Josiah Davis

JOSIAH DAVIS _________________ JOSIAH DAVIS, In the early days considerable ginseng was dug in this section and taken east to be exchanged for salt and other products. Josiah Davis, with several others, came across the river in canoes, and he, with an old man named Anderson, was engaged in digging the root on what is now the Bustard farm, adjoining Steubenville. Suddenly an Indian whoop was heard and the crack of two rifles. Anderson fell dead and Davis started to run, with the savages after him. The other members of the party, who do not seem to have been noticed by the savages, hastened home and reported both the missing ones dead. Davis, however, succeeded in distancing his pursuers, and reaching the river near the present site of the La Belle Mills, arrived home in safety, his knife still open in one hand and the stick he had been whittling to dig the root with in the other. Return to Family Tales Return to Home Page