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Centennial Biographical History
of Richland Co., Ohio
Illustrated
By A. J. Baughman, Editor
Published Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Co.
1901
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MACK H. DAVIS.
Mack H. Davis, of Shelby, Ohio, was born in Akron, this
state, on the 17th of January, 1857, his parents being Baker
and Lydia (Henshaw) Davis. The father was a native of
Pennsylvania and the mother of New York. He was born Jan.
1, 1827, his wife on the 3d of April, 1832, and their marriage
was celebrated in Ohio in 1855. Two children were born
unto them, the daughter being Martha M., who was born in
Akron in 1865, and is now the wife of Elsworth M. Lewis,
of Shelby, Ohio, their wedding being celebrated in 1891.
In 1876 the father became a resident of Shelby, where he entered
into partnership with Cortez F. Fish and Daniel W.
Storer for the purpose of conducting a flour-milling
business, under the firm name of Fish, Storer &
Davis. The father of our subject died in 1879 and his
son succeeded to a partnership in the business. In 1882
the enterprise was incorporated under the firm name of The
Shelby Mill Company.
Mr. Davis, whose name introduces this
record, was graduated in the Akron high school in 1874, and for
three years thereafter was the city editor of the Akron Daily
Beacon. He then came to Shelby and accepted a position as
the bookkeeper for the firm of which his father was one of the
partners. As stated, he succeeded to a partnership in the
business upon his father's death. The Shelby Mill Company
is capitalized for one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars,
and at the time of the incorporation Mr. Davis was
elected the secretary and treasurer. In 1892 he was chosen
the president, and has since filled that position in a most
creditable and satisfactory manner, his management bringing to
the company well-merited success. The plant has a capacity
of one thousand barrels of flour per day. The brick
building is five stories in height, is supplied with elevators,
and was erected in 1883. The supplies for the mill are
shipped to Shelby from Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana, and the
company markets its products in eastern states and abroad,
making extensive shipments to Great Britain. The leading
brands of flour are known as Storer's Best and Prize Winner.
They have a cooper shop in connection with the mill, and
employment is furnished to about sixty workmen, turning out one
thousand barrels per day. The mill is in continuous
operation night and day.
Mr. Davis is a man of resourceful
business ability, of keen discrimination in business affairs, of
sound judgment and strong purpose. Thesequalities have
enabled him to extend his field of labors into various lines.
He carries forward to successful completion whatever he
undertakes, and his interests have been varied and of an
important character. He was one of the originators of the
Shelby Tube Works, and was a director of the company until about
two years ago, when he resigned. He is still a stockholder
in the institution, however. He is the president of the
Shelby Water Company, which was incorporated in 1897, with a
capital of eighty thousand dollars. The plant has already
cost about one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
There is a complete pumping station, having a capacity of four
million gallons of water per day, the water supply coming from a
driven well in the north of the village, near the city limits.
They have fifteen acres of land, duplex pumps, a stand pipe one
hundred and forty-five feet high and sixteen feet in diameter,
twelve miles of mains and one hundred and nine fire hydrants,
having an inexhaustible supply. He is the treasurer of the
Shelby Electric Company, which he aided in organizing. It
has a capital stock of two hundred thousand dollars and
manufactures from six to eight thousand lamps daily, employment
being furnished to one hundred and fifty people, one
hundred of whom are girls. Mr. Davis is also
the treasurer and manager of the Umbrella Company, and is a
director in the First National Bank, also vice-president of the
Shelby Building and Loan Association. He is the president
of the Winter Wheat Millers' League, with headquarters at
Indianapolis, an organization formed by merchant millers of the
states of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee
and Missouri and represents an invested capital of thirty
million dollars and involving some three hundred mills. He
has been the president of the Millers' National Association with
headquarters at Chicago, holding that office in 1898, and at the
present time is still a member of its board of managers.
Its member ship comes from thirty-three different states.
Mr. Davis was united in marriage, in
1878, to Miss Harriet Botsford, of Akron, Ohio, a daughter of
Almon W. and Caroline (Bolton) Botsford. Three
children have come to"bless the union, but one died in infancy.
The others are Myra Grace, who was born July 1,
1884; and Almon Baker, who was born Dec. 29, 1886.
Mr. Davis has been prominent in public
affairs. In 1898 he was elected a member of the city
council, and while serving in that capacity he caused to be
introduced a bill in the state legislature for the purpose of
having a special act passed to enable the council to bond the
village of Shelby for the purpose of establishing a municipal
electric-light plant. This was done and the enterprise has
proved a great success financially, and seems to have been the
impetus that has brought about the growth and prosperity of
Shelby in recent years. Thereby the streets are supplied
with are lights, and a complete in candescent system for the use
of private individuals and business firms was established.
From the beginning this has proved a very successful enterprise,
as the revenue from the incandescent service has been sufficient
to pay all the operating expenses of the plant and has also
created a fund sufficient to meet the bonds as they become due.
Mr. Davis holds the rank of major in the Ninth
Regiment of the Uniformed Rank of the Knights of Pythias.
He belongs to the Colonial Club, which was organized by the
business men of Shelby in 1898, at which time he was elected the
president, having ever since served in that capacity. He
is also a member of the Royal Arcanum, the National Union and
the Pathfinders' Association. He contributes to the
support of the First Presbyterian church, in which his wife and
children hold membership. He has been identified with this
section of the Union for many years and has contributed to its
material progress and prosperity.
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Richland Co., Ohio
- Publ: Mansfield by A. A., Graham & Co. - 1901 - Page 479 |
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