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 DAVIS. DAVIS. 163 Mr. Dana's experience and commercial sagacity find better scope in the manage- ment of trusts and direction of large finan- year, during one of his clairvoyant states, he dictated lectures on magnetism, which were put into writing by the Rev. Gibson Smith. In 1846, being clairvoyant, he com- menced the dictation of his first work, "Nature's Divine Revelations," which was taken down by the Rev. William Fishbor- ough, of New Haven, Conn. Much of the time during these eventful years he was engaged in healing the sick. His dictated works produced a sensation, as they pre- sented a wide range of subjects and re- jected the idea of any special authority in the teachings of the Bible. No man, perhaps, has done more to impart vitality and coherency to the spir- itual movement than Andrew Jackson Davis. He was first married July 1, 1848, to Mrs. Catharine DeWolf Dodge, who died November 2, 1853. His second marriage occurred in Clarendon, N. Y., with Mrs. Mary F. Love. They were mutually sep- arated by a decree of divorce granted Feb- ruary 3, 1885. August nth of the same year Mr. Davis was married to Delia E. Markham, of Detroit, Mich., a graduate of the United States Medical College of New THOMAS DANA. ■ : "'?' Hi 1 cial responsibilities. He is president of the Union Glass Company, director in the Maverick National Bank, and many other monetary institutions. DAVIS, ANDREW JACKSON, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Robinson) Davis, was born near Blooming Grove, Orange county, N. Y., August n, 1826. His youth was passed in comparative poverty and subjected to hard labor. His education was limited. He inherited from his mother a delicate physical constitution, fair mental powers, a highly spiritual nature and intuitive faculties. His father was a shoemaker. While yet a boy his parents removed to Poughkeepsie, N. Y. On vari- ous occasions during his childhood he claims to have heard spirit voices. In 1S43 Wil- liam Levington, of Poughkeepsie, is said to have developed in him extraordinary clairvoyant powers. Although ignorant of books, he is said to have been able to in- telligently discuss questions medical, psy- chological and of general character. On March 7, 1S44, he fell into a trance which lasted sixteen hours, during which time he affirms that he was "in the spirit" and conversed with spiritual beings. The "next ANDREW J. DAVIS York City, in 1883 — from which tion she received the degree of M. doctor of anthropology. mstitu- I). and