A Portrait and Biographical Record of Hendricks County (Chicago: A.W. Bowen & Co., 1895)--pages 946-947
Jeremiah Davis, of Eel River Township, Hendricks County, Ind., is one of the veterans of the Mexican War, as well as the Civil War, and is an honored citizen, who has reared a respected family of seven stalwart boys, all grown and married. He was born in Perry (now Owsley) County, Ky., November 10, 1819, a son of Henry and Mary (Walters) Davis, who settled in Hendricks County, Ind., about 1829. Jeremiah here grew up among the pioneers, with little chance for an education, but with early opportunities for hard work at clearing land, and at other pioneer labor. He married, at the age of about twenty-six, Lucy Reeves, who died seven months later; he then married Sallie A., daughter of James and Mary (Morris) Davidson, and to this union have been born eight children: Calvin M., Grenville, Mary J. (died at four years), George W., James M., William J., Daniel Ellworth and Charles F., all born in Eel River Township, Hendricks County, Ind., except George W. and James M., who were born in Boone County, Ind. Mr. Davis enlisted, at Danville, Ind., in the Mexican War, and was elected sergeant of Company L, First Indiana Infantry, under Capt. Crawford and Col. Drake and Lieut.-Col. Nave, served ten months, and was on the Rio Grande much of the time. He returned home and resumed farming until September 19, 1862, when he enlisted in Company L, Forty-fifth Infantry, Third Indiana Cavalry. The members of this regiment found their own horses, saddles and bridles. Mr. Davis served principally in Tennessee and was also in all the battles of the Atlantic campaign. He was besides, in the battles of Buzzard's Roost and Kenesaw Mountain. He was badly ruptured in a fight at Walker's Ford by the falling of his horse and was in the hospital at Nashville, Tenn., also at Jeffersonville and Madison, Ind., making a hospital record of eight weeks. He was honorably discharged at Madison, Ind., in December, 1864. He returned home and resumed farming, buying a farm of 120 acres, which he partly cleared, and here he remained until 1893, when he came to North Salem, Ind., bought property and retired.
Mr. Davis' second wife died in 1867, and he married May 3, 1868, Eliza Tinder (nee Spicklemire) a widow, daughter of Adam and Phoebe (Dolarhite) Spicklemire. Adam Spicklemire was of German descent, came from Kentucky, and was a pioneer of Hendricks County; he settled, in 1826, in Middle Township, where he died at fifty-four years of age. He was a substantial farmer, owning 640 acres. He was a member of the Baptist Church, of which church Mrs. Davis is also a devout member. She is a lady of pleasant manners and cheerful disposition. In politics Mr. Davis is a Republican; fraternally, he is a member of the I.O.O.F., North Salem lodge, No. 158, and is one of the straightforward and respected citizens of Hendricks County; he has always been a prosperous farmer and stock trader, but is now retired from active life.