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898 SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS
was considered more tlie captain of the "Plymoutli"
than of any other and was commodore
of the fleet at the time of iiis retirement. He
retired from the service Feb. 1), 1904, with a
pension, and the New Yorlv liners every night
honor him by a salute as they steam out of
the Taunton river past his home into Mount
9, 1867, married Oct. 8, 1896, Sydney Kelley
Crittenden, and has one child, Davis, born
March 3, 1901.
Captain Davis keeps remarkably well, going
from his home at South Swansea to Fall River
two or three times a week. His South Swansea
home is appropriately called "The Anchor-
age."
(VI) Amos N. Davis, son of Capt. Nathan
and Clarissa (Bowen) Davis, was born in Som-
erset, Mass., June 14, 1835. He led a seafaring
life, his first command being the "Temperance."
On March 20, 1867, he was lost
at sea with the "Fannie M. Morse." He was
married in North Providence, R. I., in 1856, to
Helen M. Hervey, and their children were :
Helen Augusta, who married Aug. 25, 1884,
fifteen years he became captain of the '"Temperance,"
at thirty-five dollars a month, making
trips to New York City, taking produce
down and bringing back goods for his father's
store. Later he commanded the sloop "John
M. Parker," of Bristol, R. I., and still later the
schooner "Lady Adams," both in the general
freighting trade. During the Civil war Captain
Davis was master of the "Lucy Robinson,"
carrying supplies from New York to the army
in Virginia. During the last two years of the
war he was mate with his brother. Captain
Hope bay. His intrepid skill and pluck in
bringing his boats through in all kinds
weatheir earneil for him tl^e soubricjuet
of
of
"Danger Davis."
On May 10, 1855, Capt. Davis married Ada
A. Wright, daughter of Peter and Meribah
(Chase) Wright, of Lowell. She was born
in Saco, Maine, and there passed her early life.
Peter Wright with his family removed to
Lowell, Mass., where he was a superintendent
of cotton mills. Mrs. Davis died Feb. 17,
1908. To her and her husband were born
five children: (1) Ada Alice, born March 3,
1856, married Edward K. Morse, and has a
son, Edward G., who married Alice R. Arnold,
and has two children, Ralph W. and Ruth M.
(2) Katherine G., born Nov. 14, 1862, married
Howard L. Chace. (3) Peter F., born Nov. 29,
1863, died aged twenty-nine years, unmarried.
Elijah
(i) Clara A., born July 25, 1865, married Albert
M. Hartford. (5) Etta Blanche, born June
G. Davis, on the "Albatross," which was
formerly Admiral Farragut's flagship. After
this he bought the schooner "Ida Dellatora,"
using it in the coal trade from Georgetown, D.
C, to eastern ports. He was next master of
the "Carrie S. Hart," built in 1873, at Fall
River, by Capts. Joseph F. and Cornelius A.
Davis, and engaged in the coal trade except
in the winter, when he used her in the West
India trade. He successively commanded the
"William T. Hart," built by him in 1883 at
Alexandria, Va., and which sprang a leak during
a heavy gale and was lost off Barnegat, N.
J., in 1885, Captain Davis barely escaping with
his life; the "Benjamin F. Poole," built at
Bath, Maine, in 1886; and the "Governor
Ames," built by Capts. Joseph F. and Cornelius
A. Davis, in coasting voyages. In De-
cember, 1895, he gave up the command of the-
"Governor Ames" and retired from his seafaring
life. For forty summers Captain and
Mrs. Davis spent the season at their beautiful
summer home at what is now Oak Bluffs. Nothing
pleased him more than to receive and entertain
visitors at his home, on board his
motor boat or in his automobile.
On July 8. 1860, Capt. Joseph F. Davis was
married, in Somerset, in the house in which
he ever afterward lived, to Anna Sweet Manchester,
only daughter of Abner Cook and
Lydia Ann (Briggs) Manchester. Mrs. Davis
is a native of Johnston, R. I. Her father was
Capt. George F. Chase, who for twenty-eight
years was with the Fall River Line of boats
(they have one born in Tiverton, R. I., her mother in Dighton,
Mass. Although Captain and Mrs. Davis
had no family of their own he was a great
daughter, Winifred Florence) ; lover of children, and to many whom he met
Florence Inez, teacher of biology at the
daily lie was "Uncle Joe." He was one of the
Bridgewater normal school; and Elmer Nelson, best known, most highly respected and beloved
who died in infancy.
citizens of Somerset, and his death caused a
(VI) Capt. Joseph F. Davis, son of Capt. widespread feeling of sorrow. He attended
Nathan and Clarissa (Bowen) Davis, was born the Congregational Church, and was a Mason
in Somerset, Mass., March 8, 1839. He was in fraternal connection, a member of Pioneer
educated in the schools of Somerset, and before
the age of nine years went with his father on
the "Temperance" as cook, receiving five dollars
a month for his services. At the age of
Lodge, A. F. & A. M. Captain Davis passed
away at Vineyard Haven, Mass., Oct. 6, 1911,.
and was buried in the Palmer street cemetery
at Somerset.