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Henry Gassaway Davis
United States Senator
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Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_G._Davis"
Henry G. Davis
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Henry Gassaway Davis
United States Senator
Henry G. Davis
United States Senator
from West Virginia
In office
March 4, 1871 March 3, 1883
Preceded by Waitman T. Willey
Succeeded by John E. Kenna
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Born November 16, 1823
Woodstock, Maryland
Died March 11, 1916 (aged 92)
Washington, D.C.
Nationality American
Political party Democratic
Henry Gassaway Davis (November 16, 1823 March 11, 1916) was a self-made millionaire and U.S. Senator (1871-1883) from West Virginia. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President in 1904. His brother was the U.S. Congressman Thomas Beall Davis.
Henry Gassaway Davis
Early life
Born near Woodstock, Maryland to Caleb Davis and Louisa Brown, Davis worked on a farm until 1843, when he began to work for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad as a brakeman and conductor. Later he was put in charge of the Piedmont, West Virginia terminal of the railroad, and soon went into coal mining and banking in Piedmont.
Henry Gassaway Davis
Political And Commercial Life
In 1865 Davis was elected a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates. The following year, he founded the Potomac and Piedmont Coal and Railway Company with the intent of furnishing transportation to his coal mining and timbering interests. The company was given the right to construct railroads grades in Mineral, Grant, Tucker and Randolph Counties. He became a state senator in 1869. In 1871, he was elected to the United States Senate, serving two terms, with his service ending in 1883.
Following his service in the Senate, Davis retired to Elkins, West Virginia, where he resumed banking and coal mining. Daviss company now controlled 135,000 acres, employed 1,600 men of sixteen nationalities, operated two power plants, and worked over 1,000 coke ovens and 9 mines within one mile of the central office at Coketon in Tucker County. By 1892, the Davis Coal and Coke Company, a partnership between Davis and his son-in-law, Senator Stephen Benton Elkins, was among the largest coal companies in the world.
Davis represented the U.S. at the Pan-American Conferences of 1889 and 1901.
Henry Gassaway Davis
Candidate For
Vice President
Parker/Davis campaign poster:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_G._Davis
In 1904, Davis became the Democratic nominee for Vice President on a ticket with Alton B. Parker. Parker and Davis lost to the Republican ticket of Theodore Roosevelt and Charles Fairbanks. At age 80, Davis was (and is) the oldest person to be nominated for President or Vice President on a major party ticket.
In 1909, the wife of his son John T. Davis was aboard the White Star liner RMS Republic, when it collided with another ship and sank off Nantucket. Her children Hallie Elkins Davis (later Mrs. George A. Percy) and Henry Gassaway Davis II were with her.
Henry Gassaway Davis
Last years
Davis in his last years acted as chairman of the permanent Pan American Railway Committee (1901-1916). He died in Washington, D.C. at age 92. Davis also donated land to build Davis and Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia.
References
Henry G. Davis at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
See also
Davis and Elkins College, in Elkins, WV; named for Senators Davis and Elkins
United States Senate
Preceded by
Waitman T. Willey United States Senator (Class 2) from West Virginia
18711883
Served alongside: Arthur I. Boreman, Allen T. Caperton, Samuel Price, Frank Hereford, Johnson N. Camden Succeeded by
John E. Kenna
Party political offices
Preceded by
Adlai E. Stevenson Democratic Party Vice Presidential candidate
1904 (lost) Succeeded by
John W. Kern
[show]v d eUnited States Democratic Party Vice Presidential Nominees
John C. Calhoun · Martin Van Buren · Richard Mentor Johnson · George M. Dallas · William Orlando Butler · William R. King · John C. Breckinridge · Herschel Vespasian Johnson / Joseph Lane · George H. Pendleton · Francis Preston Blair, Jr. · B. Gratz Brown · Thomas A. Hendricks · William Hayden English · Thomas A. Hendricks · Allen G. Thurman · Adlai E. Stevenson I · Arthur Sewall · Adlai E. Stevenson I · Henry G. Davis · John W. Kern · Thomas R. Marshall · Franklin D. Roosevelt · Charles W. Bryan · Joseph Taylor Robinson · John Nance Garner · Henry A. Wallace · Harry S. Truman · Alben W. Barkley · John Sparkman · Estes Kefauver · Lyndon B. Johnson · Hubert Humphrey · Edmund Muskie · Thomas Eagleton/Sargent Shriver · Walter Mondale · Geraldine Ferraro · Lloyd Bentsen · Al Gore · Joe Lieberman · John Edwards · Joe Biden
United States Senators from West Virginia
Class 1: Van Winkle Boreman Caperton Price Hereford Camden Faulkner Scott Chilton Sutherland Neely Hatfield Holt Kilgore Laird Revercomb Byrd
Class 2: Willey Davis Kenna Camden S. Elkins D. Elkins Watson N. Goff D. Elkins G. Goff Neely Rosier Shott Revercomb Neely Hoblitzell Randolph Rockefeller
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. 1. THOMAS GASSAWAY m.Anne COLLINGWOOD b.1615
. . 2. NICHOLAS (Col.) GASSAWAY +Hester BESSON b.1658
. . . 3. Thomas (Capt.) GASSAWAY 1683 +Susanna HANSLAP b 1682
. . . . . 4. Nicholas GASSAWAY +Catherine WORTHINGTON b. 1720
