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Davis, Thomas Kirby

clergyman, librarian, was born Feb. 11, 1826, in Chambersburg, Pa. In 1845 he graduated from Yale college; during 1846-49 he studied theology at the Princeton Theological seminary, and has attained eminence as a clergyman of the presbyterian church. He was a home missionary in California for many years. He has filled pastorates in Pennsylvania and Ohio, and is now librarian of the Wooster university. He has been professor of languages in the Vermilion institute of Hayesville, Ohio; has been trustee of that institution, and also of Wooster university. He has been a frequent contributor to periodical literature.