Wife Arabella Davis
OBITUARY.
Major Wm. M. Davis departed this life the 24th December, 1836, in the 43d year of his age; at the time of his death he resided at Locust Grove, Shelby County, Kentucky, the seat of residence of his brother Col. Presly Davis. He died of Pulmonary Consumption under which he had been laboring for about twelve months, superinduced, as is believed, by exposure in the discharge of the duties of his office as Indian agent. In the death of Major Davis we are again admonished of the shadowy and fleeting character of the honors of this world, and how little the affections of relations and friends avail against the summons to depart. Major Davis from the time he became an actor in the busy scenes of society until his death possessed and held unimpaired the confidence of the community in which he lived and for a considerable time the confidence of the general government.
At the age of eighteen he was appointed a recruiting officer, and was in most or all of the important battles fought during the last war with Great Britain. Upon the termination of the war, he was appointed to various stations of civil trust of high responsibility; was frequently elected to the Legislature of this State, and at last was appointed an agent to assist in negotiating the difficulties with the Cherokee Indians; and for the services rendered by him in each vocation he received from those, whose purposes were pure, the highest reward that a public functionary can obtain—the plaudit "well done, thou good and faithful servant." He was a gentleman and a scholar. His amiable disposition and bland deportment rendered him a most agreeable companion and endeared him to those who knew him best. It will be difficult to fill the void in society produced by his death. But though the loss to his friends is great, and to his wife and children irreparable, they should not mourn as those who have no hope. He died triumphantly. His last moments were spent in accents of love to God and love to man, declaring his confident assurance of a blessed immortality beyond the grave. His expiring prayer was, oh Lord now receive my soul to thyself. "An honest man is the noblest work of God." And such a man was Major William M. Davis.
— The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, Kentucky), Monday, March 6, 1837, p. 2.
OBITUARY.
Major Wm. M. Davis departed this life the 24th December, 1836, in the 43d year of his age; at the time of his death he resided at Locust Grove, Shelby County, Kentucky, the seat of residence of his brother Col. Presly Davis. He died of Pulmonary Consumption under which he had been laboring for about twelve months, superinduced, as is believed, by exposure in the discharge of the duties of his office as Indian agent. In the death of Major Davis we are again admonished of the shadowy and fleeting character of the honors of this world, and how little the affections of relations and friends avail against the summons to depart. Major Davis from the time he became an actor in the busy scenes of society until his death possessed and held unimpaired the confidence of the community in which he lived and for a considerable time the confidence of the general government.
At the age of eighteen he was appointed a recruiting officer, and was in most or all of the important battles fought during the last war with Great Britain. Upon the termination of the war, he was appointed to various stations of civil trust of high responsibility; was frequently elected to the Legislature of this State, and at last was appointed an agent to assist in negotiating the difficulties with the Cherokee Indians; and for the services rendered by him in each vocation he received from those, whose purposes were pure, the highest reward that a public functionary can obtain—the plaudit "well done, thou good and faithful servant." He was a gentleman and a scholar. His amiable disposition and bland deportment rendered him a most agreeable companion and endeared him to those who knew him best. It will be difficult to fill the void in society produced by his death. But though the loss to his friends is great, and to his wife and children irreparable, they should not mourn as those who have no hope. He died triumphantly. His last moments were spent in accents of love to God and love to man, declaring his confident assurance of a blessed immortality beyond the grave. His expiring prayer was, oh Lord now receive my soul to thyself. "An honest man is the noblest work of God." And such a man was Major William M. Davis.
— The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, Kentucky), Monday, March 6, 1837, p. 2.
Wife Arabella Davis
OBITUARY.
Major Wm. M. Davis departed this life the 24th December, 1836, in the 43d year of his age; at the time of his death he resided at Locust Grove, Shelby County, Kentucky, the seat of residence of his brother Col. Presly Davis. He died of Pulmonary Consumption under which he had been laboring for about twelve months, superinduced, as is believed, by exposure in the discharge of the duties of his office as Indian agent. In the death of Major Davis we are again admonished of the shadowy and fleeting character of the honors of this world, and how little the affections of relations and friends avail against the summons to depart. Major Davis from the time he became an actor in the busy scenes of society until his death possessed and held unimpaired the confidence of the community in which he lived and for a considerable time the confidence of the general government.
At the age of eighteen he was appointed a recruiting officer, and was in most or all of the important battles fought during the last war with Great Britain. Upon the termination of the war, he was appointed to various stations of civil trust of high responsibility; was frequently elected to the Legislature of this State, and at last was appointed an agent to assist in negotiating the difficulties with the Cherokee Indians; and for the services rendered by him in each vocation he received from those, whose purposes were pure, the highest reward that a public functionary can obtain—the plaudit "well done, thou good and faithful servant." He was a gentleman and a scholar. His amiable disposition and bland deportment rendered him a most agreeable companion and endeared him to those who knew him best. It will be difficult to fill the void in society produced by his death. But though the loss to his friends is great, and to his wife and children irreparable, they should not mourn as those who have no hope. He died triumphantly. His last moments were spent in accents of love to God and love to man, declaring his confident assurance of a blessed immortality beyond the grave. His expiring prayer was, oh Lord now receive my soul to thyself. "An honest man is the noblest work of God." And such a man was Major William M. Davis.
— The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, Kentucky), Monday, March 6, 1837, p. 2.
OBITUARY.
Major Wm. M. Davis departed this life the 24th December, 1836, in the 43d year of his age; at the time of his death he resided at Locust Grove, Shelby County, Kentucky, the seat of residence of his brother Col. Presly Davis. He died of Pulmonary Consumption under which he had been laboring for about twelve months, superinduced, as is believed, by exposure in the discharge of the duties of his office as Indian agent. In the death of Major Davis we are again admonished of the shadowy and fleeting character of the honors of this world, and how little the affections of relations and friends avail against the summons to depart. Major Davis from the time he became an actor in the busy scenes of society until his death possessed and held unimpaired the confidence of the community in which he lived and for a considerable time the confidence of the general government.
At the age of eighteen he was appointed a recruiting officer, and was in most or all of the important battles fought during the last war with Great Britain. Upon the termination of the war, he was appointed to various stations of civil trust of high responsibility; was frequently elected to the Legislature of this State, and at last was appointed an agent to assist in negotiating the difficulties with the Cherokee Indians; and for the services rendered by him in each vocation he received from those, whose purposes were pure, the highest reward that a public functionary can obtain—the plaudit "well done, thou good and faithful servant." He was a gentleman and a scholar. His amiable disposition and bland deportment rendered him a most agreeable companion and endeared him to those who knew him best. It will be difficult to fill the void in society produced by his death. But though the loss to his friends is great, and to his wife and children irreparable, they should not mourn as those who have no hope. He died triumphantly. His last moments were spent in accents of love to God and love to man, declaring his confident assurance of a blessed immortality beyond the grave. His expiring prayer was, oh Lord now receive my soul to thyself. "An honest man is the noblest work of God." And such a man was Major William M. Davis.
— The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, Kentucky), Monday, March 6, 1837, p. 2.
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