for fifteen years.Source: Pages(s) 710, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed October 1998 by Neil G. Anderson for the Armstrong County Beers
Project
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