Biographical Sketch of William W. Davis, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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William W. Davis, editor of the Catholic Tribune, was born in Detroit,
Michigan, in 1839, and moved with his parents to Chillicothe, Ohio.
He studied at the Jesuit College of St. Joseph, at Bardstown, seven
years, and St. Xavier's, at Cincinnati, Ohio.  In 1858, he went to 
Europe and traveled for five years in that country.  While at school
he received the first medal for Christian doctrine and penmanship.
He entered the service of the United States and remained for three
years; was mustered out after a hard campaign in Arkansas, being
badly used up.  He participated in five engagements during the war;
was at Wilson's Creek with General Lyon, and was by his side when 
he spoke his last words to his men before the battle.  Mr. Davis
went from St. Louis to Kansas City, Missouri, in 1878, and with 
William A. Maynard started the Catholic Tribune.  After two years'
publication, he moved the establishment to St. Joseph, where he has
built up a good paper.  Mr. Davis' connection and success with the
Tribune shows what energy is necessary and how much it has taken in
bringing the enterprise to where it now stands.  He is a good writer
and is entitled to success.

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