Father - Henry Bedinger Davenport
Mother - Martha Irving Clay
Obituary
Published: The Charleston Gazette, Saturday, October 25, 1958
DAVENPORT RITE SET FOR SUNDAY
Henry B. Davenport, 93, prominent in the development of oil and gas properties in West Virginia and Texas and one of Charleston's best known citizens, died Friday morning at his home, 1546 E. Kanawha Boulevard.
Mr. Davenport combined his abilities as a graduate civil engineer and a practicing attorney to organize four oil companies, and to help found and manage 10 others. He worked both as a civil engineer and a lawyer before turning his attention to the oil and gas business in 1914.
Service will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at the residence. Rev. Robert W. Kirkpatrick will officiate and burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park.
Born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, February 11, 1865, Mr. Davenport was a son of Henry Bedinger and Martha Irving Clay Davenport. He attended St. John's College at Annapolis and was graduated from Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1886 with the degree of civil engineer.
The next several years he was assistant engineer on the construction of the Norfolk and Western Railway and the Cleveland, Akron and Columbus Railway. He also was engaged in building levees along the Mississippi River.
For two years, 1892 and 1893, he was professor of civil engineering at West Virginia University and was graduated from the University in 1894 with the degree of bachelor of laws.
He practiced law at Clay from 1894 until 1914. He was mayor of Clay and was on the board of directors of the Clay County Bank from 1903 until 1920. He was secretary of the draft board of that county from 1917-18.
Mr. Davenport organized the Craig Oil Company, Marne Oil Company, Davis Oil Company and Goshorn Oil Company. He had been a director of the Plymouth Oil Company since its organization in 1923 and helped organize the Adena Corporation.
From 1920 through 1923, Mr. Davenport was associated with Col. A. E. Humphreys in the development of Mexia Oil fields in Texas, and from 1927-29 he was a director of the Santa Barbara Oil Company, operating in California.
He also helped to organize and served as officer and director of the Eldorado Oil and Gas Company, the Samples Oil Company, and the Rouzer Oil Company, all operated in Clay County; the Clyde Oil Company, operated in the Texas Panhandle; the Gale Oil Company, operated in Texas and the Quincy Oil Company, operated in Mississippi.
Mr. Davenport was the owner and operator of Altona Farm in Jefferson County, where he spent his boyhood days.
He was a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason, a member of Clay County Lodge No. 97, AF & AM, Charleston Rotary Club, Beni Kedem Temple of the Shrine, Kanawha Commandery No. 4 and Charleston Lodge No. 202, BPOE.
He married Miss Anna Florence Stephenson, who survives, in 1902. Also surviving are a son, Braxton Davenport of Charleston, a grandson, Henry Bedinger Davenport III. Another son, Benton Stephenson Davenport, died in 1938.
The body is at the Barlow-Bonsall mortuary and will be taken to the residence Sunday morning. The family has requested that flowers be omitted.
Mother - Martha Irving Clay
Obituary
Published: The Charleston Gazette, Saturday, October 25, 1958
DAVENPORT RITE SET FOR SUNDAY
Henry B. Davenport, 93, prominent in the development of oil and gas properties in West Virginia and Texas and one of Charleston's best known citizens, died Friday morning at his home, 1546 E. Kanawha Boulevard.
Mr. Davenport combined his abilities as a graduate civil engineer and a practicing attorney to organize four oil companies, and to help found and manage 10 others. He worked both as a civil engineer and a lawyer before turning his attention to the oil and gas business in 1914.
Service will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at the residence. Rev. Robert W. Kirkpatrick will officiate and burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park.
Born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, February 11, 1865, Mr. Davenport was a son of Henry Bedinger and Martha Irving Clay Davenport. He attended St. John's College at Annapolis and was graduated from Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1886 with the degree of civil engineer.
The next several years he was assistant engineer on the construction of the Norfolk and Western Railway and the Cleveland, Akron and Columbus Railway. He also was engaged in building levees along the Mississippi River.
For two years, 1892 and 1893, he was professor of civil engineering at West Virginia University and was graduated from the University in 1894 with the degree of bachelor of laws.
He practiced law at Clay from 1894 until 1914. He was mayor of Clay and was on the board of directors of the Clay County Bank from 1903 until 1920. He was secretary of the draft board of that county from 1917-18.
Mr. Davenport organized the Craig Oil Company, Marne Oil Company, Davis Oil Company and Goshorn Oil Company. He had been a director of the Plymouth Oil Company since its organization in 1923 and helped organize the Adena Corporation.
From 1920 through 1923, Mr. Davenport was associated with Col. A. E. Humphreys in the development of Mexia Oil fields in Texas, and from 1927-29 he was a director of the Santa Barbara Oil Company, operating in California.
He also helped to organize and served as officer and director of the Eldorado Oil and Gas Company, the Samples Oil Company, and the Rouzer Oil Company, all operated in Clay County; the Clyde Oil Company, operated in the Texas Panhandle; the Gale Oil Company, operated in Texas and the Quincy Oil Company, operated in Mississippi.
Mr. Davenport was the owner and operator of Altona Farm in Jefferson County, where he spent his boyhood days.
He was a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason, a member of Clay County Lodge No. 97, AF & AM, Charleston Rotary Club, Beni Kedem Temple of the Shrine, Kanawha Commandery No. 4 and Charleston Lodge No. 202, BPOE.
He married Miss Anna Florence Stephenson, who survives, in 1902. Also surviving are a son, Braxton Davenport of Charleston, a grandson, Henry Bedinger Davenport III. Another son, Benton Stephenson Davenport, died in 1938.
The body is at the Barlow-Bonsall mortuary and will be taken to the residence Sunday morning. The family has requested that flowers be omitted.
