Biography extracted from History of Sauk County, Wisconsin Chicago: Western Historical Company, published 1880.

Dellona:

C. P. Davenport, farmer, Sec. 2; born in Vermont March 9, 1819; came to Sauk Co. in 1854; he was elected Justice of the Peace in 1862 and 1865, and served on the Town Board one term, Treasurer one term and Assessor three terms. He was married, Sept. 19, 1854, to Miss Mary Gillespie; she was born in Scotland; they have had five children – Lawrence C. (deceased), Carrie J., Alice F., Anna M. and John W. Mrs. Davenport is a member of the M.E. Church, and he is an Adventist and in politics a Republican. For a number of years, he traveled and practiced surgical dentistry. The son that died has just finished his second term of teaching; he was a promising young man, the pride of his family and respected by all that knew him; he had attended school at Baraboo, under the instruction of Prof. Willis for some time; he died March 24, 1876, aged 20 years 1 month and 6 days. Mr. D. has altogether 300 acres of land.

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