John M. Davis

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                             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.           
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The Nashville News, Nashville, Arkansas, No. 87, December 6, 1919, page 1.   
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