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History of Manistee, Mason & Oceana Counties, Michigan
H. R. Page & Co., Chicago - 1882

         [pg 65]
         
         EVAN T. DAVIES belongs to the younger class of Manistee 
       lumbermen, who are following in the footsteps of their 
       successful predecessors. He is a native of Wales and came 
       to this country in 1867, and that same year came to Manistee. 
       He was a poor young man, but what he lacked in purse he made 
       up in energy and clear grit. He went to work as mill-wright 
       and followed that trade for eight years. In 1878 the firm
       of DAVIES, BLACKER & Co. was organized and had their mill
       built under the direction of MR. DAVIES. In 1880 the shingle
       mill was added. MR. DAVIES is the inventor of a valuable
       machine known as the DAVIES lumber sorter, which is in use
       in their mill. He is of that class of men who are bound to 
       succeed at whatever they undertake. This firm has one of 
       the finest mills in Manistee.
       
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