Davis, Nicholas A., 1834-1894

Born to legislator Nathaniel Davis in Limestone County, Alabama, Nicholas A. Davis (1824-1894) was ordained in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. In 1852, he married Nancy Worthington in White Plains, and the couple had two daughters before moving to Bastrop, Texas, in 1857. The next year, Nancy bore a son, but both she and the child died before the start of the Civil War. In 1861, Davis became a chaplain of the 4th Texas Infantry Regiment in Hood's Brigade of the Confederate Army. While serving in Virginia, he established the Texas Hospital to care for wounded soldiers and praised Hood’s Brigade in his book Campaign from Texas to Maryland, with the Battle of Fredericksburg (1863). Upon returning to Texas in 1865, he married the widow Eliza Elizabeth Coley Radford, with whom he had four children. While continuing to preach, Davis also founded a commercial peach orchard in Jacksonville and served as a trustee of Trinity University for twenty years.

Source:

Everett, Donald E. Davis, Nicholas A. Handbook of Texas Online . Accessed May 17, 2011. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fda46 .

From the guide to the Davis, Nicholas A. papers 63-044., 1835-1893, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)

Born to legislator Nathaniel Davis in Limestone County, Alabama, Nicholas A. Davis (1824-1894) was ordained in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

In 1852, he married Nancy Worthington in White Plains, and the couple had two daughters before moving to Bastrop, Texas, in 1857. The next year, Nancy bore a son, but both she and the child died before the start of the Civil War. In 1861, Davis became a chaplain of the 4th Texas Infantry Regiment in Hood's Brigade of the Confederate Army. While serving in Virginia, he established the Texas Hospital to care for wounded soldiers and praised Hood's Brigade in his book Campaign from Texas to Maryland, with the Battle of Fredericksburg (1863). Upon returning to Texas in 1865, he married the widow Eliza Elizabeth Coley Radford, with whom he had four children. While continuing to preach, Davis also founded a commercial peach orchard in Jacksonville and served as a trustee of Trinity University for twenty years.

From the description of Davis, Nicholas A. Papers, 1835-1893 (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 764509741