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Silas W. Davis.
Silas Wright Davis, son of Eleazer and Mary A. (Gilman) Davis, was born March
29, 1841, at Gilford, New Hampshire. He began his classical studies at the New
Hampshire Conference Seminary, Tilton, New Hampshire, and entered college at the
beginning of Freshman year, August 24, 1860..
Immediately after graduating, he commenced the study of medicine with the late
Prof. A. B. Crosby, and remained with him for three years, attending the lectures
meanwhile at Dartmouth Medical College, and taking his degree of Doctor of Medicine
from that institution in May, 1867. He then went with Prof. Crosby to Burlington,
Vermont, as his assistant in a course of lectures on surgery. In July, 1867, he went to
Plymouth, New Hampshire, and engaged actively in the practice of his profession until
July, 1880, when sickness came upon him, and he was unable to attend to business for
three months. In the Fall of the same year, he sold his office and furniture to another
physician, and devoted himself entirely to the recovery of his health, with but imperfect
success for a long time. He has spent a considerable time in traveling during the past two
years. In June, 1882, he took a trip into the Northwest as far as Montana Territory,
returning by way of the lakes from Duluth to Buffalo. He spent most of the Winter of
1882-3 with his family among the pines and orange groves of Florida, receiving much
benefit from both of these trips. For the past year he has resided at Winchester,
Massachusetts, eight miles from Boston, where he has easy access to the various hospitals
of the city. His health has greatly improved during the past year, and he is again
engaging in professional work to some extent, but is also interested in financial matters.
He has attained success in his profession, inclining especially to surgery, having
performed nearly all the amputations, excepting that at the hip-joint, and all with very
good results.
For the past ten years he has operated quite extensively and successfully in
Western mortgage loans. During this period, he has also been a Director in the Citizens'
National Bank, and a Trustee of the Iona Savings Bank, of Tilton, New Hampshire.
In 1875 he was elected Superintendent of the School Committee of Plymouth,New Hampshire, which position he occupied for three years.
He was married November 11, 1869, to Mrs. Dora D. Johnson, daughter of Col.
John Keniston, of Plymouth, New Hampshire, the ceremony being performed by our
classmate Rev. Cyrus Richardson, it being his first experience in that line. They have two
children: George H., born December 1, 1874, and Charles E., born October 13, 1880.
Source: "Memorialia
of the Class of '64 in Dartmouth College" complied by
John C. Webster, Shepard & Johnston, Printers, 1884,
Chicago
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