Cumberland County, Maine - Charles Davis
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Biography
Charles Davis
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 582


Charles Davis, Town Treasurer and Clerk of Sebago, Cumberland County, Me., was
born in this town, August 28, 1831, son of Robert and Mary (Cook) Davis. Robert
Davis, who was a native of Limington, this county, was a farmer in moderate
circumstances. He was constrained to be content with the necessities of life,
without the luxuries, being obliged to devote all his energies to providing for
his large family. He had thirteen children, named as follows: Charity, James,
Mary, Betsey, Irene, Eliza A., William, Robert, Simon, Charles, Martha, Sewall,
and Sarah.

Charles Davis, having acquired his education in the district schools of his
native town, left home to begin an independent career when eighteen years of
age, and worked in loggingcamps some two years. He was then engaged in farm work
in Sebago for a while; and in 1854, sharing the adventurous spirit which caused
so many Eastern men at that time to seek fortune in the far West, he went to
California, travelling by way of the Isthmus of Panama, then the most direct
route. Landing at San Francisco, he there made but a short stay, passing on to
the mining camps; and for five years he was engaged in prospecting and mining.
Then, leaving the rough and almost lawless gold country, he returned to the
quietand peaceful shades of his native town, purchasing in 1860 a farm of sixty
acres, where he established the pleasant home which now shelters him. Within
three years he was again on the road, this time with gun and knapsack, en route
for the South. He enlisted in January, 1864, as a private in Company I,
Thirtieth Maine Regiment, and was mustered in at Augusta. He participated in the
battles ofPleasant Hill and Sabine Crossroads, and during the latter engagement
was struck by a minie ball in the upper left arm. The wound was a serious one
and disabled him for nine months, during which time he was in the Baton Rouge
Hospital. As soon as able he joined his regiment, which was then at Harper's
Ferry; and on August 19, 1865, he received his final discharge at Savannah, Ga.
Returning home, he took up the pursuit of agriculture, in which he has since
been actively engaged.

In 1859, while in California, Mr. Davis was married to Miss Mary Haley, who
still presides over his household. They have no children living. With a mind
broadened by travel and strengthened and stimulated to activity by varied
experiences, Mr. Davis is well qualified to taking a leading part in the affairs
of the town. In politics he is a Republican. He has been three years Postmaster
of the Convene post-office, was Selectman of Sebago one year, and, as stated
above, is at present Town Clerk and Treasurer. He is a Grand Army man, belonging
to Thompson Post, No. 85, of Cornish, and is a member of Mount Moriah Lodge, No.
56, A. F. & A. M