. . . . . . 5. Brice John GASSAWAY b 1755 + Dinah Warfield b. 1753
. . . . . . . 6. Sarah GASSAWAY +John Riggs BROWN
. . . . . . . . 7 Louisa Warfield Browne b: 1799 + Caleb Dorsey Davis b: 1799
. . . . . . . . . 8 Henry Gassaway Davis , b: 1823 + Catherine Ann Sowers Bantz b: 1829
Brice John GASSAWAY +Dinah WARFIELD
Sarah GASSAWAY +John Riggs BROWN
Brice John GASSAWAY +Dinah WARFIELD
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From:
Samuel and Fonda Flax Carroll Genealogy in Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=spot54&id=I02129
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1. Richard Warfield b: 1646 + Eleanor Browne b: ABT 1649
. . 2. Mary Warfield b: ABT 1670 + Henry Ridgely , Jr b: 1669
. . 2. John Warfield b: 1675 + Ruth Morley Gaither b: 1679
. . 2. Richard Warfield b: 1676 + Ruth Cruchley b: 1683 d: 1713
. . Rachel Warfield b: ABT 1700 + Robert Davidge b: 1704
. . . 3 Alexander Warfield b: 1701 d: 1773 + Dinah Davidge b: 1705
. . . . 4 Azel Warfield b: 24 JUN 1728 + Sarah Maccubbin Griffith b: 1730
. . . . . 5 Dinah Warfield b: 4 APR 1753 + Brice John Gassaway b: ABT 1755
. . . . . . 6 Sarah Gassaway b: 1776 + John Riggs Browne b: 1775 d: 1814
. . . . . . . 7 Louisa Warfield Browne b: 1799 + Caleb Dorsey Davis b: 1799
. . . . . . . . 8 Henry Gassaway Davis , b: 1823 + Catherine Ann Sowers Bantz b: 1829
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----------------------------------------------------------- Hendricks, West Virginia
Named By
Named By
Henry Gassaway Davis
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaHendricks is a town in Tucker County, West Virginia, USA. The population was 319 at the 2000 census. The Blackwater River and the Dry Fork join at Hendricks to form the Black Fork, a principal tributary of the Cheat River.
[edit] History
In 1803, after three unproductive years in nearby Canaan Valley, German settler Henry Fansler (d. 1843) settled at the mouth of the Blackwater River at the present site of Hendricks. He called the settlement "Eden"[4]. Hendricks was incorporated in 1894 and was named by local coal and timber magnate Henry Gassaway Davis for Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendricks,_West_Virginia"
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Gassaway, West Virginia
Named By
Henry Gassaway Davis
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gassaway,_West_Virginia"
Gassaway, West Virginia
Photo:Elk Street (West Virginia Route 4) in downtown Gassaway in 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gassaway,_WV
Location of Gassaway, West Virginia
Coordinates: 38°40′15″N 80°46′13″W / 38.67083, -80.77028
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Braxton
Area
- Total 1.2 sq mi (3.1 km²)
- Land 1.2 sq mi (3.1 km²)
- Water 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km²)
Elevation 860 ft (262 m)
Population (2000)
- Total 901
- Density 741.5/sq mi (286.3/km²)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 26624
Area code(s) 304
FIPS code 54-30220[1]
GNIS feature ID 1539355[2]
Gassaway is a town in Braxton County, West Virginia, in the United States. The population was 901 at the 2000 census. Gassaway was incorporated in 1905 and named for Henry Gassaway Davis.[3] The center of population of West Virginia is located in Gassaway.[4]
Geography
Gassaway is located at 38°40′15″N, 80°46′13″W (38.670712, -80.770413),[5] along the Elk River.[6]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.2 km² (1.2 mi²), all land.
Demographics
As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 901 people, 420 households, and 243 families residing in the town. The population density was 285.1/km² (741.5/mi²). There were 506 housing units at an average density of 160.1/km² (416.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 98.34% White, 0.55% African American, 0.55% Native American, 0.11% from other races, and 0.44% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.00% of the population.
There were 420 households out of which 21.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.2% were married couples living together, 10.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.1% were non-families. 38.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 21.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.15 and the average family size was 2.87.
In the town the population was spread out with 20.0% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 23.3% from 25 to 44, 25.0% from 45 to 64, and 25.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 82.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.8 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $23,009, and the median income for a family was $31,667. Males had a median income of $28,125 versus $17,396 for females. The per capita income for the town was $15,965. About 10.8% of families and 13.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.9% of those under age 18 and 16.9% of those age 65 or over.
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Gassaway, Tennessee
Named By
Henry Gassaway Davis
IMAGES From Nostalgiaville
TENNESSEE- CANNON COUNTY, TN- 11/24/96
http://www.nostalgiaville.com/travel/Tennessee/Cannon/Cannon/cannon%20county/cannon%20county.htm
POST OFFICES in CANNON COUNTY, Tennessee
Gassaway, TN Opened: February 27, 1890 Closed: April 27, 1973
Photo: A1 Downtown Gassaway, Tennessee
Photo: C13 Gassaway Church of Christ
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