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Davie, William R

jurist, was born in North Carolina. In 1790 he was appointed a judge of the United States district court for the district of North Carolina.

Davie, William Richardson

soldier, legislator, was born June 20, 1756, near White Haven, England. He settled at Halifax, N. C., and was for many years a member of the state legislature and in 1787 was delegate to the convention which framed the federal constitution. He died Nov. 8, 1820, in Camden, S. C.

Davie, Winston Jones

present state commissioner of agriculture, was born April 3, 1824, in Kentucky. He was prominently connected with grange movements in Kentucky and Tennessee, and was vice-president of the National Agricultural congress of Kentucky. He was for a time agricultural editor of the Louisville Ledger, and subsequently editor-in-chief of the National Granger.

Davies, Charles William

engraver, was born June 21, 1854, in Whitesboro, N. Y. He has attained prominence as a noted steel and copper plate engraver; and is also a successful business man of Grand Rapids, Ohio.

Davies, Edward

congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1837 to 1841.

Davies, Henry Eugene

lawyer, jurist, was born Feb. 8, 1805, in Black Lake, N. Y. In 1859 he was elected to the court of appeals, where he served from 1860 till 1869, being the chief justice for several years. He died Dec. 17, 1881, in New York city.

Davies, Henry Eugene

soldier, lawyer, was born July 2, 1836, in New York city. He entered the army in 1861 as a captain, and was made a brigadiergeneral of volunteers in 1863. He was public administrator of New York city in 1866-69; assistant district attorney of the southern district of New York in 1870-72; and since 1873 has been engaged in law practice.

Davies, Julien Tappan

lawyer, was born Sept. 25, 1845, in New York city.

For many years he has been counsel for the elevated railroads in the city of New York; and since 1881 has been trustee and counsel for the Mutual Life Insurance company.

Davies, Marianne

musician, was born in 1736 in New England. She was a noted player on the harmonica; and with her sister Cecilia made a successful tour of Europe. She died in 1792.

Davies, Samuel

clergyman, college president, author, was born Nov. 3, 1724, in Summit Ridge, Del. He was a presbyterian clergyman of great renown in his day as a preacher, and the fourth president of Princeton college. He wrote a number of hymns still in use, and his Sermons, in five volumes, appeared in London in 1767. He died Feb. 4, 1761, in Princeton, N. J.

Davies, Thomas

clergyman, was born Dec. 21, 1736, in England. He was the first episcopalian in the town, and by his efforts the present parish of St. Michael's was organized in 1745. He gave it a tract of land, and contributed largely to the erection of a church. He died May 12, 1766, in Milford, Conn.

Davies, Thomas Alfred

soldier, author, was born in December, 1809, in St. Lawrence county, N. Y. He was a federal officer in the civil war, and is the author of Cosmogony, or Mysteries of Creation; Adam and Ha-Adam; Genesis Disclosed; Answer to Hugh Miller and Theoretical Geologists; and How to Make Money and How to Keep It.