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which he became a member in 1889 and was president in 1892-94 and from 1900 until his death. In 1905-08 he was president of the

spent twenty years of his life in Missouri and in 1857-59 he was a representative from Iowa to the thirty-fifth congress. He died

He died Oct. while on a hunting trip in the mountains of Mexico. Davis, Sylvanus, pioneer. He commanded Fort Loyal, Falmouth; and after a five days' defence was obliged to surrender it to the French and Indians in 1690. He was a counselor in 1691-92. He died in 1704 in Boston,

in Iowa. Davis, Timothy, merchant, congressman, was born April 13, 1821, in Gloucester, Mass. In 1855-59 he was a representative from Massachusetts to the thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth congresses. He died' Oct. 23, 1888,

select council of Lancaster, Pa.

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Mass. Davis, Thomas, manufacturer, congressman, was born in Ireland. He was a manufacturing jeweler. In 1877-78 he was a member of the Rhode Island state senate. In 1853-55 he was a representative from Rhode Island to the thirty-third congress.

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died July 26, 1895, in Providence, R.I. Thomas Frederick, clergyman, Davis, bishop, was born Feb. 8, 1804, in Wilmington, ^*.C. He became rector of Grace church Camden; and was consecrated bishop of the diocese in 1853. He died Dec. 2, 1871, in Camden, S.C. Davis, Thomas Kirby, clergyman, librarian, was born Feb. 11, 1826, in Chambersburjr. Pa. In 1845 he graduated from Yale college; and in 184649 studied theology_ at Princeton theological seminary. For several years he was a home

missionary in California. He has filled pastorates in Pennsylvania and Ohio. For four years he was professor of languages in feifc;^ Iteif H|^P. ^«vr Vermilion institute of ^^|^»fr,< ,.^^^H Hayesville, Ohio; was ^a^HH one of the trustees of that institution until it gave place to the university of Wooster; and has been identified with the university since its inception. For nearly thirty years he was a trustee

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and secretary of Wooster university; and since 1877 has been its librarian. He is the author of several Monographs; and has been a frequent contributor to periodical literature.

Davis, Thomas T., lawyer, congressman. In 1797-1803 he was a representative to the fifth, sixth and seventh congresses. He was appointed in 1803 United States judge for the territory of Indiana. He died in Indiana. Davis, Thomas T., manufacturer, congressman, was bom Aug. 22, 1810, in Middlebury, Vt. In 1863-67 he was a representative from New York to the thirty- eighth and thirtyninth congresses. He died May 2, 1872, in New York. Davis, Thomas Weston, clergyman, author, was born March 15, 1859, in Sturges, Miss. He is the author of From the Selling Block to the Senate. Davis, Timothy, lawyer, congressman, was born in March, 1794, in Newark, N.J. He

in Boston,

Mass.

Davis, Titus Elwood, clergyman, author, was born April 15, 1851, in Flatbush, N.Y. He was appointed historian of Washington camp ground association. He is the author of Master's Call; First Houses of Bound Brook; Battle of Bound Brook; and other

works. Davis, Varina Anne Jefferson, author, was born in 1864 in Richmond, Va. She was the daughter of Jefferson Davis, and known as the Daughter of the Confederacy. She was the author of An Irish Knight of the Nineteenth Century, a Sketch of Robert Emmet; and The Veiled Doctor. She died Sept. 19, 1898, at Narragansett Pier, R.I. Davis, Mrs. Varina Howell Jefierson, author, was born May 7, 1826, in Natchez, Miss. In 1845 she was married to Jefferson Davis, who became president of the confederacy. She was the author of Jefferson Davis, a Memoir by His Wife. She died Oct. 16, 1906, in

New York

City.

Davis, Vernon Mansfield, lawyer, jurist, was born Jan. 29, 1855, in New York City. He began the practice of law in 1879 ; and in 1896-97 was district attorney. In 1902 he was elected justice of the supreme court of New York for the term ending in 1916.

Warren

R., lawyer, congressman, in 1793 in South Carolina. He was appointed solicitor for South Carolina in 1818; and in 1827-35 he was a representative from South Carolina to the twentieth, twenty-first, the twenty-second and twentythird congresses. He died Jan. 39, 1835, in

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Washington, D.C. Davis, Webster, lawyer, author, was born June 1, 1862 in Ebensburgh, Pa. He was identified with the political affairs of Missouri. In 1897-1900 he was assistant secretary of the interior. He is the author of John Bull's Crime, or the Assault on Republics. Davis, Werter Renick, clergyman, educator, college president, was born April 1, 1818, in Circleville, Ohio. He was president of Baker university; and for fourteen consecutive years was appointed to a presiding eldership. During the civil war he went to the front as chaplain of the twelfth Kansas

infantry. He was a member of the first state legislature of Kansas. He died about 1900 in Baldwin, Kan. Davis, William Bramwell, physician, author, was born July 22, 1832, in Ohio. He is a noted physician and surgeon of Cincinnati. He is the author of Report on Vaccination; Consumption and Life Insurance; Revaccination; Intestinal Obstruction; Pro-