[2] After quitting the mines, he engaged in the drug business at Weaverville, with his brother.
[2] There, he was also post office clerk under the administration of President James Buchanan.
[2] In 1857 he moved to Rabbit Creek (now La Porte), and opened a drug store.
[2] In 1857, Davison married Agnes M. Waldron, a native of Pennsylvania; the couple had five children.
[2] Having received his discharge he returned to San Francisco and worked in publishing the New Age, which he continued one year.