Born: Jan­u­ary 23, 1839, near Mar­cel­lus, Onon­da­ga Coun­ty, New York.

Died: Au­gust 1, 1896, Ches­ter­field, In­di­a­na.

Buried: Find­ley, Mi­chi­gan.

Davis tra­veled ex­tens­ive­ly, liv­ing at dif­fer­ent times in Mar­cel­lus, New York; Vicks­burg, Mis­sis­sip­pi; Bal­ti­more, Ma­ry­land; Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio; and Burr Oak and Find­ley, Mi­chi­gan. He taught voice and in­stru­ment­al class­es, had charge of choirs in var­i­ous plac­es, and sang ma­ny solos. He ne­ver mar­ried. Davis’ first pub­lished com­position ap­peared in Waverly Magazine; his other works in­clude:

Sources

Music

  1. All the Way
  2. As We’ve Sown So Shall We Reap
  3. Flash the Toplights
  4. In Whom I Have Redemption
  5. Is My Name Written There?
  6. Keep Me Thine
  7. Lead Me, Savior
  8. O Blessed Bi­ble
  9. Sheltered in Thee
  10. Where the Wrecks Wash In