Husband Dr. John H. Davis 1 2
Born: - Independence Twp, Beaver Co, PA
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Father: James Davis (1846- ) 2 3
Mother: Susan C. Engle ( - ) 1 2
Marriage: Oct 1897 4
• Document: Book of Biographies, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899). This page gives one of Dr. Davis' poems. It was written when America was at fever heat over the destruction of the battleship Maine, and when first given to the public at New Cumberland, West Virginia, was enthusiastically received.
Wife Maggie Blackmore 4
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Father: John Blackmore ( - ) 4
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1 M James Davis 4
Born: 12 Feb 1899 4
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General Notes: Husband - Dr. John H. Davis
He was born on the old family homestead, and after receiving a common school training, he took a course in Sheffield Academy and Slippery Rock Normal School. He then took an advanced course in literature under a private tutor and a classical course at Cleveland. He developed exceptional talent as an elocutionist and ventriloquist, and traveled two years as a public reciter and impersonator. His interpretations of emotional lines were of a high order, and were rendered with much dramatic ability. With the cleverness of a true artist, he adapted himself to the character of his piece, and at times showed such realistic feeling that a sympathetic wave swept over his hearers, carrying them beyond the affairs of their every day lives to the scene portrayed by the rendition. His humorous selections were equally well received, as he injected his own bright, vivacious and humorous spirit into the character he produced. He was everywhere well received, and had more than one thousand testimonials from some of the most learned men in the different sections of the country, speaking in the highest praise of his ability, and commenting favorably on his dramatic powers and keen sense of humor.
His success was not only a great pleasure, but it enabled him to secure the necessary funds to attend college, and satisfy his ambition to become a physician. In the fall of 1890, he entered the Cleveland Medical College, in which he devoted one year to hard and careful study. The next four years were spent in the Cleveland University of Medical Surgery, where his training was of the best, and in 1895 he was graduated under H. F. Bigger. During the summer of the same year, he located at Georgetown, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and engaged in practice in partnership with Dr. M. S. Davis. One year later they dissolved partnership, and in 1896, he located at Hookstown, where he remained and built up an enviable practice. He was very popular with his fellow-citizens, and kept thoroughly abreast of the times in the advances made in the science of medicine and surgery, but nevertheless still devoted a portion of his time to literature.
He was a member of the Beaver County Medical Society; the State Medical Society of Pennsylvania; and the American Medical Society. Fraternally, he belonged to the blue lodge, F. & A. M., of Smith's Ferry; I. O. O. F., of Smith's Ferry; and the Jr., O. U. A. M. He was a state delegate of the latter order at the age of eighteen, and enjoyed a fine trip to Washington, Atlantic City and Philadelphia. Politically, he was a stanch Republican, whilst in religious faith and fellowship, he was a Presbyterian.