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Benjamin W. Davis
Benjamin W. Davis was born in Franklin, Warren Co., O., Sept 3, 1815 He came to Richmond, May 4, 1834, and worked as a journeyman printer one year for Finley & Holloway. He then engaged to print the Richmond Palladium for Joh Finley, one year; and after the expiration of that term [in 1836], himself and David P. Holloway purchased the Palladium, the publication of which, under the firm of Holloway & Davis, has been continuted to the present time. Mr. Davis was chosen city clerk, which office he held from 1848 until 1859, a period of 11 years. He married Elizabeth Fleming, a daughter of David, son of Judge Peter Fleming.
Source:
History of Wayne County, Indiana by Andrew W. Young. pub 1872