One of the pioneers of old Oakland, was born in the Susquehanna Valley, in August, 1784, He was a son of Captain Paul Davison, a commissioned officer of the Revolution, who settled in Lima, Livingston county, New York, in the summer of 1788, and was, therefore, one of the very earliest settlers west of Geneva, New York. In June, 1831, he (Norman Davison) emigrated to that part of Oakland County now included in Genesee, and with his sons, Paul G., Oliver P., De Witt C, and Benjamin F. Davison, settled at Davisonville, where they erected a saw mill, one of the first in that section of country, in 1833, and a grist mill in 1836. He was one of the delegates that met in convention at Detroit on the second Monday of May, 1835, and framed the first constitution of Michigan. Was also a delegate to the convention at Ann Arbor, called for the purpose of acting upon the terms proposed to the people of Michigan to surrender a portion of the State to Ohio and Indiana in exchange for the upper peninsula, as set forth in the act of Congress relating to the matter. He was elected one of the judges of Lapeer county, and held various other offices, in the discharge of the duties of which he gave general satisfaction and secured a deserved personal credit. After a life of rare usefulnesshe died in March, 1841, leaving behind him a reputation for sterling integrity, sound judgment, and remarkable general ability, which won for him the respect and confidence of the people. In his public career he was successful from the fact that he was never biased by political cliques, but did his duty fearlessly and to the best of his ability. He was a man whose deeds will follow him, and will ever redound to his honor.