Lynch Davidson was an American politician who served as the

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from 1921 to 1923.

Biography

Davidson was born on January 3, 1873, in Cotile Landing,

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, now

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, to

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William Neal Davidson and Laura Cecelia Lynch, a native of

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whose father Joseph Penn Lynch was a veteran of the Texas Revolution, and served primarily during the

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. Davidson moved to Groesbeck, Texas as in infant. He remained in Groesbeck until 1887, when he finished high school at age 15 and moved to

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. Upon his move, he immediately set out to become a

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in order to support his widowed mother. He was able to secure a job at a sawmill in Groveton. After 5 years of selling lumber in

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, he opened his own business in Laredo at the age of 23. He was married to Katie Calvert in June 1897, and they had three daughters, Marion, Lois, and Katie. He died on January 27, 1952, in Houston, and was buried in Hollywood Cemetery (also in Houston).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Davidson, Lynch 1873 births Lieutenant Governors of Texas 1952 deaths People from Rapides Parish, Louisiana