Person:Harold Davis (5)

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Harold Truscott Davis
b.15 Jun 1895 Worcester, MA
d.27 Dec 1995 Boston, MA
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m. 24 May 1894
  1. Harold Truscott Davis1895 - 1995
Spouse and Children
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m. 24 Apr 1923
  1. Jr. Harold Truscott Davis1924 - 1945
  2. Eleanor Davis1928 - 2018
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Harold Truscott Davis1895 - 1995
  • W.  Ruth Lent1910 - 2006
m. Abt 1960
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Name Harold Truscott Davis
Gender Male
Birth? 15 Jun 1895 Worcester, MA
Marriage 24 Apr 1923 Lowell, MAto Catharine Woodworth
Marriage Abt 1960 to Ruth Lent
Occupation? Attorney
Death? 27 Dec 1995 Boston, MA

Written by his son-in-law: Harold and Catharine lived in Hingham, MA, at 979 Main St. until 1938 and then at 640 Main St. He was a partner at Nutter, McClennen, and Fish in Boston until his death at age 100 in 1995, having his law education at Harvard. After his divorce he married Ruth Lent, a legal assistant, and moved to Lands End in Hingham. He had been rejected by the Army in World War I for flat feet, and graduated from Harvard Law in 1921. He had been Hingham town counsel from 1955 to 1974.

Added by granddaughter Kathryn: Note - after further research, it appears that Harold did serve in both the Harvard Brigade, and then the Army in WWI in 1918. He was rejected from the Harvard ROTC for "defective eyes and flat feet".

According to "Harvard's Military Record in the World War" Edited by Frederick S. Mead, A.B., and published by the Harvard Alumni Association, Boston, Massachusetts in 1921 on page 251: 

   "Davis, Harold Truscott, A.B. '18, LL.B. '21

Entered service private September 5, 1918; assigned to 152d Depot Brigade, Camp Upton, N.Y.;transferred to Gas Defense Detachment, Chemical Warfare Service, Camp Upton, October 19; discharged December 13, 1918."

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