John Davidson
1851-March 1, 1933
Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, March 1, 1933, page 4, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library
Death of John Davison
Word was received last evening by Harry Mansfield of the death of John Davison, 82, a former resident of Niles, in the home of his niece, Mrs. Deana Collins Bates, in Minneapolis, Minn. The body will be brought to Niles tomorrow on the Michigan Central train due from Chicago at 11:10 and will be taken to the Rutherford Funeral Home where a funeral service will be conducted at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The Rev. G.W. Simon, pastor of the Presbyterian church will officiate. Burial will be made in Silverbrook cemetery. Mr. Davison was born in Niles. His father erected the building now occupied by the Babcock tea room and the Tynan Hat shop at Third and Main street. The father was a pioneer resident of Niles. The son, born in the house his father had erected, engaged in the marble cutting business in partnership with Mrs. Bates' father. Mr. Davison had several sisters, all of whom are deceased but whose names are well remembered in Niles as Mrs. Fanny Scott, Mrs. Laura Hinton, Mrs. Joseph Brochaw and Miss Hattie Davison, the latter having been killed in an accident. Mrs. Hinton's body was brought to Niles for burial two years ago. Members of . .[illegible] . .will act as pallbearers at the service for Mr. Davison.
Note: In Silverbrook burial listing as "Davidson", obit and Minnesota Death record say Davison