The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-22
Over the Death of the Late John
]. Davis. a Member oil. the
Organization.

The Harrison County Bar Associa-
ton at a meeting Wednesday afternoon
adopted the following resolutions,
drafted by NJ. G. Sperry. Charles d.
Johnson and Edward G. Smith:
RESOLVED. That the bar Of, HNrIi-
son county. W. Va, contemplate with
profound sorrow the demise OF Tie late
John j. Davis. who for sixty years and
eleven months to the das' was "a mem-
her Of this body. and pay what we
recognize TO be wholly insufficient
tribute 10 his memory.
Mr.. Davis was born in Clarksburg.
Va, on May ). 1885. and died in
Clarksburg, w. Va. on Sunday. March
10. 1916. He was educated at tie
Northwestern Academy at Clarkshnrg.
and at Lexington, Va, and was admit
ted to the bar Mt Clarksburg. ON April
10, 1855. where. interrupted only by
short intervals devoted to the public
service, he practiced his profession Up
until few months before his death.
The public services OF MIR. Davis
consisted of membership in Tie Vir-
ginia House OF Delegates, to which he
was elected in 1861; member of the
second West Virginia convention.
which met in 1861, and which was in
strumental in organizing the state OF
West Virginia; member OF the West
Virginia legislature. to which ne was
elected In 1870; member OF tho forty
second Congress and of the ory-third
Congress of the United States; presi-
dental eelctor in 1865, and again in
1885; member OF the board of Wis
itors OF the West Point military aca-
DENY; regent Of the state university
Of West Virginia: and director az tho
hospital for the insane at Weston. ".
Va.
Possessing an incisive intellect ard
a profoundly logical mind. Mr.. Davis
speedily won and for more than a half
century. held a position Of preemi-
nencc as lawyer. He did not special
ize in any particular branch OF the Law
or line of practice, but possessed n
wide general knowledge and thorough
grasp of the fundamentals Of the pro-
fession,, and was always safe coIln-
sellor. AS an advocate he attained
and hold a position OF prominence
at the bar and in the forum in West
Virginia. freely recognized by all OF
his compeers.
His eminence as a lawyer is not the
chief claim to fame achieved by Mr..
Davis. While he will be long renem-
bered as one OF the really great law
yers OF the state OF West Virginia. his
fame, as a man and a citizen will out
+ live that achieved in his professional
capacity. His literary attachments
were marvellous. Books were his con.
slant and loved companions. and in
spite Of the labors OF a busy life, he
found time to read and study works on
literature. history, science. and every
branch or human knowledge, and In.
deed In his old ago reading was with
him a nabiding passion. He was 9
man OF deep convictions and possessed
a profound knowledge OF the political
and governmental questions which had
to be met and settled by the govern
ment OF the United States. the dura.
ton OF which antedates by less than a
half century the date OF his birth. He
never for a moment surrendered OF
compromised a conviction, on the
many and multifarious matters which
came before the public during his Ions
career Ole exertedta great influence
upon his fellowmen in those affairs
(which influence widened as the years
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