GEORGE STEVENS DAVIS, the first son of Charles N. and Mamie G. Davis, was born at San Miguel in the County of San Luis Obispo, California, February 1st, 1898. His parents moved to Churchill County, Nevada, while George was still a child, and it was there that the youth grew to manhood, received his education, and welded his never-ending friendships. After his graduation from high school in Fallon, he entered the employ of Gray, Reid & Wright Company in that city, and the popular, promising boy was a trusted employee of the firm.

When the war with Germany broke out in the Spring of 1917, George was eager to enter the Service, but ill health of his father compelled him to defer the matter. However, in April, 1918, he went to Portland, Oregon, and on the 8th of that month enlisted in the Engineer Corps. Vancouver Barracks was his first Army Post. From there he was sent East to Washington Barracks, Washington, D . C , and attached to Company ” B ” , 1st Washington Barracks Replacement Regiment of Engineers. This regiment was in garrison at the Barracks at the time the Statue of Frederick the Great, a gift from the Kaiser Wilhelm to the United States, was removed from before the W a r College. In early May the various battalions were assembled at Washington and sent on to Camp Merritt, New Jersey. There they were equipped for overseas duty before boarding the transports lying at Hoboken’s docks. On the 9th of May the fleet sailed for France but it was not until the 25th that the voyage-worn troops were landed at the Port of Brest. Then followed the march to Ponteneren, the old Barracks of Napoleon, which later in the war was to be surrounded by the great; American Base Camp, and the two days train movement to Blois, Loire et Cher, for distribution as replacements Engineer regiments on the front line.

But it was not the will of Faïe that the young soldier from Churchill should go on with his comrades up into the northern zone of war and desolation. He was stricken with pleurisy while still at Blois and was taken to the hospital there. And there he passed away on the 29th day of June, 1918, of heart failure, and the soul of the twenty-year-old boy went on to mingle with those of other heroes whose lives and whose deeds have made our country a better land to live within, and our flag a nobler emblem to look upon.
His parents, who survive him, reside at present at 425 N. Holly Street, Medford, Oregon. He left, too, a sister, Mrs. Vern Whipp of Portland, Oregon, and a younger brother, Charles.