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

Baraboo:

Rose Davids, occupation, farming, Sec. 4; P.O. Baraboo, daughter of Isaac H. and Sarah Mitchell; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1839, and located in Walworth, Walworth, Co.; located in Baraboo, Sauk Co., March, 1854; owns 40 acres of land four miles from the village of Baraboo; born in Warren, Warren Co., Penn., March 5, 1816. Married Nov. 17, 1831, to Isaac Davids, son of George W. Davids and Elizabeth Wells Davids. Isaac Davids died Feb. 6, 1860. Mrs. Davids' family consisted of ten children - Elizabeth, Casinda, Ruthan, Louis W., Alfred H., Francis M., Emma, Isaac, Samuel W. and George W. Alfred died March 26, 1868; Casinda died Aug. 3, 1863; Louis W. was in the army and a member of the 4th W. V. C. Father of Mrs. Davids was in the war of 1812. Isaac Davids, husband of Mrs. Davids, was the first man who drove a four-horse team into the city of Madison, Dane, Co., Wis. Mrs. Davids belongs to the M.E. Church.

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