William Jasper Davis, son of Jasper and Levinia Brown Davis, was born in Waushara County, Wis., January 2, 1857, and died in the home of his son in Riverside, Calif., February 7, 1935, after a long illness.
On December 22, 1886, he was married to Anna Goodrich. He is survived by his son, W. Starr of Riverside, Calif.; one daughter, Mrs. Ernest Lunda, Madison, Wis.; and a sister, Miss Rosa Davis, Riverside, Calif.
Mr. Davis' boyhood was spent near Milton. He conducted a livery business in Janesville, Wis., Colorado Springs, Colo.; and Long Beach, Calif., returning to Milton in 1905. The past several winters have been spent with his son in California. Interment was in Milton. C. L. H.