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Daniel Jeremiah Davis

20 Dec 1860 – 14 Jan 1936

Birth20 Dec 1860
Death14 Jan 1936
CemeteryKnights of Pythias Cemetery
Port Orchard , Kitsap County , Washington , USA
Added bySouza on 08 Oct 2017
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184108074

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Daniel Jeremiah Davis was born on 20 December 1860 in Bristol Springs, New York. He is the son of Frances Celinda (Stout) and Milo Clinton Davis. In 1887, at North Cumberland County, Nebraska he married Hulda Charlotta Bodine. Hulda was a native of Sweden. Then in 1889, He and Hulda followed John Bodine to Kitsap County, Washington. John was one of the group of Swedish men who came to Waterman to establish Kitsap County's first brick yard. Daniel and Hulda settled near Sidney, Washington on what is now Mitchell Avenue. Eight of the nine children of Daniel and Hulda were born at their home on Mitchell Avenue. Daniel was a charter member of the Masonic Lodge and Hulda was a charter member of Eastern Star. Daniel was an organizer of the Grange and was County Master for years. He operated the first meat market in Bremerton, Washington and supplied meat to the United States Navy. Daniel Hauled freight from Seattle, in his own sailboat, for himself and others. Daniel ha the first motor vessel running between Port Orchard and Bremerton. Daniel was a deputy Sheriff before being elected Sheriff. The County did not have a car then and used to hire a boat to take them on business trips--it was easier to go to Silverdale and Poulsbo by boat then by car. In 1916, during the heavy snow, he rode horseback to the Courthouse. Before Daniel was married, he taught school and also delivered mail on horseback in Nebraska. He was very civic minded, and they were members of the Methodist Church. In 1896 the county's indigent were still being boarded out to the lowest bidder among several of the poorer hotels in Kitsap County and Seattle at so much a head.These hotels furnished the minimal care. Daniel was the first citizen of the county to contract to care for all the county's paupers in one establishment. He leased the Sidney Hotel which had, at that time, been taken over by the county in lieu of taxes. The paupers were comfortably housed there for several years. This was the beginning of a new and more humane regimen for the care of those dependent on the county's dole for their livelihood. From then on until 1916, when Sunnyview Farm was established by the Kitsap County Government, the poor Farm was managed under contract by a series of county citizens who considered themselves responsible for caring for their charges in a humane and compassionate way. Daniel deserves the credit for taking the initial step toward better care for the poor. On 14 January 1937, Daniel passed away.

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