George Perrin Davis

Burial record:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43662460/george-perrin-davis

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George Perrin Davis was the son of David Davis, who was born on June 3, 1842 in Bloomington, Illinois. He was a director of the First National Bank of Bloomington, and was interested in several other bank institutions. Then he became vice-president of the board of trustees of Illinois Wesleyan University, one of Bloomington's universities. And for a time he was president of the McLean County Historical Society. He was married to Miss Ella Hanna, from Indianapolis, Indiana, a granddaughter of General Robert Hanna at Attica, Indiana, 79 miles northwest of Indianapolis, Indiana, and 66 miles east of Champaign, Illinois, on June 17, 1869. General Robert Hanna was the first man to serve as a U.S. senator from Indiana. He died on January 10, 1917, and his burial site can be found at the Evergreen Memorial Cemetery in Bloomington, Illinois.