In a special series of articles being run in the Morganton News-Herald under the title, “Who’s Who in Morganton,” appears the following concerning I.I. Davis, father of I.I. Davis Jr. of Concord:
Gentleness, kindness, consideration—these qualities stand out in the life of the subject of this sketch, which makes no attempt at being biographical but is only a recognition of the worth and fitness of the man.
Mr. I.I. Davis is the patriarch of Morganton merchants, a man who has had a big part in the civic and business life of the town since the days just following the Civil War when he and his brother, the late B.F. Davis, opened a small stock of general merchandise and cast their lots as merchants here. As a young man, just starting out in life, he came to Morganton in 1867 from Cleveland county to clerk in a store operated by the late R.A. Cobb, and in a short time sent back for his younger brother and Davis Bros. opened a store of their own. Since that time the name “Davis” has been connected in a large way with merchandising in Morganton, and has ever been synonymous with honesty and fair dealing.
The Davis brothers built the first brick store ever erected in Morganton. Mr. Davis has been connected with many of the business enterprises that have come into the town during the last half century. For years he has been a director in the First National Bank.
He has been for years one of the most active and loyal members of the Morganton Methodist Church and his life has literally “abounded in good works.”
From page 2 of The Concord Daily Tribune, Aug. 8, 1925
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