Dr Harry Lester Davisson

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Dr Harry Lester Davisson

Birth
Clark County, Ohio, USA
Death
1 Feb 1944 (aged 56)
Yellow Springs, Greene County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Mechanicsburg, Champaign County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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"Dr. Harry L. Davisson, 55, chief of the Yellow Springs fire department and well-known veterinarian, died unexpectedly at his home, 119 Glen St., Yellow Springs, Thursday at 9:30 a.m. He had been ill and confined to his home two weeks but death came suddenly as the result of a heart attack.

The son of Elijah and Dorothy Neer Davisson, he was born at Mechanicsburg, O., November 29, 1888. He graduated from the college of veterinary medicine at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, in 1911 and began practicing in Yellow Springs thirty-one years ago.

He had been chief of the Yellow Springs fire department twelve years. An active sportsman he was a member of the Greene County Fish and Game Association and also was a member of the Nation Chapel, Catawba, O., and the Ohio State Veterinary Association.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lucille Wons Davisson, and two brothers, Clarence, Cincinnati, and Clifford, Mechanicsburg."

[The Evening Gazette [Xenia, Ohio], vol. LXIII, no. 29, Thursday, February 3, 1944, p. 12, col. 1]
"Dr. Harry L. Davisson, 55, chief of the Yellow Springs fire department and well-known veterinarian, died unexpectedly at his home, 119 Glen St., Yellow Springs, Thursday at 9:30 a.m. He had been ill and confined to his home two weeks but death came suddenly as the result of a heart attack.

The son of Elijah and Dorothy Neer Davisson, he was born at Mechanicsburg, O., November 29, 1888. He graduated from the college of veterinary medicine at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, in 1911 and began practicing in Yellow Springs thirty-one years ago.

He had been chief of the Yellow Springs fire department twelve years. An active sportsman he was a member of the Greene County Fish and Game Association and also was a member of the Nation Chapel, Catawba, O., and the Ohio State Veterinary Association.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lucille Wons Davisson, and two brothers, Clarence, Cincinnati, and Clifford, Mechanicsburg."

[The Evening Gazette [Xenia, Ohio], vol. LXIII, no. 29, Thursday, February 3, 1944, p. 12, col. 1]