Davis, Isaac, 1799-1883

Isaac Davis (1799-1883), son of Phineas and Martha Eager Davis, was born in Northborough, Mass. He prepared for college at Leicester and Lancaster academies and graduated from Brown University in 1822. He studied law in the office of Lincoln & Davis in Worcester, Mass., and was admitted to the bar in 1825. He established his own law practice in Worcester and quickly became a very successful lawyer. In 1829 he married Mary Holman Estabrook (1807-1875).

Davis involved himself in various business and financial concerns. He was president of the Quinsigamond Bank, 1836 to 1842 and 1854 to 1878; president of the State Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1854 to 1882; and of the Merchants Savings Bank, 1851 to 1855; and was director of the Providence & Worcester Railroad, 1857 to 1878; and director of the Worcester & Nashua Railroad, 1848 to 1853 and 1874 to 1879. For several years he was president of the Worcester Agricultural Society and the Worcester County Horticultural Society.

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