Joseph Davis
June 20, 1895
Muncie (Indiana) Daily Herald
Deaths and Funerals The funeral of Joseph Davis who died Monday at his home near Smithfield at the age of 68 years took place yesterday morning at the M. E. church at Smithfield and was largely attended. The deceased was one of the oldest residents and was well known.
Never in the annals of our little village has the death record been so large as it has been this season. And now another is to be added to the list. Joseph Davis died at the home of his son John, Monday morning June 17, 1895. He has been in poor health for some months but has never been past going until Sunday afternoon when he began to fail rapidly and continured to grow weaker until his death. Dropsy was the cause attributed to his death but it was really a complication of diseases. He was a well known citizen and one of the pioneer settlers of this county, and has been a resident of Smithfield for almost fifty years. Besides numerous other relatives, he leaves four sons; John, who is an industrious citizen of Smithfield; Joseph Jr. lives in Selma, and is township trustee and junior partner in the firm of Black & Davis, hardware merchants of Selma. "Dick" is a prominent barber in Muncie and Grant, who lives at Oskloosa, Ia, is a popular and successful salesman for a Columbus, Ohio, firm. The funeral ervices were held at the M. E. church, Wednesday, followed by interment in the Mt. Tabor cemetery.