The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-30
DR.. HUGH v. DAVIS
FALLS ON SLEEP
ENDS brilliant CAREER WHICH
BEGAN IN SERVICE OF THE
CeyFEBERACY.
ILL FOR LONG TIME
SUFFERED GENERAL BREAKDOWN
LAST DECEMBER AND FINALLY
sUCCUMBED TO CeyIpLICA-
TIos OF AILMENTS.

1 home at Ito West Grace street, DR.,
Hugh Wtthe Davis, practiting
physician of many years honorable
and useful service, died after long
/ illness. Or. Davis was seventy four
years old and had been actively en-
gagged In the practice Of his profession
! In Richmond since the opening of the
I War Between the States. Few
1 physicians In the city were more
widely or favorably known. and few
indeed have been so long In service.
| Funeral services, conducted by Rev,
! Lloyd T, Wilson, of the GraeeStreet
| Baptist church. will take place We'd
nesday morning al 10 o'clock from the
home of the family. and the body Will
be inferred in Hollywood cemetery.
For many months. since Decem Der of
last year in fact DR.. Davis had been
suffering from general breakdown
and finally succumhed to q CompllCa-
ton of ailments.
Relatives of the dead man are as
follows: Five daughters-Mrs w. O..
Bragg. Mrs. Eva I. Moore. Mrs. II
Seldom Taylor. Jr, Miss Susie T..
Davis and ISIS Edna S. Davis. two
sons-John A. and DIR. Wray Davis,
and two brothers. 3. 7. Davis, of
Huntington. w. Va, and E. s. Davis
Of Cameron, w. Va.
Brilliant Career.
DR. Davis was born In Richmond
September 80, lS40. the son of John
~ Davis, farmer Of Drewrys Bun
After graduation from Richmond col
lege and the Medical College Of Viz
ginia, DR.. Davis was appointed as
slstant to Confederate Surgeon Gen
eral Samuel i, Moore, and through
out the course Of the war served In
the field and hospital service Of the
Confederacy.
At the close OF the war his as
sceia ton with DIR. Moore was con-
i.nued and he later practlced his pro-
fession in conjunction with his uncle.
DR. Creed Thomas
In his profession DR.. Davis ranked
high as q general family practitioner.
and also held positions OF trust in his
church, having been Baptist deacon
OF Grace-Street Baptist church and
trustee of both Richmond college and
the Baptist Home for Aged Ladies'
Doctor of the Old School.
E. r. Chesterman, secretary OF the
state board Of education, In speaking
Il bout the death Of DIR. Davis last
night, said:
with the passing of Or. Davis,
Richmond loses "a citizen who knew
her people and her institutions as few
others did. Born here nearly seventy
four years ago. he spent practically ali
his life In this city, and as physi-
clan unselfishly moved among all
classes. For over fifty. years he, Vas
n general practitioner with a clientele
which numbered hundreds Of families
THE outbreak of the War Between
the States found him eager and ready,
at twenty-one, to lend his profession
al services to the Confederacy and,
as a surgeon under Samuel Preston
Moore. the sur 7eon general Of the
Southern army, he found work which
kept him necessarily busy for four
years.
A Good soldier
..Dr. Moore was a stern man and
strict disciplinarian with uncompro-
missing military ideas. and he e&acted
of his subordinates the closest at
tention TO duty Often ] have heard
pr Davis tell of the exactions of his
superior officer, who, no doubt awed
him 8 great deal at first. But the
young physician was quick to APP
precate the sterling qualities OF the
surgeon general, and during the war
there grew up between the two
friendship which lasted for years. In
deed. DR. Davis in time became the
family physician OF Or. Moore. and
was with the latter when he breathed
his last
1T was something of coincidence
that Dr. Davis died less than hum
bred yards from the house in which
DR.. Moore passed away.
ITO the last there was a sugges-
ton Of the soldier about DIR. Davis,
although he was first, last and all the
time the family doctor--a type. alas.
which seems destined In time to dis
appear DIR. Davis was tall, slender,
alert and erect. Neither the hard
ships Of his wide practice nor the
passing of years could ben his should
ers or frost his hair. Nothing about
him. even in his last months, sug
gested old age, for his black eyes were
ever bright and his interest in his
friends was ever keen. His loyalty
to the Confederacy never wavered. He
was rich in "reminiscences of tha war
and an accurate authority of local
history. Naturally, too, he knew the
people Of hmond-generations of
them--for his patients were his
friends and their complete confidence
was his.
The Family Doctor.
He could be very stern-this SOL
dierly physician who had seem as few
men do, the ravages of war--but In
the sick room he was gentle and com
forting and his presence hearrned
even those who before had been ut
terry downcast. Great was DR.. Davis
In ministering to women and children
and wonderful was his patience and
endurance at critical times, He was
at his best with DANGEROUS cases and
the more alarming the symptoms tho
cooler he became
over and over again he spent en-
tire nights with his patients, for his
thoroughness would take nothing for
granted Tn addition to this. he
even supervised the preparation OF
s,{rk roau, foodH for ne w1a an eXSi