Davison Family Moves to Galveston County
Frank Burt Davison and his wife Florence Grace Davison moved to Galveston County from Michigan in 1891 (Mrs. Davison relates, 1938) so that Frank could work for the Myers brothers and A.B. Wolvin as the resident manager of the Texas City Improvement Company in what would eventually become the city of Texas City. At this time, there was great interest in the investment potential of the land around Galveston Bay; many hoped that the area could become a port and compete with nearby Galveston for shipping traffic.
Permanent Home
Unknown circumstances delayed the Davisons' move to a permanent home until the spring of 1892, when they moved to Shoal Point, the promontory of land next to what is now the Texas City Dike (Hamilton, 1984). They moved into a house bought by Jacob Myers and his associates from a family named Weyland. Frank Davison was close to 37 years old when he first came to Texas with his wife and four children, the youngest of which was just a few months old. Frank had experience in merchandising, running a store and a running a hotel in Damon, Mich., in partnership with two of his brothers (McClintock, 1990).