GEORGE ROYAL DAVIS

Davis, George Royal (1840-1899), a Representative from Illinois; born in Palmer, Hampden County, Mass., January 3, 1840; completed classical studies at Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass., and was graduated in 1860; studied law; entered the Union Army in July 1862 and served as captain in the Eighth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and as major in the Third Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteer Cavalry; engaged in manufacturing, the insurance business, and as financial agent at Chicago, Ill.; member of the State militia and senior colonel of the First Regiment, Illinois National Guard; elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh, and Forty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1885); was not a candidate for renomination in 1884; resumed his former business pursuits; served as treasurer of Cook County, Ill., 1886-1890; director general of the World’s Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893; died in Chicago, Ill., November 25, 1899; interment in Rosehill Cemetery.
Spouse: Gertude b. abt 1851 In Louisiana
Children:
Cordelia [Delia] b. abt 1869 in Kansas
Bennie Davis b. abt 1871 in Illinois
Nellie Davis b. abt 1873 in Illinois
Georgia B. Davis b. abt 1875 in Illinois
George Roy Davis b. abt 1878 in Illinois

Sources:
United States Federal Census
Illinois Vital Records
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell