History of Harrisonville, (Meigs County) Ohio United States of America

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John Merrill Davis, educator, was born in Harrisonville, Ohio, Nov. 16, 1846; son of William and Samantha (Chase) Davis; and grandson of Jacob and Nancy (Hedrick) Davis, and of Thomas Jefferson and Rebecca (Romine) Chase. He served in 1863 in the transportation department of the Union army in West Virginia and Ohio and in 1865 for seven months as private in the 188th Ohio volunteers. He was graduated.at Ohio university in 1873. He was principal of the preparatory department, Ohio university, 1872-74; acting president of Ridgeville college, Ind., 1874-78; professor of Latin in Rio Grande college, Ohio, 1879-87, and was elected president of the same in 1887. He was ordained a Baptist minister in 1875; was president of the Ohio-Free Communion Baptist association, 1892-93; school examiner, Gallia county, Ohio, 1886-89; city school examiner, Gallipolis, Ohio, 1898; member of the Free Baptist conference board, 1892-95; and associate editor of The Free Baptist, Minneapolis, Minn., from 1890. He was married, June 22, 1876, to Jane Elliott Boyd, A.B., Ohio university. He received the degree of D.D. from Ohio university in 1896.

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

History of Harrisonville, (Meigs County) Ohio

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