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Thomas Brandenburg DAVIS

Forrest City Cemetery
St. Francis County,
Arkansas

Son of T.J. & M.A. Davis
September 1, 1880 - November 3, 1911
Obituary
Published 10 Nov 1912
Forrest City Times

DEATH=APPENDICITUS PROVES FATAL=Mr.Thomas Brandenburg Davis dies on Friday, Nov.3,1911 at St.Vincent's Hospital in Little Rock where he had undergone surgery on Tuesday for appendiciius. He was the youngest son of Mr.& Mrs.T.J.Davis of Happy Home, three miles south of the city, where he was born Sep.1,1880, and his boyhood life was here, and he received the foundations of his education in the public schools. After graduating here, he attended the Unif.of Arkansas for three and a half years, worked two years in Colorado, then took a course at Cornell for one year, after which time he went as an engineer for the American Smelting and Refining Co. to design, and superintend the building of a plant Santa Barbara, Mexico. Afterwards, he accepted a chair of applied mathematics at the Unif.of Nebraska, Lincoln for one year. Then he accepted a position with the Jeffrey Mfg.Co. of Ohio, to work on the Panama Canal. His last position was with the Arkansas Farm Co. of Little Rock, with whom he remained until his death. The precious remains were prepared for burial in Little Rock and shipped here Saturday morning. The funeral proceeded from the parents home to the Forrest City cemetery, where he was interred, Rev.J.R.Nelson of the Methodist church performing the ceremonies. Selected pall bearers:Mr.E.A.Breach, and Mr.P.A.Reichardt, of Little Rock; and Mr.James Wolfe, Mr.Wilbur Alley, Mr.Walter Gorman, and Mr.A.D.McDaniel of this city. Some attending were:Mrs.R.K.Fitzhugh, sister of the deceased with her husband and family of Augusta; Mr.J.H.Davis, brother of Baltimore, Md.;Miss Mattie Mai Davis, a sister of Memphis; Mr.Joe Mosby, a cousin of Crawfordsville; Mr.James Lewis of Memphis; Miss Neil Minor of Memphis. He is survived by his parents, three sisters, Mrs.S.C.Neel, Mrs.R.K.Fitzhugh, MIss Mattie Mai Davis, and one brother, Mr.J.H.Davis, who is an electircal engineer with the B.& O.

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Submitted: 4/27/15 • Approved: 5/3/15 • Last Updated: 5/6/15 • R1072293-G0-S3

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