Nathan Davis papers 1847-1956

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Nathan Davis papers 1847-1956

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The Nathan Davis papers (1847-1956) consist of an account book, a letterpress book, and a brief essay published in the . He was raised as a Quaker, but was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1850. He and his wife, Sarah Woolley Davis, crossed the plains in Isaac Allred's company, which arrived in Salt Lake City in October 1851. He was sent to the East by Brigham Young in the 1860s to purchase machinery for the manufacture of woolen goods. He later established an iron foundry under the name of Nathan Davis and Sons. Davis was Bishop of the Seventeenth Ward in Salt Lake City from 1861 to 1876. Western Humanities Review

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J. Willard Marriott Library. University of Utah Manuscripts Division

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Davis, N. (Nathan), 1812-1882

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Nathan Davis (1814-1894), was born in Hannover Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, on 2 October 1814. He was raised as a farmer and miller. He married Sarah Woolley on 31 March 1836. Shortly after his marriage his father died, leaving Nathan, who was his eldest son, in charge of the estate. Being raised a Quaker he was a zealous member of that denomination until 1850, when he was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) by his brother-in-law, Edwin C. Wooll...