Individual Biography

John Davis

• Formal Name:
• First Date: 1796
• Last Date: 1806
• Function: Printer
• Locales: Richmond
• Precis: Printer in office of his father Augustine Davis (119) and possibly for Thomas Ritchie (360).
• Notes: Printer
  Richmond
  Printer in office of his father Augustine Davis (119) and possibly for Thomas Ritchie (360).
  The sons of Augustine Davis have left only fleeting evidence of their lives; John Davis was his eldest son but achieved prominence on his own, despite laboring in his father's press office. His death was apparently accidental at just twenty-three. The only obituary published was in Thomas Ritchie's Enquirer, who had "long been sensible of his tenderest friendship, knew of his merit, and appreciated his worth" – a remarkable description from someone who was his father's staunchest political enemy.
  
  
  Personal Data
  
  Born:
  ca.
  1783
  Virginia [at Williamsburg or Yorktown]
  
  Died:
  Sept 13
  1806
  Hampton, Warwick County, Virginia
  
  Died unmarried and without issue.
  
  Sources: Hubbard on Richmond; obituary in the Richmond Enquirer, 16 Sept 1806.
  
• Related Bios:
  • Augustine Davis
  • Thomas Ritchie

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