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1849. He was made captain March 3, 1855, and at the outbreak of the civil war was given com- mand of the 7th Massachusetts volunteers. On Nov. 12, 1861, he was promoted major and assist- ant inspector -general in the regular service, receiving the brevet of lieutenant-colonel for gallantry at Gettysburg. In September, 1863, he was transferred to New Mexico and was brev- etted colonel, May 29, 1864, for services in the expedition against the Apache Indians, and brigadier-general, March 13, 1865, for services during the civil war. He was inspector-general in the district of New Mexico, 1868, and in the district of Missouri, 1868-72; was on inspection duty, 1872-76, and inspector-general in the divi- sion of the Atlantic, 1867-85. He was made brigadier-general, March 11, and retired Sept. 20. 1885. He died on Governor's Island, New York harbor. May 15. 1890.

DAVIS, Noah, jurist, was born in Haverhill, N.H., Sept. 10, 1818; son of Noah and Freelove C. (Arnold) Davis; and grandson of Dr. Jonathan Arnold of Providence, R.I., who represented that state in the Continental congress at Phila- delphia, and also served as a surgeon in the army under Washington. In 1825 Noah was taken by his parents to Albion, N.Y., and was sent to the common school, subsequently attending for a short time the seminary at Lima, N.Y. He studied law and upon his admission, to the bar of the common pleas of Orleans county began practice at Gaines, removing, after admission to the supreme court in 1843, to Buffalo. He then formed a law partnership with Sanford E. Church, and returned to Albion, N.Y., where they practised, 1844-57. In March, 1857, he was appointed by the governor a justice of the New York supreme court, and afterward was twice elected in the 8th judicial district to the office. He resigned his judgeship in November, 1868, and was elected a representative in the 41st con- gress. He resigned his seat in congress at the close of the long .session, July 20, 1870, and ac- cepted the appointment of U.S. attorney for the southern district of New York. In this office he served until Dec. 31, 1872. In 1872 he was elected in the city of New York a justice of the supreme court of the state for a term of fourteen years. In 1875 he was appointed by Governor Dix presiding justice of the court for the residue of the term. Upon his retirement from the bench at the end of his term he resumed the practice of his profession. A committee of the New York bar caused liis portrait to be painted by Daniel Huntington for the supreme court chamber. He served as a member of the council of the University of the city of New York, 1885-90. He died in New York city, March 20, 1902.

DAVIS, Noah Knowles, educator, was born in Phihulelpliia. Pa.. May 15, 1830; son of the Rev. Noah and Mary (Young) Davis. His father died .soon after the birth of the son, and his mother married the Rev. J. L. Dagg. The family soon removed to Alabama, and in 1843 to Pen- field, Ga., where Dr. Dagg was president of Mercer university, from which institvition the boy was graduated in 1849. He was professor of natural science in Howard college, IMarion, Ala., 1852-59; principal of the Jud.son institute, Marion, 1859-68; president of Bethel college, Russellville, Ky., 1868-73; and profe-ssor of moral philosophy in the University of Virginia from 1873. Mercer university conferred on him the degree of A.M. in 1853, and that of Ph.D. in 1885; and he received the degree of LL.D. from Baylor university in 1872. He edited the 3Iodel Architect (1850); and the Carpenter's Guide (1851); and published The Tlieory of Thought (1880); Elements of rsycholofiy (1892); Elements of Deductive Logic (1894); Elements of Inductive Logic (1895); An Essay in Ethics (1898); and numerous articles in reviews and magazines.

DAVIS, Oscar Franklyn, educator, was born in Cabot, Vt., March 21, 1861; son of S. W. and Lucy (Luther) Davis, and grandson of J. E. and Polly (Kimball) Davis. He was educated at the public schools, Barre academy, and at the University of Ver- mont, but was not graduated. He was principal of the Bel- lows Falls high school, 1880-86; of McCallom institute, 1886-91; and presi- dent of Salt Lake college, Utah, 1891- 94. He was ordained a Congregational min- ister in 1894, and was jjastor of the Chilton- ville Congregational church, Plymouth, Mass., 1894-97. He was mar- ried Nov. 26, 1895, to Anne M. Dickerman of "Wait River, Vt. In 1897 he was elected president of Gates college, Neligh, Neb. He received the degree of D.D. in 1899.

DAVIS, Raymond Cazallis, librarian, was Ijorn at Cusliing, Maine, June 23, 1836; son of George and Katharine (Young) Davis, and grandson of Cornelius and Hojie (Adams) Davis. He attended the district school until 1849, when he sailed with his father, a shipmaster, for San Francisco, Cal., continuing the voyage around the world and returning in 1851. He was pre- pared for college at New Hampton, N.II.. and