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<p> a [[Baptist]] minister, was born in Orange County, Virginia, January 7, 1765. He was immersed at a Baptist Church in Orange County, called "Blue Run," in his fifteenth year; soon after began publicly to exhort; at sixteen became a soldier in the Revolutionary army, and was wounded in the head. He was licensed to preach in 1788; ordained in [[Georgia]] in 1793; served one church in Elbert County twenty-three years; that at Beaver [[Dam]] twelve years; Clark's [[Station]] nineteen years; and died October 31, 1831. See Campbell, Georgia Baptists. (J.C.S.) </p>
<p> a Canadian [[Methodist]] preacher, was born in Dublin, Ireland, June 5, 1851. In 1854 his parents emigrated to Toronto, Canada. He was converted in 1869, under the Primitive Methodists, and began to preach; was accepted by the Bible [[Christians]] in 1873; travelled in several circuits; and died April 19, 1880, at Palmyra, Canada. </p>


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<ref name="term_36690"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/davis,+william+(1) William Davis from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_36739"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/davis,+william+(3) William Davis from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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William Davis [1]

a Canadian Methodist preacher, was born in Dublin, Ireland, June 5, 1851. In 1854 his parents emigrated to Toronto, Canada. He was converted in 1869, under the Primitive Methodists, and began to preach; was accepted by the Bible Christians in 1873; travelled in several circuits; and died April 19, 1880, at Palmyra, Canada.

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