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Davis, Benjamin Franklin

soldier, was born in 1832 in Alabama. He distinguished himself in both the infantry and cavalry service in New Mexico. In 1862 he became colonel of the eighth New York. cavalry. He died June 9, 1863, in Beverly Ford, Va.

Davis, Boothe Colwell

educator, college president, author, was born July 12, 1863, in Jane Lew, W. Va. He was made president of Alfred university, in which institution he also fills the chair of philosophy and college pastor. He has written numerous papers, lectures and addresses, and is the author of Catholicism in America: The Beginnings of History; and The Narrative of the Flood and the Lessons It Teaches.

Davis, Mrs. Caroline E

author, was born in 1831 in Northwood, N. H. She is a prolific writer of Sunday-school tales, and is the author of No Cross, No Crown; Little Conqueror Series; Miss Wealthy's Hope; and That Boy.

Davis, Charles

lawyer, state legislator, was born Jan. 1, 1789, in Mansfield, Conn. In 1841-45 he was United States district attorney of Vermont, and in 1845 was elected judge of probate for the district of Caledonia, and re-elected in 1846. He died in 1863 in Vermont.

Davis, Charles C

soldier, was born Aug. 15, 1830, in Harrisburg, Pa. He served as a union soldier during the civil war; was second and first lieutenant during three months' service in 1861, and captain and major during three years' service in seventh regiment Pennsylvania cavalry, army of the Cumberland. He is now connected with the postoffice of his native city.

Davis, Charles Henry

naval officer, author, was born Jan. 16, 1807, in Boston, Mass. He was a rear-admiral in the United States navy, and a noted hydrographer. Besides editing the American Nautical Almanac, he published Law of Deposit of Flood Tide; Geological Action of Tidal and Other Ocean Currents; and translated Gauss's Theoria Motus Corporum Cœlestium. He died in 1877.

Davis, Claude Bernard

educator, was born March 18, 1873, in Mohican, Ohio.

In 1892 he graduated from the Bethany, W. Va.; and the next year studied at Harvard university. He then became city editor of the Ashland Times, Ohio; and since 1894 has been director of the School of Oratory of the university of Wooster, with phenomenal success.

Davis, Clinton B

manufacturer, legislator, was born July 27, 1843, in Hartford, Conn. In 1867 he established the wholesale hardware firm of Davis, Tracy and Co., and subsequently began the manufacture of plows. In 1883 he was elected to the Connecticut general assembly as representative from the town of Haddam, receiving the re-election in 1884 and 1887; and during the latter two terms was speaker of the house.

Davis, Daniel

lawyer, jurist, author, was born May 8, 1762, in Barnstable, Mass.

He was a Massachusetts jurist who was solicitor-general of his state in 1800-32.

He is the author of Criminal Practice; and Precedents of Indictments.

Davis, Daniel F

governor. He was governor of Maine in 1880-81.

Davis, Edwin Hamilton

archæologist, author, was born Jan. 22, 1811, in Ross county, Ohio. He was an archæologist whose chief work is Monuments of the Mississippi. He died May 15, 1888, in New York city.

Davis, Elias G

business man, public official, was born Oct. 15, 1841, in South Wales. In 1868 he emigrated to the United States, and for the past ten years has lived in Colorado. He has been postmaster for eight years, and in 1888 was appointed commissioner by Governor Cooper; re-elected two terms; and served two years as chairman of the board. He is also a successful cattle ranchman on the south fork of the Republican river, Colorado.