This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. NOTE: I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it.

Typed by Lora Radiches:



Surnames in this biography are: DAVIDSON, Claybough, Johnson,

EDWARD C. DAVIDSON, surgeon, is a native of La Fayette, and it was to that city that he returned after his preparation and training in medical college and hospitals, and there for nearly forty years has been one of the most valued and esteemed representatives of his profession. Doctor DAVIDSON was born in La Fayette January 30, 1867. The DAVIDSON family came originally from Scotland and there were three brothers who settled in Kentucky in pioneer times. The Davidson’s in Kentucky for many years were slave owners and planters, but subsequently freed their slaves. Doctor Davidson’s father was Robert P. Davidson, who was born in Nicholas County, Kentucky, October 6, 1826. He was a graduate of Center College of Kentucky, was with the teaching staff of that school until 1851, previously attended Miami University at Oxford, Ohio, qualified for the law, and for a long period of years was one of the outstanding members of the legal fraternity at La Fayette. In 1851 he began practice at Frankfort, Indiana, moving from there to La Fayette in October, 1863. He was an enthusiastic admirer and follower of Abraham Lincoln and made speeches all over Indiana for the rail-splitter and in Lincoln’s second campaign was a candidate for elector. He served on the draft board in Clinton County. Judge DAVIDSON married Jennie S. Claybough, of Oxford, Ohio, daughter of Joseph Claybough, who was dean of the theological school of Miami University. Edward C. Davidson was the youngest in a family of seven children. He attended public school at La Fayette, completed a course in pharmacy at Purdue University and went to the medical school of the University of Michigan, graduating M. D. in 1891. From the fall of 1891 to the spring of 1892 he was in Chicago as assistant professor of the Chicago Polyclinic. He then returned to La Fayette, where for thirty-eight years he has been devoted to his chosen line of work. He is widely known for his skill as a surgeon He has served on the surgical staff of St. Elizabeth Hospital for thirty-five years and has also been on the surgical staff of the home hospital since it was founded. Doctor DAVIDSON is a member of the American College of Surgeons, and also belongs to the Tippecanoe County, Indiana State and American Medical Associations. On November 9, 1918, during the war, he was commissioned a member of the Medical Reserve Corps. Doctor DAVIDSON is affiliated with Lodge No. 123 of the Masonic fraternity and the B. P. 0. Elks. Nominally a Republican, he frequently votes without respect to parties. He is a member of the La Fayette Club. Well known for his abilities as a surgeon, Doctor DAVIDSON also enjoys the reputation of having been ready in response to demands upon his time and work in many community undertakings. He married Miss Loretta Johnson, a native of La Fayette, now deceased. He has one daughter, Miss Dorothea.