____________________________________________________________________________ Aged Man Is Dead Col. Jno. M. Davis, Aged 92 Passed Away Col. Jno. M. Davis, aged 92, died at the family home at Murfreesboro Wednesday afternoon. Burial was had at Mt. Tabor Cemetery Thursday, under the auspices of the Masonic Lodge. Col. Davis was a native of Pike County and had been one of its foremost citizens for many years, being perhaps the best known man in this section of the state. He has been a planter, merchant, and politician, and all of which capacities he was very successful. He was sheriff of Pike County for (a) number of years. ____________________________________________________________________________ The Nashville News, Nashville, Arkansas, No. 87, December 6, 1919, page 1. ____________________________________________________________________________ HTML file and design by David Kelley, 1997. All rights reserved.