Peter Weimer Davison

Peter Weimer Davison (May 15, 1869 – February 12, 1920) was an American brigadier general during World War I.

[1][2] Peter Davison was born on his family's farm near Waupun, Wisconsin on May 15, 1869.

He attended the United States Military Academy (USMA), graduating 45th with the class of 1892.

[1][3] During his time at the USMA, he helped found and played on the academy's football team.

[2] His classmates included numerous men who would later rise to the rank of brigadier general or higher, such as Charles Pelot Summerall (who would become Chief of Staff of the United States Army), Tracy Campbell Dickson, Frank W. Coe, William Ruthven Smith, James Ancil Shipton, George Blakely, Robert Mearns, Julian Robert Lindsey, Howard Russell Hickok, Henry Howard Whitney, John E. Woodward, John McAuley Palmer and George Columbus Barnhardt.