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Davis, Richard Bingham

poet, was born Aug. 21, 1771, in New York city.

He was the author of numerous meritorious poems, which were collected and published, with memoir, by John T. Irving. He died in 1799 in New Brunswick, N. J.

Davis, Richard D

congressman, was born in New York. He graduated from Yale college in 1818, and was a representative in congress from his native state from 1841 to 1845.

Davis, Richard Harding

author, was born in 1864 in Pennsylvania. He is a popular New York writer whose first book, Gallegher and Other Stories, brought him very suddenly into notice in 1890. He is the author of Van Bibber and Others; The Princess Aline; The Exiles; The West from a Car Window; Our English Cousins; About Paris; The Rulers of the Mediterranean; Three Gringos in Venezuela; and Stories for Boys.

Davis, Robert Stewart

journalist, was born in 1841, in Philadelphia, Pa.

He has held the position of editor of several newspapers in Philadelphia and New York; and in 1883 established The Call, which is one of the best and most popular one cent papers in America.

Davis, Robert T

congressman, was born Aug. 28, 1823, in County of Down, Ireland. He settled at Fall River, Mass., in 1850; was a representative in the state legislature in 1853; and state senator in 1859-61. He was elected mayor of Fall River in 1873, and was elected a representative from Massachusetts to the fortyeighth, forty-ninth and fiftieth congresses as a republican.

Davis, Roger

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1811 to 1815.

Davis, Samuel

congressman, was born in Massachusetts. He was a representative in congress from that state in 1803-12, and in 1815-16 he was a member of the state legislature.

Davis, Samuel B

congressman, was born in Virginia. He was a representative in congress from Louisiana from 1853 to 1855.

Davis, Samuel T

soldier, physician, legislator, was born March 6, 1838, in Huntingdon county, Pa. He served in the civil war and attained the rank of assistant adjutant-general. He is a physician of Lancaster, Pa., and president of the state board of health of Pennsylvania.

In 1884 he was elected to the state legislature and re-elected in 1886.

Davis, Samuel Taylor

D. D., clergyman, missionary, was born March 4, 1845, in Washington, Pa. He is a presbyterian clergyman and has been largely engaged in mission work in the United States and China.

Davis, Sylvanus

pioneer. He commanded Fort Loyal, Falmouth, and after a five days' defence was obliged to surrender it to the French and Indians in May, 1690. He was a counsellor in 1691- 92. He died in 1704, in Boston, Mass.

Davis, Thomas

congressman, was born in Ireland. He emigrated to Rhode Island, and was elected a representative in congress from 1853 to 1855.