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DAVIS 289 DAVIS toria, Anne, Marion, and William R., who be- came a doctor. These, with his wife, were all hving when Dr. Davidson died of cerebral hemorrhage on August 12, 1875. L. J. WOOLAN. Davis, Charles Henry Stanley (1840-1917) This physician, archeologist and author, of Meriden, Connecticut, was born at Goshen in that state, March 2, 1840, the son of Dr. Tim- othy Fisher and Moriva Hatch Davis. He graduated M. D. at the New York University in 1866, studied medicine in Boston, Paris and London and settled in practice at Meriden, where he married Caroline Elizabeth Harris in 1868. In 1870 Dr. Davis became derk to the Meriden City Medical Association and held this office until his death, practising his art and also serving in the following capacities : physician to the Curtis Home for Orphans and Old La- dies (1886-1908) ; physician to the State School for Boys (1895-1900) ; also trustee, secretary and treasurer (1894-1899); member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1873, 1885, 1886) ; mayor of Meriden (1887-8) ; city treasurer (1898-9) ; and president of the Board of Education (1898-1908). His interest in archeology began early and he became editor of the Biblia Journal of Oriental Archeology in 1887, retaining the position through life and acting as associate editor of the American Antiquarian and Ori- ental Journal also, after 1906. From 1882 to 1912 Dr. Davis was corresponding secretary of the Meriden Scientific Association. A list of his publications shows the variety and scope of his interestts. It follows : "History of Wallingford and Meriden," 1870; "The Voice as a Musical Instrument," 1873; "Grammar of the Old Persian Language," 1878; "Classification, Education and Training of I Feeble-Minded, Imbecile and Idiotic Chil- dren," 1880; "History of Egypt in the Light of Modern Discoveries," 1896; "The Egyptian Book of the Dead," 1897; "Greek and Roman Stoicism and Some of Its Disciples," 1903; "How to be Successful as a Physician," 1905; "The Self-Cure of Consumption Without Medicine," 1907; "The Non-Operative Treat- ment of Hernia," 1909; "Grammar of the Modern Irish Language," 1909; "Some of Life's Problems," 1914. Dr. Davis died at the Connecticut State Hos- pital, November 7, 1917, from duodenal ulcer with perforation. Information from Dr. C. Floyd Haviland. Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc, 1917, vol. Ixix, 1813. Who's Who in Amer., vol. ix. Davis, Edward HamUton (1811-1888). Better known as an archeologist than as a physician, Edward Hamilton Davis was born in Ross County, Ohio, January 22, 1811, gradu- ating from Kenyon College in 1833, and in medicine from Cincinnati Medical College in 1838. He settled in Chillicothe and continued in practice there until 1849, when he removed to New York City, where he lived until his death. His youth was spent in the Scioto Val- ley, so renowned for its ancient earthworks, and the first school he ever attended was situ- ated on a mound near the Circleville group. Living in the same county, and cognizant of the labors of Mr. Atwater and other pioneer ex- plorers, his attention was directed at a very early age to the subject of American antiqui- ties. From 1829 to 1833, while a student of Kenyon College, he conducted a series of ex- plorations in the mounds of that vicinity, an account of which was given in a paper read before the Philomathian Society. Afterwards, by request of the professors, this paper was enlarged, and delivered as a literary perform- ance at the college commencement of 1833. During that year he had several interviews with Daniel Webster, then making a tour of the West. That great statesman was deeply interested in the subject of western antiquities, and was pained to witness their rapid disap- pearance by the plow of the pioneer. He sug- gested the formation of a society to purchase and preserve some of the most remarkable works of the mound builders. The opinion of such a man was well calculated to stimulate the youthful mind of Davis to continue these researches. For fifteen years he was diligently engaged in making surveys, opening mounds, collecting and arranging the results of his la- bors. In June, 1845, Mr. E. G. Squire went to Ohio under an engagement to edit the Scioto Ga- zette, a weekly paper, at a yearly salary of $4S0. He remained in Ohio less than two years. Losing his position as editor, he was in- vited to Davis's house where he spent several months assisting in arranging and copying the voluminous notes and observations made pre- viously by Davis, also making drawings and diagrams with descriptions of the work jointly examined by them. Prof. Joseph Henry, sec- retary of the Smithsonian Institution, having become interested in the subject, an arrange- ment was made with Davis to have his notes and observations published at the expense of the institution ; Davis and Mr. Squire to re- ceive each $1,000. A portion of Davis's collection was sent to New York in order to have engravings made