Hopkins Co., TX - Obit - Owen S. Davis 1895 ***************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: June E. Tuck USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************** DAVIS, OWEN S. - Sulphur Springs, Texas, Aug. 18, 1895 - Owen S. Davis died at his home in this city yesterday at the age of 85 years. He was the father of this city. He was the second settler in the town, 47 years ago, and at that time owned the land on which the town is built. He raised and educated more orphans than any one man in this part of the state. (Dallas Morning News, Aug. 19, 1895)