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Daveis, Edward Henry – Davenport, William

Daveis, Edward Henry

lawyer, author, was born in April, 1818, in Portland, Maine. Since 1860 he has been manager of the Portland Gas Light company, and for a time was financial agent of the Portland Company of Locomotive and Marine Engine builders. He published Daveis' Reports; and an enlarged edition of Ware's Reports. He has been commissioner of the United States courts and of the court of claims.

Davenport, Addington

jurist, was born Aug. 3, 1670, in Boston, Mass.

He was clerk of the house of representatives, supreme court, and court of common pleas, was elected a member of the council, served as a representative in 1711-13, and was judge of the supreme court from 1715 till the time of his death.

He died April 2, 1736, in Boston, Mass.

Davenport, Adolphus Hoyt

actor, was born Aug. 4, 1828, in Stamford, Conn. His first appearance in Philadelphia was at the old Chestnut street theater, and he was a member of the company during 1853-54. He was manager of the Mobile theater during 1872, and was connected with Bidwell's academy of music. He died Oct. 22, 1873, in New Orleans, La.

Davenport, Ira

congressman, was born June 28, 1841, in Hornellsville, N. Y.

He was a state senator in 1878-81; was state comptroller in 1882-83; and in 1884 was elected a representative from New York to the forty-ninth congress. In 1885 he was an unsuccessful candidate for governor of the state. He received the reelection to the fiftieth congress as a republican.

Davenport, James

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Oct. 12, 1758, in Stamford, Conn. He served in the commissary department in the war of the revolution. He was a judge of the court of common pleas, and a representative in congress during 1796-97. He died Aug. 3, 1797, in Stamford, Conn.

Davenport, James J

jurist, was born in Virginia. He was appointed from Missouri chief justice of the United States court for New Mexico.

Davenport, John

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1827 to 1829.

Davenport, John

merchant, jurist, was born in 1635, in England. In May, 1657, he was admitted a freeman in New Haven, and later appears to have been one of the judges in the courts of New Haven. He removed to Boston in 1668, and was register of probate in 1675-76, and also a merchant. He died March 21, 1677, in Boston, Mass.

Davenport, John

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 16, 1752, in Stamford, Conn. He was a representative in congress from Connecticut from 1799 to 1817. He served with credit in the revolutionary war as a major in the commissary department. He died Nov. 28, 1839, in Stamford, Conn.

Davenport, Nicholas T

actor, was born in 1831. He was a careful and conscientious actor, and maintained a good position in society by his talents and integrity. Mr. Davenport was likewise an excellent sketch-writer. He died Aug. 26, 1867, in Boston, Mass.

Davenport, Thomas

congressman, was born in Cumberland county, Va. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1825 to 1835. He died in November, 1838, in Halifax county.

Davenport, William

clergyman, was born in 1797, in Kentucky. In 1848, with his brother, he established a school at Walnut grove, which afterward became Eureka college. He was a union man during the civil war, and was taken prisoner by Gen. John Morgan's men. died June 24, 1869, in Nebraska City, Neb.

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