Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1921-02-23
DEATH OF CAPT. DAVIS

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morning Of pneumonia after an illness
of only few days. He returned from
Nina last week and Immediately took
to his bed. News of his sudden passing
/ came as a severe shock to his friends
only one or two of whom knew how
serious his illness was.
A mettalurgist and mining en-
/ gineer he was known throughout Ne
| vada and in Arizona and New Mex
| ico He came to this state in 1898 and
settled at Dayton where he bought the
| Nevada reduction works, which he
conducted for years. But he also
took hand in the production of min
| erals from the ground and was an &C
tive worker in Virginia City and other
parts of the state He was in the midst
! Of things at Tonopah and Goldheld
| was one OF the earliest to engage in
the development of Rochester and re-
Gently has held interests at Packard
and also at Nina.
The captain had attained to the high
est rank in the Masonic fraternity, to
which he gave his utmost thought and
time to the work,of which he was a
student. He was made Mason soon
| after he had passed his twenty-first
birthday, receiving his degree OF Mas
ter Mason in Rio Vista lodge, Solano
county, California. on June IA, 1886.
coming to Nevada he affiliated with
| Valley lodge at Dayton, of which he
| subsequently became master. On
coming to Reno he joined Reno lodge.
He was made Royal Arch Mason in
| Virginia chapter in 1908 and received
into the Knights Templar order in
De Witt Clinton Commandery of Reno
the same year. In 1908, too, he took
the thirty-second degree in the Scot
fish rite. and he was also member OF
| Adah chapter, Order of the Eastern
| Star. Advancing through all the
places aud stations of the Grand
| Lodge, j. & a. NJ he became grand
master of the order in Nevada i'll 1912
and won wide reputation both in
this state and in other Jurisdictions
by the energy with which he execut-
| ed the duties of his office. The
American Freemason publication es
pecialy commended his work. He was
also a member of Reno Lodge OF
Elks.
| Funeral arrangements will not be
announced unit 1.-The arrival of the cap
| tain's brother from Sacramento, this
evening. but is was said this morning
| that the service will probably be con
ducted by the Masonic grand lodge.
| Herman Davis was born in Isleton
| town on the Sacramento river, just
| below Sacramento California, on Jam
uary, p. 1865 His father was Hugh
| Davis. a native of Michigan who
crossed the plains i'll 1874 and was
| one of the earliest of the American
! pioneers and his mother was IA native
| of Tennessee. His father fought in the
| Civil War with the Michigan volun-
teers and was twice wounded i'll battle
| He died at the age of a., leaving a
widow to care for the young family
of five children Herman Davis left
school when he was eight years of age
and never had days schooling there
after, but he was an earnest reader
and student and his self--taught edu
| cation made him one OF the best in
| formed men in Nevada as well as a
| speaker and a writer of force and
great ability.
| He learned the machinist's trade in
! the Risdon Iron works at San Fran
isco and then became a marine en-
gineer and pilot--whch is the origin
of his title of captain, as he won a
captains certificate as well as one OF
chief engineer. In 1882 he was in
Arizona and served with Lawton s
volunteers in the four months pur
suit of Geronimo.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
1helma Davis: six children, Mrs.
f. A. Elliot OF Packard; Mrs Carl
Horn. Mrs. Frank Kornmeyer Mrs.
Clifford Wiley, Stanley Davis and
Herman Davis, jr., and a brother
Charles X Davis, of Isleton, Calf.
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