Davis, Samuel Chalmers

Davis, Samuel Chalmers a Protestant Episcopal clergyman, was born in Baltimore, Maryland. For several years he was a Methodist preacher; was ordained in 1837; in 1839 became rector of William and Mary's parish, St. Mary's County; removed to New York in 1844. and after serving in several places went back to Maryland in 1849; officiated in Holy Trinity and Ascension parishes, Carroll County; also in Trinity parish, Charles County; in 1852 returned to New York, and died there, May 8, 1862, aged fifty-six years. See Amer. Quar. Church Rev., April 1863, page 148.