The chronicle=news., 1913-08-15
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william J. Davies. the we'll kaowA
tc. = W. engineer. has returned froA
AtcAison. Kansas. where he attend-
cd the funeral OF his mother. Mrs w.
~. Davies. Who died In that city on
August :. The Aeeesssd vas oss Of
the pioneer residents Of Aiehisoa and
Of one Of the isadias and most Aish.
iy ests<nsd fsniiiss. The following
obituary Of thS late Mrs. Davies Is
taken fron the A,ehtsen Daily Globe
os Angus, :: o. 'i- Ff' Fe
"Mrs. Wiiiisa n. Davies. for noss'
than 5; years . resident OF Atehi-
sou. mother Of ose Of the iowu's iarx-
est snd sinest families. aad = wonaa
loved aud hosored By all Who knew
her. died at the faaiiy hooe =, Rev.
cath ssd Parallel sssssts NJ : o'clock
this morning. She vas - year. past.
and died after an iils~as OF six weeks.
due to a general breakdown. AZ her
side when the end came were the
husband she married - years ago.
and all the other members os her de-
voted family. with the exception of
Mrs.. 4. J. Traver. who Is In far
away California.
Mrs. Davies maiden nsm~ Vas
Mary Mi,eheii Patterson. She Vas
horn la canpbe,isown. Sco'lsaS.
April .. 1885. aad cane To America
with her parents In 1858. the oeean
trip requirins seven weeks. The
family settled In Arsyie. near Rock
ford. Illinois. and Mary Pa,tsfsos'
vas married TO Nr. Davies 10 Belvi-
der~. Illinois. March ~. 1857. On
March IL. 1897. they celebrated their
golden wsddiss.
1t IL an inserestiaG eoineidene.
tha, Mr.. Dsvies left bis native land
In Wales the saRe month Of the sa0r
year Mrs. Davies iess her home In
Scotland. and that they went TO Bel
videre to live the same Month. They
yer. narsied on = saturday and the
following Moaday started on their
wedding journey TO Lawrence. Kaa-
sas. which vas to be their future
hone. Nr. Davies had heard much
lof lAwreace - o proaisias town.
and had decided to locate there.
When they reached i-eavenworth. az
ter = journey Of eight days up the
Missouri river from 81. Louis. they
abandoned their idea Of GoinE to
Lawrence. Ther~ were 20 many
homsseekess At Leavea worth that ac-
eomnoAaiions could not b. sseured.
and they weat 10 Weston. No. IN.
stead OF Lavrence. .s
In June. 1857. Mr.. and Mrs Da.
lv!ea moved from Weston TO Atchison.
Mr.. Davies learned the tailoring busi.
ness In Wales. and engaging In the
business when he came to Atchison.
he has been Continuously engaged IN
/; ever since. always conducting the
larses, business OF the kind. No
other merchant. now here. has been
In active business - Ions - Mr.. Da-
vies.
Mr.. aud Mrs. DAvies were charter
member Of the Presbyterian church
in A,chisoa. and arm In arm for more
than fifty years walked to and from
the Sunday services. Their loyalty to
the church has been remarked by
hundreds o. people. Mrs. A. B. Nc
Queen is the only other surviving
charter member OF the church. Mr..
Davies met the first pastor Of the
church when he came here. There
were no railroads in those days. and
he met the pastor at the river levee.
1t is said that he has practically met
every succeeding pastor.
Ten children were born to Mr..
and Mrs. Davies. and all lived to man
hood. The only break IN the ranks
was caused by the death OF Frank E.
Davies. q son. on June ~. 1898. The
surviving children are Mrs. A. J.
Turner. Pamona. CAL: William J.
Davies. Trinidad. COL: Ms. c. T.
Smith. Kansas City: Mrs. Howard
Hinkle. St. Joseph. and Mrs. w r.
Barows, Mrs. A. s. Drury. Edward
NJ. Davies. Charles E. Davies and
Miss Mabel Davies. OF Atchison."