L. TYLER DAVIS
Is a son of Allen Davis, who died in 1863, and Mary (Mahone) Davis,
who died in 1843. He was born in Williamsburg, on March 22, 1837,
and has been twice married. His first wife, who died May 9, 1873, aged
twenty-one years, was Celia E. Perrin, and their children were two:
Martin P., now deceased; Genevra P. In Williamsburg, in January,
1876, Mr. Davis married Virginia R. Russell, who was born in Bath,
Maine, and they have four children: Allen R., Ruth T., Ray M. and
John R.
Mr. Davis went to school in Williamsburg for ten years, then began a
mercantile business in that city, which he followed until 1859. In that
year he went to Richmond, and there engaged in a wholesale grocery business,
which he continued until the war. After the war he returned to
Williamsburg, and again entered into business there, in which he still
continues. He is now president of the school board of Williamsburg.
