Davis, Emerson, Dd

Davis, Emerson, D.D.

a Congregational minister, was born at Ware, Massachusetts, July 15, 1798. He graduated from Williams College in 1821; studied theology with Dr. Griffin while tutor there; was preceptor at Westfield Academy until February 1836; ordained pastor in Westfield the same year, and remained there until his death, June 8, 1866. Dr. Davis was a member of the Massachusetts Board of Education. See Cong. Quarterly, 1859, page 52; 1866, page 315.