History of Oakland County Michigan a narrative account of its historic progress, its people, its principal interests / compiled from the official records of the county, the newspapers and data of personal interviews, under the editorial supervision of Thaddeus D. Seeley.

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Post and the Pontiac Daily Press. His first experience in an editorial
way was gained while managing editor of the Inlander while at the
university. He is now the editor and proprietor of the Adrian (Mich.)
Daily Telegram and lives at that city. He has traveled extensively in
the United States, Mexico and Europe, is a member of the American
Microscopical Society, and has contributed various articles to the publications of that society. Although his tastes are literary, he also shares
his father's inclination for geology. Stuart H. Perry was united in
marriage with Maude Caldwell, a daughter of Dr. William C. Caldwell,
of Fremont, Ohio, whom he first met as a student at the university.
They have two children. While connected with the Detroit bar he
wrote a law book entitled "The Legal Adviser and' Business Guide,"
which was published in January, 1902.
There were many prominent and distinguished men in the class of
1870 in the University of Michigan, of which Mr. Perry was a member, among them being Rufus Day, justice of the United States supreme
court; William L. Penfield, solicitor of the state department of the
United States; Walter B. Stevens, secretary of the St. Louis Exposition; Alfred Noble, one of the most able engineers the world has known,
who served on the recent canal commission; Bernard Moses, who was
appointed to the Philippine commission by President McKinley in 190o;
Lucius B. Swift, the noted civil service reformer of Indiana; and Count
Michael Meyerdorf, a well known civil engineer, who at one time occupied a government position in Washington, and is now deceased.
Fraternally Mr. Perry is a member of the Pontiac lodge A. F. &
A. M., and the Knights of Pythias. His wife is a member of the
Protestant Episcopal church, which he also attends.
DANIEL L. DAVIS
Daniel L. Davis, a prominent member of the Oakland county bar and
a resident of Pontiac since 1877, was born in Davisburgh, Michigan,
on April 27, I846. He is a son of John C. and Sarah (Griswold) Davis.
His paternal grandfather, Cornelius Davis, was born in Shokan, Ulster
county, New York, in 1792, and died in Davisburgh, Michigan, in 1852.
He was a farmer by occupation and passed his life in that pursuit. He
was a Democrat and a member of the Presbyterian church, and was
regarded as one of the representative and worthy citizens of his time.
He married Agnes Winfield, also a native of New York, and they
became the parents of ten children, of which goodly number, John C.,
the father of Daniel L. of this review, was one. John C. Davis was
born at Shokan, New York, on May I, 1821, and lived there until he
was eight years of age, coming to Michigan with his parents in I835.
They located in Davisburgh, as mentioned previously, and there John
C. Davis gave his life to farming, milling and merchandising. He was
a man of splendid character and was accorded the respect and esteem
of all who knew him. He was fairly successful in his business ventures,
and after a lifetime of activity in Davisburgh retired and went to Pontiac, where he passed the remainder of his life, his death occurring
there some five years ago. He was a Democrat of conviction, and gave