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History and Progress of the County of Marion, West Virginia
by George A. Dunnington, Publisher 1880

Pen Sketches of Prominent Citizens
CHARLES M. DAVISON, ESQ.

Mr. Charles M. Davison, Superintendent of the West
Fairmont Mines, is a prominent business man of the
county, to whom is due, in a great measure, the success
of these mines, and the fact that they are now in
operation, employing a large number of hands. He was
born on the 23d of February, 1840, in the city of
Bogota, United States of Colombia, South America; his
parents, who were citizens of this country, resided
there at that time. His father and mother returning to
the United States of America, when he was between three
and four years of age, he accompanied them, and was
raised in the city of New York. Mr. Davison is a
gentleman of culture, having received in his youth a
good education at the public schools of New York, and
at the Irving Institute, at Tarrytown on the Hudson,
close to Washington Irving's residence, At the age of
twenty-one he was married to a Brooklyn lady, and after
spending some years in traveling, during which time he
made several trips to different portions of the Globe
in search of fortune, he finally came to Fairmont, in
1870, to take the business management of the West
Fairmont gas coal and coke mines, which position he has
since held. During his residence in Marion county, he
has gained a reputation as a man who is foremost in the
advocacy of any business enterprise which tends to the
development of the resources of the county, and is very
popular as a citizen. Socially, he is one of the most
popular men of the county. He is a member of very high
standing in the Masonic fraternity, and one of the few
men in the state who have attained to the thirty-second
degree. He is also a member of high standing in the
I. O. O. F. lodges of Fairmont, the Patrons of Husbandry
of the county, and Knights of Honor of Fairmont.