Bio of DAVIS, Dr. O. DeForest, Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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O. DEFOREST DAVIS, D.D.S. - Vol II, pg 718-721
A well equipped dental office and a highly developed degree of efficiency in the
use of the multitudinous delicate instruments which are utilized by the dental
prac­titioner, have given Dr. O. DeForest Davis a place of prominence in his
chosen profession. He has always manifested high ideals in connection with his
practice and his ability has brought him continuously to the front. Dr. Davis
was born in Detroit, Minnesota, a son of Miles Franklin and Charlotte (Warren)
Davis. His mother was a representative of one of the oldest New England
families, their ancestry being traced back to General Warren, who commanded the
American forces in the battle of Bunker Hill. Three brothers of the name of
Warren removed from the state of New York to Minnesota in pioneer times and one
of these married the daughter of Michael Cadotte, whose wife was a full-blooded
Chippewa woman. From that line Dr. Davis is descended on the maternal side.
Sophia Warren became the wife of William Warren, who though of the same name was
not a relative. She was the great-granddaughter of Michael Cadotte and William
Warren was the grandfather of Dr. Davis of this review. He served as a member of
the state legislature in pioneer times and he wrote a history of the Minnesota
Chippewas.
Dr. Davis pursued his academic studies in Carlisle Indian School, the famous
Indian school of Pennsylvania. He learned the printer's trade in early manhood
and afterward followed it for a short time in North Dakota, while subsequently
he came to Minneapolis, where he engaged in the insurance business in the employ
of C. W. Van Tuyl. In the fall of 1906, however, he entered the University of
Minnesota to pursue a dental course and was graduated therefrom in 1909, with
the D. D. S. degree. In September of the same year he began the practice of his
profession in Minneapolis, first opening his office in the Donaldson building.
In 1917, associated with Dr. E. S. Best, he organized the Clinic of Preventive
Dentistry at No. 933 Metropolitan Bank building, where he is now located. He is
a believer in the old adage that "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of
cure" and he is putting forth every effort to instruct the public in regard to
the use and care of the teeth and thus obviate the necessity for dental surgery.
There are many who would consider this an unwise step in one who makes his
living in practicing dentistry, but Dr. Davis holds to the highest professional
standards and is conscientiously attempting to make his service of the greatest
benefit to his fellowmen.
Dr. Davis was married in 1913 to Miss Kate Lederer and they have become parents
of two daughters, Katherine and Elizabeth. Dr. Davis is a member of the Masonic
order, loyally holding to the teachings of the craft. He also belongs to the Xi
Psi Phi, a dental fraternity, and to the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He has
membership in the Minneapolis, District, State and National Dental associations,
is a charter member of the Manson Research and Clinic Club of St. Paul, and he
founded the Minneapolis Chapter of the Society of American Indians.