Davenport, Silas D

Davenport, Silas D.

a Protestant Episcopal clergyman, was rector, in 1857, in Wadesborough, N.C., whence he removed to Corpus Christi, Texas, in 1861, and subsequently, in 1865, performed missionary work at Waco. In 1866 he was rector of Trinity Church, in Marshall, whence he removed to Dallas in 1868, as rector of St. Matthew's Church and there remained until his death, January 1, 1877. See Prot. Episc. Almanac, 1878, page 168.