City: Port Royal
DAVIS, Asa Leroy, contractor and builder; born Montgomery Co., March 20, 1847; son of Elijah and Nancie W. (Teasley) DAVIS; father farmer and blacksmith; paternal grandparents Robert and Elizabeth (Hooper) DAVIS, maternal grandparents George W. and Lucretia (Sherron) TEASLEY; received education in the common schools; married Lutitia MORRISON, Dec. 22, 1870; he was a farmer in early life; in mercantile business for two years; owned and operated saw, flour and grist mills for six years; at present member of highway committee of Montgomery Co.; also justice of the peace of county for past nineteen years; is a Odd Fellow, Past Grand; Democrat; member Cumb. Presbyterian church.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
