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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
A Standard History of Springfield and Clark County,
Ohio
An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention
to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial,
Educational, Civic and Social Development
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Prepared Under the Editorial Supervision of
Dr. Benjamin F. Prince
President Clark County Historical Society
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Assisted by a Board of Advisory Editors
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Volumes 2
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Published by
The American Historical Society
Chicago and New York
1922
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EMORY F. DAVIS, M.D. In extent of practice
Doctor
Davis is one of the busiest physicians and surgeons
at Springfield, where he has performed his professional work
and has been active in the affairs of citizenship for over
twenty years.
Doctor Davis was born at Centerville in
Montgomery County, Ohio, June 27, 1870, son of Edward H.
and Martha Jane (Fallis) Davis. His father was a native
of Salem, New Jersey, and his mother of Richmond, Virginia.
Edward H. Davis was a stock raiser and farmer in New
Jersey, and at the beginning of the Civil war he became a
captain in the Ninth New Jersey Infantry. He was wounded by
gun shot in the right knee at the battle of Roanoke,
Virginia, while serving under General Burnside.
He was also taken prisoner, and for some time endured the
evil conditions of Andersonville Prison. Later he was
exchanged and put in charge of the exchange train.
Subsequently he moved to Montgomery County, Ohio, and there
re-enlisted in the One Hundred Thirty-first Ohio Infantry.
He was the first lieutenant of Company I in that regiment.
Edward H. Davis was in the Ford Theatre the night that
President Lincoln was shot. Eight of his brothers were
soldiers in the Confederate Army. After the war he owned and
operated a farm at Centerville, but he died at Springfield
in August, 1911. His widow survived him until July 22, 1920.
They had two children, Doctor Davis and Nellie,
wife of John E. Wamer, of Detroit, Michigan.
Emory F. Davis grew up at Centerville, attended
grammar and high school there, and graduated in medicine
from the University of Ohio April 9, 1897. Prior to locating
at Springfield Doctor Davis practiced two years at Celina
and one year at Lancaster, and in 1900 moved to Springfield.
Since 1914 he has maintained a fine suite of offices in the
Fairbanks Building.
In October, 1898, Doctor Davis married Miss Fannie N.
Hutsler, a native of Jamestown, Greene County, Ohio,
daughter of John W. and Ruth (Evans) Hutsler, natives
of Virginia. Her mother was a first cousin of “Fighting
Bob Evans,” one of America’s foremost naval heroes.
Mrs. Davis’ parents were early settlers in Greene
County, and her mother, who was born in 1831, is now living
at Springfield, past ninety. Doctor and Mrs.
Davis have a modern home at 103 North Western Avenue.
Their only child is Lawrence H., born in September,
1899. He married Elizabeth Carr, and they live with
Doctor Davis. Lawrence Davis is a
partner in the Crescent Casket Company, manufacturers of
high grade children’s caskets.
Doctor Davis and family are members of
the Central Methodist Episcopal Church. He was for several
years a member of the Clark County Blind Committee, is a
republican, a Knight Templar Mason and Shriner, and a member
of the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks. Belongs to the Clark County, Ohio, State and
American Medical associations, and is physician to the Ohio
State Knights of Pythias Home.
SOURCE: A Standard History of Springfield and Clark
County, Ohio; Vol. 2; Benjamin F. Prince, 1922 - Page 397 -
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