History of Cushing, (Knox County) Maine United States of America

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Raymond Cazallis Davis, librarian, was born at Cushing, Maine, June 23, 1836; son of George and Katharine (Young) Davis, and grandson of Cornelius and Hope (Adams) Davis. He attended the district school until 1849, when he sailed with his father, a shipmaster, for San Francisco, Cal., continuing the voyage around the world and returning in 1851. He was prepared for college at New Hampton, N.H, and entered the University of Michigan in 1855. His course was interrupted in 1857 by an illness which lasted ten years. In 1868 he returned to the University of Michigan as assistant librarian, and in 1877 was advanced to the position of librarian. He was elected a member of the American library association in 1878. In 1880 he began a systematic course of lectures on bibliography in the university which he continued annually. He was married in 1880 to Ellen, daughter of Eli and Sarah Jane (Sabin) Regal. The University of Michigan conferred upon him the honorary degree of A.M. in 1881. He is the author of Reminiscences of a Voyage Around the World (1879).

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Cushing, (Knox County) Maine

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