This found in the Amherst County Historical Museum- short biographical sketches of Amherst men who were in Civil War- written while most still alive. J. Dudley Davis- is of English descent, his great grandfather, Charles Davis, settling is (my note- the book's typo "is" instead of "in") Louisa county, Virginia, and his grandfather, James Davis, coming to Amherst county. His father, John Dudley Davis, born and died in Amherst county, married Lucy McTinsley, and their son, subject of this sketch, was born in Amherst county, January 12, 1851. The mother of J. Dudley was a daughter of Nelson Tinsley, of Bedford county, and a granddaughter of James Tinsley. John Dudley Davis was for several years a member of the State legislature, and held worthily many offices of trust in the county. He was the founder of the Masonic Lodge at Pedlars Mills, of which he was Master several years before his death. Reuben Tinsley, who served in the Condederate States army, in Texas, was an uncle of J. Dudley Davis, and died in the service. In Amherst county, September 16, 1874, J. Dudley Davis and U. Virginia Perrow were united in wedlock, and two children have been given them: Lizzie, born August 10, 1879, and J. Dudley, born January 24, 1882. The wife of Mr. Davis was born in Bedford county, September 18, 1856, a daughter of James S. and Lizzie H. (Ogden) Perrow. Her father was born in Campbell county, Virginia, and her mother in Bedford county; both died in Amherst county. Farming is the occupation of J. Dudley Davis and Pedlar Mills, Amherst county, Virginia, is his postoffice address.