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LEWIS JOHNSON DAVIS
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worthy reforms. He was one of the founders of the Children's hospital, and, at one time, was vice-president of the Garfield hospital—two of Washington's most noted philanthropies. He is a senior warden of the Church of the Epiphany, of Washington. He also holds membership in the following organizations: Chevy Chase club; Metropolitan club; the Archæological Society; American Historical Society; as a Director of the Columbia Institute for the Deaf and Dumb; Columbian Historical Society; Sons of the Revolution; and the St. Nicholas Society, of New York.

On October 12, 1854, Mr. Davis married Miss Margaret Jane Keller, daughter of Charles M. and Mary Knowles Keller, of New York city.