Father - Henry Bedinger Davenport
Mother - Martha Irving Clay
Obituary
Published: The Charleston Gazette, Saturday, October 25, 1958
DAVENPORT RITE SET FOR SUNDAY
Henry B. Davenport, 93, prominent in the development of oil and gas properties in West Virginia and Texas and one of Charleston's best known citizens, died Friday morning at his home, 1546 E. Kanawha Boulevard.
Mr. Davenport combined his abilities as a graduate civil engineer and a practicing attorney to organize four oil companies, and to help found and manage 10 others. He worked both as a civil engineer and a lawyer before turning his attention to the oil and gas business in 1914.
Service will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at the residence. Rev. Robert W. Kirkpatrick will officiate and burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park.
Born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, February 11, 1865, Mr. Davenport was a son of Henry Bedinger and Martha Irving Clay Davenport. He attended St. John's College at Annapolis and was graduated from Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1886 with the degree of civil engineer.
The next several years he was assistant engineer on the construction of the Norfolk and Western Railway and the Cleveland, Akron and Columbus Railway. He also was engaged in building levees along the Mississippi River.
For two years, 1892 and 1893, he was professor of civil engineering at West Virginia University and was graduated from the University in 1894 with the degree of bachelor of laws.
He practiced law at Clay from 1894 until 1914. He was mayor of Clay and was on the board of directors of the Clay County Bank from 1903 until 1920. He was secretary of the draft board of that county from 1917-18.
Mr. Davenport organized the Craig Oil Company, Marne Oil Company, Davis Oil Company and Goshorn Oil Company. He had been a director of the Plymouth Oil Company since its organization in 1923 and helped organize the Adena Corporation.
From 1920 through 1923, Mr. Davenport was associated with Col. A. E. Humphreys in the development of Mexia Oil fields in Texas, and from 1927-29 he was a director of the Santa Barbara Oil Company, operating in California.
He also helped to organize and served as officer and director of the Eldorado Oil and Gas Company, the Samples Oil Company, and the Rouzer Oil Company, all operated in Clay County; the Clyde Oil Company, operated in the Texas Panhandle; the Gale Oil Company, operated in Texas and the Quincy Oil Company, operated in Mississippi.
Mr. Davenport was the owner and operator of Altona Farm in Jefferson County, where he spent his boyhood days.
He was a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason, a member of Clay County Lodge No. 97, AF & AM, Charleston Rotary Club, Beni Kedem Temple of the Shrine, Kanawha Commandery No. 4 and Charleston Lodge No. 202, BPOE.
He married Miss Anna Florence Stephenson, who survives, in 1902. Also surviving are a son, Braxton Davenport of Charleston, a grandson, Henry Bedinger Davenport III. Another son, Benton Stephenson Davenport, died in 1938.
The body is at the Barlow-Bonsall mortuary and will be taken to the residence Sunday morning. The family has requested that flowers be omitted.
Mother - Martha Irving Clay
Obituary
Published: The Charleston Gazette, Saturday, October 25, 1958
DAVENPORT RITE SET FOR SUNDAY
Henry B. Davenport, 93, prominent in the development of oil and gas properties in West Virginia and Texas and one of Charleston's best known citizens, died Friday morning at his home, 1546 E. Kanawha Boulevard.
Mr. Davenport combined his abilities as a graduate civil engineer and a practicing attorney to organize four oil companies, and to help found and manage 10 others. He worked both as a civil engineer and a lawyer before turning his attention to the oil and gas business in 1914.
Service will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at the residence. Rev. Robert W. Kirkpatrick will officiate and burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park.
Born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, February 11, 1865, Mr. Davenport was a son of Henry Bedinger and Martha Irving Clay Davenport. He attended St. John's College at Annapolis and was graduated from Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1886 with the degree of civil engineer.
The next several years he was assistant engineer on the construction of the Norfolk and Western Railway and the Cleveland, Akron and Columbus Railway. He also was engaged in building levees along the Mississippi River.
For two years, 1892 and 1893, he was professor of civil engineering at West Virginia University and was graduated from the University in 1894 with the degree of bachelor of laws.
He practiced law at Clay from 1894 until 1914. He was mayor of Clay and was on the board of directors of the Clay County Bank from 1903 until 1920. He was secretary of the draft board of that county from 1917-18.
Mr. Davenport organized the Craig Oil Company, Marne Oil Company, Davis Oil Company and Goshorn Oil Company. He had been a director of the Plymouth Oil Company since its organization in 1923 and helped organize the Adena Corporation.
From 1920 through 1923, Mr. Davenport was associated with Col. A. E. Humphreys in the development of Mexia Oil fields in Texas, and from 1927-29 he was a director of the Santa Barbara Oil Company, operating in California.
He also helped to organize and served as officer and director of the Eldorado Oil and Gas Company, the Samples Oil Company, and the Rouzer Oil Company, all operated in Clay County; the Clyde Oil Company, operated in the Texas Panhandle; the Gale Oil Company, operated in Texas and the Quincy Oil Company, operated in Mississippi.
Mr. Davenport was the owner and operator of Altona Farm in Jefferson County, where he spent his boyhood days.
He was a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason, a member of Clay County Lodge No. 97, AF & AM, Charleston Rotary Club, Beni Kedem Temple of the Shrine, Kanawha Commandery No. 4 and Charleston Lodge No. 202, BPOE.
He married Miss Anna Florence Stephenson, who survives, in 1902. Also surviving are a son, Braxton Davenport of Charleston, a grandson, Henry Bedinger Davenport III. Another son, Benton Stephenson Davenport, died in 1938.
The body is at the Barlow-Bonsall mortuary and will be taken to the residence Sunday morning. The family has requested that flowers be omitted.
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