Charles Oscar Davis. Among the bankers of Tippecanoe City who in recent years have contributed materially to the financial stability of this section, one of the best known is Charles Oscar Davis, cashier of the Citizen's National Bank. Mr. Davis was born at Ginghamsburg, Ohio, in 1861, a son of Jacob and Louisa (Fair) Davis, the Davis family being of Virginia origin and the Fair family having been founded in this country in Maryland. Jacob Davis fought as a soldier of the Union during the Civil war, during which struggle, at the battle of Gettysburg, his brother, Lieut. Jeremiah Davis, was killed. The paternal grandmother of Charles Davis was a sister of the Rev. Jacob Young, a minister of the Methodist church and one of the noted early preachers of Miami county. Jacob and Louisa Davis were the parents of two children: Charles and Dora. Charles Davis received his education in the public schools, following which he pursued a course at a commercial college at Dayton and took for his first employ ment a position as telegraph operator and station agent at Bowling Green, being later employed in a like capacity at Tippecanoe City. He continued to follow the same vocation for many years, but in 1907 entered actively into the big business life of the community when he became cashier, a director and a stockholder in the Citizens National Bank, positions which he has since retained. This institution is one of the most progressive in the county, owning its own handsome modern fire and burglar-proof banking house, and there is a pronounced optimistic atmosphere pervading and surrounding the institution that strikes the interested observer favorably. As a result, the bank is taking a leading place among the financial enterprises of the county. Mr. Davis is a man of civic spirit and enterprise and his personality has much to do with the success of the bank. During the war period he was untiring in his efforts to attain the quotas sent for his community in the various war drives, and for his constructive services received a certificate from the United States Government. In addition to holding the cashier ship of the bank, Mr. Davis is secretary and treasurer of the telephone company of Tippecanoe City and vice-president of the Northern Manufacturing Company. He is a great friend of public education and is serving capably as vice president of the local school board. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the local lodges of the Masons and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and he and the members of his family belong to the Methodist church. Mr. Davis married Miss Margaret A. Moss, of Wapakoneta, Ohio, daughter of Thomas Moss, a prominent merchant of that community. To this union there has been born one daughter, Florence, the wife of Thomas. Camby, of Dayton, with one child, Margaret.