Henry Eugene Davis, son of William and Susan Williams Davis, was born in Higginsville, N. Y., on September 19, 1856.
He was the youngest of six sons, only one of whom survives, C. M. Davis of Lee Center.
On September 19, 1876, he was married to Ella R. Williams, whose death occurred December 23, 1895. On September 27, 1902, he was united in marriage to Mrs. Flora Hyde, who survives him.
As a youth he lived on the farm with his father and continued there for several years after his marriage. He attended school at Alfred, N. Y., and also took advantage of a select school taught by his brother, Rev. David H. Davis, who was afterwards for many years a missionary in China.
Leaving the farm in 1887, he was engaged in the furniture and undertaking business in North Loup, Neb. In 1894 he returned East, and following the death of his wife in 1895, he lived with his children in Oneida, for two years and then made his home in New London. For five years here and about for years in Utica, he was engaged in carpentering. For fourteen years he has traveled for the Warsaw Elevator Co., of Warsaw, N. Y., serving them as their very efficient construction and repair agent.
He was a man of sympathetic nature, of generous and large-hearted impulses, pleasant and winsome socially. He was always thinking of others, especially kindly and affectionate toward his children, and caring for them with an almost motherly love after their first great bereavement. He was a great favorite with the group of grandchildren, who occupied a large place in his heart.
His death occurred very suddenly on Friday, January 16, 1920, at St. Mary's, Pa., where he had gone on a business trip for the Warsaw Company. Surviving are his widow, and the following children: Mrs. Alfred J. Keller, of New London; Miss Emily and Miss Edith Davis, of Utica; Miss Ellen Davis of Upper Marlboro, Md.; LaVerne W. Davis of Verona. Orville W. Hyde, Artheda and Genevieve Hyde; and five grandchildren, Ethel, Everett, and Lyle Keller, of New London, and Gertrude and Gladys Hyde of Verona. T. J. V.
