Brief Life History of Henry Clay
When Henry Clay Davis was born on 19 April 1900, in Alleghany, Virginia, United States, his father, William Henry Davis, was 32 and his mother, Minerva Eveline Byer, was 20. He lived in Clifton Forge, Alleghany, Virginia, United States in 1900 and Fincastle, Botetourt, Virginia, United States in 1910. He died on 2 April 1988, in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Palm Downtown Cemetery, Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States.
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- Henry C Davis in household of William H Davis, "United States Census, 1900"
- Henry Clay Davis, "Virginia, Birth Certificates, 1912-1913"
- Henry C Davis, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
1909
Historical Boundaries: 1909: Clark, Nevada, United States
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: patronymic meaning ‘Dafydd's (son)’, equivalent to Welsh ap Dafydd, the Welsh form of David . The spelling Davis is more typical in southwestern England northwards as far as Lancashire, where the frequency of the surname largely reflects Welsh migration, but may sometimes represent a native English surname based on Davy (compare Davies ). Davis (including in the sense 2 below) is the eighth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans.
Irish and Scottish: adopted for Gaelic Mac Daibhéid ‘son of David’; see McDevitt . Compare Davies .
History: John Davis or Davys (c. 1550–1605) was an English navigator who searched for the Northwest Passage. — By the 18th century there were numerous persons named Davis in America, including the jurist John Davis, born in 1761 in Plymouth, MA, and Henry Davis, a clergyman and college president, who was born in 1771 in East Hampton, NY. — Jefferson Davis, born in 1808 in KY, was president of the Confederate States of America from 1861 to 1865.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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