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Davis, written circa 1940. At that time there was a movement started to erect a monument to him
and his colleagues, heroes in St. Louis' last great fight against yellow fever in 1878. Also
includes material concerning Kate McSorley, who also was influential in the yellow fever
epidemic.
Cite as: Henry Clay Davis Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1806
Davis, John T.
Journal, June 1862. 1 item
Photocopy of a journal written by John T. Davis, 1862, which describes a journey by river
boat up the Missouri River to Fort Benton.
Cite as: John T. Davis Journal, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0365
Davis, Martha P. Smith.
Diary, 1855-1885. 1 volume
Diary of her family life in Louisville, Kentucky, before and after her marriage to Charles E.
Davis, August 13, 1878.
Cite as: Martha P. Smith Davis Diary, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2642
Davis, Robert Hull (1909- ).
Biographical Data Sheet, 1966 Apr 23. 1 item [formerly Alphabetical File]
Biographical data sheet for the Missouri Historical Society filled out by Robert Hull Davis,
675 South McKnight Road, St. Louis County, Missouri. Includes genealogical data on his
family.
Cite as: Robert Hull Davis Biographical Data Sheet, Missouri History Museum Archives, St.
Louis.
A2288
Day, Charles M. and Henry P.
Papers, 1917-1945. 4 boxes
Charles Morris Day was born August 16, 1890, in Todd County, Kentucky, the son of
Charles Morris, Jr., and Rowena (Williams) Day. After attending college for three years at
Southwestern Presbyterian University in Clarksville, Tennessee, he went to work for Hickman,
Williams and Company in St. Louis in 1909. He was transferred to the Birmingham office in
1915 where he worked until World War I. He served as a soldier in the United States Army
during the war. He was first stationed at a training base in Georgia called Fort McPherson, and
was later deployed to France where he fought from May 1918 to May 1919. He married
Marguerite King of Birmingham, Alabama. After the war, they moved to St. Louis where
Charles became vice-president at Hickman, Williams and Company. He and his uncle began the
Valley Dolomite Corporation, a steel and iron company. Charles died September 17, 1963.
Henry P. Day, Charles and Marguerite’s son, attended Harvard University. He joined the
army and was stationed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and Fort Bragg, North Carolina, before being
shipped overseas where he served in north Africa, Sicily, and Corsica. While in North Carolina,
he married Nancy Westcott of Delaware. Upon his return to St. Louis, Henry began working
with his father at the Valley Dolomite Corporation.