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Congress. He died Dec. 30, 1865, in Baltimore, Md. Davis, Herman Stearns, astronomer, was born Aug. 6, 1868, in Milford, Del. He is a noted astronomer of Gaithersburg, Md. Davis, Horace, college president, manufacturer, congressman, author, was born March 16, 1831, in Worcester, Mass. During 188790 he was president of the university of California. In 1877-81 he was a representative from California to the forty-fifth and forty sixth congresses as a republican. He is the president of the Sperry flour company of San Francisco, which has a capital of ten million dollars. He is the author of Dolor Davis, a Sketch of His Life; American Constitutions and the Relation of the Three Departments as Adjusted by a Century; and Shakespeare's Sonnets, an Essay. Davis, Isaac, patriot, was bom in 1745. He was captain of the Acton minute-men; and led them against the British at Concord bridge. He died April 19, 1775, in Concord,

Mass. Davis, Isaac, 2, 1799, was mayor of and for eleven

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lawyer, statesman, was

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Northborough, Mass. He Worcester for three years; years was a member of the

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again took his seat in the United States senate for the term of six years. He was the' author of Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government. in New Orleans, La.

from Mississto the twentyninth congress. He resigned in 1846 to become colonel of a volunteer regiment sent to serve in Mexico; and in Mexico received the appointment of brigadier-general. In 184751 and 1857-61 he was United States senator. He resigned in 1850, and was re-elected for a term of six years but resigned. In 1853ippi

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1889,

came first lieutenant, and had charge of the garrison in Fort Sumter, S.C; and he was there during the bombardment of 1861. At the battle of Pea

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Davis, James, clergyman, bishop, was born in 1862 in Ireland. In 1878 he was ordained priest; and had charge of churches at Windham and Holbrook, Iowa. In 1906 he was consecrated bishop of Davenport, Iowa. Davis, Jefferson, lawyer, United States senator, governor, was born June 37, 1862, in Little River county. Ark. He was educated at Russellville, Ark.; and in 1884 graduated from the law department of Vanderbilt university. In 1884 he began the practice of law; in ]892 became prosecuting attorney for the fifth judicial district of Arkansas; and in 1898 was elected attorney-general of Arkansas. In 1900 he became governor of the state of Arkansas. He is now United States senator from Arkansas for the term of 1907-13. Davis, Jefferson Charles, soldier, was born March 2, 1828, in Clark county, Ind. In 1848 he was made second lieutenant for gallant conduct at Buena Vista; and in 1852 he be-

Massachusetts state senate. He died April 1883, in Worcester, Mass. ] Davis, Jacob C, congressman. In 1856-57 he was a representative from Illinois to the thirty-fourth congress to fill a vacancy. Davis, James, colonial printer, was bom Oct. 21, 1721, in Virginia. In 1749 he removed with his printing outfit to Newbem, N.C., and established the first press in that state. He was the only printer in the province until 1764, and did nearly all the book and pamphlet printing prior to and during the revolution. He died in 1785 in Newbem, N.C. Davis, James, jurist, poet, was born Jan. 28, 1815, in Gloucester, Mass. For thirty years he was a judge in his native city. He was the author of Pleasant Water, a Song of the Sea and Shore. He died in Boston, Mass. Davis, Jefferson, president of the confederacy, was born June 3, 1808, in Christian county, Ky. In 1844 he was a presidential elector; and In 184547 he was a represen-

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as brigadier-general of volunteers one of the four divisions of General Curtis's army. On Sept. 29, 1862, he chanced to meet in Louis-

Gen. William Nelson, from whom he claimed to have received treatment unduly harsh and severe; an altercation ensued, and in a moment of resentment he shot Nelson, instantly killing him. He was arrested, and held for a time, but no trial was ordered, and was released and assigned to duty at Covington, Ky. He died Nov. 30, 1879, in Chicago, 111. ville,

Davis, Jessie Bartlett, actress, singer,

was

born near Morris, 111. She made her opera debut in New York City in Faust. She joined the Carleton opera company and subsequently the American opera company and toured the leading American cities. She was the wife of Will J. Davis of Chicago, 111. She died in 1905. Davis, John, clergyman, founder, was bom Sept. 10, 1721, in Pennepek, Pa. He was ordained a baptist minister in 1756, went to Maryland the same year, and established flourishing churches in Baltimore, Frederick City, and elsewhere. He died in 1809 in Harford county, Md. Davis, John, clergyman, was born in 1737 in Newcastle county, Del. He was appointed agent of the Baptists of the colony; to