This was a fun read!
 

Too bad we can't get my sellers to beleive what this person is writing -

I love the part about "just because you can't find any info online does not mean it's rare and valuable". I've seen that so many times - "rare, can't find any info" and it's badged Davis or National machine.

http://www.patented-antiques.com/sewing_info.htm

I've been trying to do more research on very early Montgomery Wards machines.