Rolla B. Davis
A prominent bachelor farmer of Franklin Township, is Rolla B. Davis, who conducts the College View Farm on Thirty-eighth Street, some two miles west of Marion, Indiana, and of which he is part owner. Mr. Davis is one of the most enterprising young agricultural men of the county, and his accomplishments in the stock breeding line have already given him a considerable prominence in these parts.
Born in Miami County, Indiana, twelve miles south of Peru, and ten miles north of Kokomo, on October 4, 1888, Rolla B. Davis is the son of Dr. G.W. Davis, a well known physician of Marion, Indiana. Dr. Davis has two sons, the other being Merrill S. Davis, a graduate of the Marion High School and of the Indiana College of Medicine. Rolla B. Davis was ten years of age when he came to Grant county, and like his brother, he was graduated from the Marion High School, following that with attendance at the Marion Normal College. It was no part of his intention to enter the professions, but he wished to prepare himself for an intelligent career in agriculture, and when he had finished his studies he immediately turned his attention to his present industry. College View Stock Farm is one of the fine places in the county, and Mr. Davis is a half owner in the property and all the stock thereon. A fine herd of Holstein cattle is one of the specialties of the place, and twenty-four head of handsome Belgian horses on which he takes first premiums wherever they are shown are further ornamental to the place. He specializes in pure blood Jersey Duroc hogs also, and his showing in stock is, on the whole, highly creditable to him and to the county. Mr. Davis is devoted to his business, and is unusually fond of animals, so that his work is a genuine pleasure to him, and never an irksome task.
Soon after Mr. Davis launched out independently for himself, he married, on April 1, 1909, Miss Martha Hamilton, who was born in Marion, and received her education in that place. She is a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mr. Davis has membership in his college fraternity, the Beta Pi Sigma. He was one who derived the greatest good from his college career, and devoted considerable of his attention to athletics, in which he played a prominent part. He and his wife are socially prominent in their community, and enjoy the high regard of a wide circle of friends throughout the county.
Submitted by: Gina Reasoner