John was the son of William J. Davis and Sarah White Davis. He served in the civil war. He had a nickname of "butterhead" steming from a story about him carrying some butter on his head under a cap when a young man. the butter began to melt and thus his nickname. John married Barbara Ritchie and they parented ten children, Martha, Gabriel, Theopolis, Bethney, Winnerra, Mary, Diana, Paralee, Solomon and Malisy.
John was the son of William J. Davis and Sarah White Davis. He served in the civil war. He had a nickname of "butterhead" steming from a story about him carrying some butter on his head under a cap when a young man. the butter began to melt and thus his nickname. John married Barbara Ritchie and they parented ten children, Martha, Gabriel, Theopolis, Bethney, Winnerra, Mary, Diana, Paralee, Solomon and Malisy.
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