Davenport, Bennett Franklin – Davidson, George
Davenport, Bennett Franklin
physician, surgeon, public official, was born May 28, 1845, in Cambridge, Mass.
During 1879-86 he filled the chair of chemistry in the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy; was chemist to the Massachusetts state board of health during 1882-92; dairy inspector for the city of Boston in 1882-85; was appointed a justice of the peace in 1893; and has filled various other public positions of honor. He is a charter member of the Historical society of Watertown, Mass.; and a member of various learned societies of America and Europe. DAVENPORT, EDWARD LOOMIS, actor, was born Nov. 15, 1814, in Boston, Mass. In 1859 he became manager of the Howard athenæum in Boston, and ten years later took the management of the Chestnut street theater in Philadelphia.
He died Sept. 1, 1877, in Canton, Mass.
Davenport, Fanny Lilly Gipsy
actress, was born April 10, 1850, in England. She was a noted actress; and during her professional career was in the leading female role in She Stoops to Conquer; Maids as They Are; The Good Natured Man; Caste; and various other plays. She died Sept. 26, 1898, in South Duxbury, Mass.
Davenport, Francis M
lawyer, was born May 1, 1840, in Gallia county, Ohio. He received his education at the Iowa Wesleyan university, from which he graduated in 1864; and subsequently graduated from the law department of the Michigan university. For twenty years he practiced law in Oskaloosa, Iowa; and since 1889 in Carroll, Iowa. He has been city attorney of Oskaloosa; county attorney of Carroll county; and has attained distinction as an astute lawyer of national reputation.
Davenport, Franklin
soldier, jurist, congressman, was born in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a revolutionary soldier; a judge; and was a senator in congress from New Jersey from 1798 to 1799. He was a representative in congress from 1799 to 1801.
Davenport, Henry George Bry- Ant
actor, was born Jan. 19, 1866, in New York city. He has played at the Walnut street theater, Philadelphia, as Hendrick, with Joseph Jefferson in the comedy of Rip Van Winkle, and in 1879 he appeared at Wallack's theater, New York, as Sir Joseph Porter in the juvenile Pinafore troupe.
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
clergyman, author, was born in 1597, in England. He was a famous puritan divine who, before coming to America in 1637, was a celebrated London preacher. In 1638 he was one of the founders of New Haven, and in 1660 concealed the noted regicides, Goffe and Whalley, from their pursuers.
In 1666 he became pastor of the First church in Boston. He was the author of Instructions to Elders of the English Church; Catechism containing the Chief Heads of the Christian Religion; and Discourse about Civil Government in New England.
He died March 15, 1670, in Boston, Mass.
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, S. A
lawyer, jurist, was born Jan. 15, 1834, in Schuyler county, N. Y. He was elected district attorney for the county of Erie, and is now a practicing attorney.
In 1888 he was elected district delegate to the republican national convention at Chicago; and in 1892 was elected one of the delegates at large to the national republican convention at Minneapolis. He was elected to the fifty-fifth congress from the state at large by a majority of nearly three hundred thousand.
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
soldier, was born in North Carolina. He was appointed captain in the sixteenth infantry in 1812, and distinguished himself at Chippewa and Lundy's Lane in the war with Great Britain. He died April 12, 1858, in Philadelphia, Pa. surveyor,
Davenport, William
legislator, jurist, philanthropist, was born Oct. 12, 1769, in Culpeper county, Va. He held numerous offices of trust; and contributed largely to the erection of the Female college of Lenoir, which bears his name. He died Aug. 19, 1859, in Walnut Fountain, N. C.
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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Davenport, William Bates
lawyer, was born March 10, 1847, in New York city. In 1889 he was appointed public administrator of Kings county; and has attained prominence as a successful lawyer of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Davey, Robert C
congressman, was born Oct. 22, 1853, in New Orleans, La. He was a member of the state senate in 1879, and re-elected in April, 1884, and again elected in 1892. He was president pro tempore of the senate during the sessions of 1884 and 1886. He was elected judge of the first recorder's court in 1880, re-elected in 1882, re-elected in April, 1884, and served until May, 1888. He was defeated for mayor of the city of New Orleans in 1888; and was elected to the fiftythird congress as a democrat. He also received the re-election to the fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses.
David, Edward Livingston
manufacturer, was born April 22, 1834, in Worcester, Mass. Of the Washburn Iron Co., formed in 1857 to carry on the business, he was treasurer until 1882. He served as mayor of Worcester in 1874, and state senator in 1876; he has declined other political honors.
David, Jean Baptiste
bishop, author, was born in 1761, in France. He was a Roman catholic bishop of Bardstown, Ky.; and the author of Vindication of Catholic Doctrine concerning Images; Address to Brethren of Other Professions; On the Rule of Faith; and True Piety.
He died in 1841.
Davidge, William Pleater
actor, was born April 7, 1814, in London, England. Among his best parts were Bishopriggs in Man and Wife; Old Hardy in the Belle's Stratagem; Hardcastle in She Stoops to Conquer; and Croaker in The Good-Natured Man. He died Aug. 7, 1888, in Cheyenne, Tenn.
Davidson, Alexander
inventor, was born Sept. 23, 1826, in Pruntytown, W. Va. He designed a paddle-wheel for boat propulsion, which was patented in 1881. To him and his genius are owing many of the most important improvements now embraced in the leading typewriters. In 1887 he sold out his various patents to the Yost Writing Machine company.
Davidson, Alexander C
planter, state senator, congressman, was born Dec. 26, 1826, in Mecklenburg county, N. C. He engaged in cotton planting in 1879; and was elected a representative in the state legislature, where he served until elected a state senator. In 1884 he was elected a representative from Alabama to the forty-ninth congress, and was re-elected to the fiftieth congress.
Davidson, Arnold
lawyer, expert accountant, was born Aug. 24, 1840, in Germany. He served in the civil war as a private, and was honorably discharged in 1863. He settled in New York city, where he is an expert accountant.
Davidson, Charles
educator, author, was born in 1852, in Ohio. He is an instructor of Belmont, Cal.; and the author of The Phonology of the Stressed Vowels of Beowulf; and Studies in the English Mystery Plays.
Davidson, George
astronomer, author, was born May 9, 1825, in England. He is an astronomer of distinction, and founder of the Davidson observatory in San Francisco. He is the author of The United States Coast Survey of the Pacific Coast; Coast Pilot of Alaska; and Voyages of Discovery on the Northwest Coast of America, 1539-1603.