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<p> Davis, [[Henry]] (1), D.D. </p> <p> a Congregational educator, was born at East Hampton, N.Y., in 1771. He graduated from Yale [[College]] in 1796; for seven years was tutor in Williams and Yale colleges; professor of [[Greek]] in Union College from 1805 to 1810; president of Middlebury College, Vermont, from 1810 to 1817; president of [[Hamilton]] College, Clinton, N.Y., from 1817 to 1833, and died there, March 7, 1852. His published works are his Inaugural Address, on assuming the presidency of Hamilton College, and a [[Sermon]] which he preached before the American [[Board]] of. Commissioners for Foreign Missions. See Allen, Amer. Biog. s.v. (J.C.S.) </p>
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<p> Davis, Henry (2), D.D. </p> <p> a [[Baptist]] minister, was born at Charlton, Saratoga County, N.Y., April 23, 1800. Early in life he moved to the city of New York; subsequently was engaged in teaching at Ogden, Monroe County, where he was converted, and joined the Baptist Church in the fall of 1818; graduated from the theological institution at Hamilton, June 7, 1827, and the next day was ordained at Bridgewater. For a time he labored as a missionary in Detroit, Mich., and planted the first church of his denomination in that city. His other pastorates were, Palmyra, N.Y., Brockport, Jordan, Cannon Street, New York city, Second Church, Rochester, Columbus, Ohio, New [[Corydon]] and Rock Island, Illinois. He died at Danville, Illinois, Aug. 21, 1870. See Minutes of Ill. Anniversaries, 1870, page 69. (J.C.S.) </p>
 
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<ref name="term_36811"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/davis,+henry+(2),+d.d. Henry Davis from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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Henry Davis [1]

Davis, Henry (2), D.D.

a Baptist minister, was born at Charlton, Saratoga County, N.Y., April 23, 1800. Early in life he moved to the city of New York; subsequently was engaged in teaching at Ogden, Monroe County, where he was converted, and joined the Baptist Church in the fall of 1818; graduated from the theological institution at Hamilton, June 7, 1827, and the next day was ordained at Bridgewater. For a time he labored as a missionary in Detroit, Mich., and planted the first church of his denomination in that city. His other pastorates were, Palmyra, N.Y., Brockport, Jordan, Cannon Street, New York city, Second Church, Rochester, Columbus, Ohio, New Corydon and Rock Island, Illinois. He died at Danville, Illinois, Aug. 21, 1870. See Minutes of Ill. Anniversaries, 1870, page 69. (J.C.S.)

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