City: Cowan
DAVIS, James Henderson, banker; born Butler Co., Ky., July 27, 1879; Welsh-Irish English-Dutch descent;son of Decatur F. and Mary E. (Gott) DAVIS; father’s occupation, teacher, farmer; paternal grandfather John S. DAVIS, paternal grandmother Harriet E. (Moore) DAVIS, maternal grandfather Moses P. GOTT, maternal grandmother Sarah E. (Mansfield) GOTT; educated private schools S. N. S. and B.G.B.C., Bowling Green, (Ky.); married Lena M. Smith, August 1, 1905; Master Cowan Lodge Masons, Past Grand Cowan Lodge Odd Fellows, Clerk of Cowan Camp M. W. of A.; taught in Kentucky public schools from 1899 to 1904, five or six months each year, worked in Sheriff’s office or County Clerk’s office as Deputy balance of each year; clerked in Brownsville, (Ky.) Deposit Bank, later promoted to assistant cashier; assisted in organization of Bank of Cowan, Tenn., May 1906, elected Cashier June 1906 which position he now holds; Democrat; elder in Christian Church, Cowan, Tenn.
