From the Biographical History of Clark and Jackson Counties, Wisconsin published by The Lewis Publishing Co, 1891 page 255 :

DAMON R. DAVIS, is one of the early settlers of Clark County, having come to Wisconsin when this section of country was a dense forest, and there were no roads, and no travel there was an abundance of wild game, and he became a skilled huntsman, and has laid low many a bear, wolf, and deer. The life of a pioneer is not without its charms, although the privations have sometimes overshadowed the delights. Mr. Davis was born at Crown Point, Essex County, New York, August 7, 1827, and is a son of Daniel R. and Maria (Glidden) Davis. The father was born in Vermont, and came to Essex County, New York, at an early day in 1830 he removed to St. Lawrence County, New York, and settled in Stockholm, where he passed the remainder of his days. He had a family of fourteen children all of whom lived to maturity: Damon R., our subject Elizabeth, Fannie, Calvin, Theodore, Alma, Whiston, Mary A., Bushrod, Huldah, Sidney, Asenath, Solon, and Subael.

Mr. Davis is the eldest child, and was reared in St. Lawrence County, New York. In 1848 he went to Greene County, Illinois, and spent four years in that and adjoining counties, working at whatever presented itself at the end of this time he returned to New York, and remained there until 1865, when he came to Clark County, Wisconsin, as before stated. He purchased 160 acres of forest land, and has since disposed of forty acres of it he has given the most of his time and attention to agricultural pursuits, although he is master of the carpenter's trade. Politically he affiliates with the Republican party.

Mr. Davis was married, March 5, 1848, to Miss Azuba Bryant, a native of Essex County, New York, and a daughter of Benjamin and Macelia Bryant she died in Grundy County, Illinois, September 2, 1852, leaving two children: Hudson V. and Benjamin R. July 15, 1855, Mr. Davis was again united in marriage to Miss Polly Chase, who was born in St. Lawrence County, New York, August 7, 1834. Her parents, John and Paulina (Whelpley) Chase, were natives of Massachusetts and Vermont respectively, and were early settlers of St. Lawrence County, New York.

Mr. and Mrs. Davis have had born to them five children: Damon W., Azuba R., Daniel I., Harmon E., and Cornelia.