The last generation
Subtitle: a history of a Chesapeake shipbuilding family
By: Geoffrey M. Footner.
Publisher: Calvert Marine Museum Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Solomons, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
Subjects: Davis, Clarence E., 1883-1936.; Davis family.; Shipyards -- Maryland -- Solomons Island -- History.
Description: Five generations of the Davis family were shipwrights on the Chesapeake Bay. John Davis, who was shipbuilding at St. Michaels in Talbot County, Maryland in 1800, is believed to be the first. The ship- building accomplishments of the Davis family are detailed through the time of Clarence Davis who died in 1936. Descendants and relatives lived in various locations on the Chesapeake Bay.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-174) and index.