DR. T. F. DAVENPORT, dentist came to Emporia in May, 1870, having been engaged in the practice of his profession continuously since. He was born in Trenton, N. J., March 15, 1836; when nine years of age he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, with his parents. In 1856 he graduated from the Ohio Dental College, located at Cincinnati; after practicing two years at Centerville, Ind., he removed to Cincinnati, where he resided until he came to Emporia. He served, however, four years in the army, enlisting in Company A, Seventy-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and remained until March, 1865. He was wounded at Gainesville, Fla., and taken prisoner August 17, 1864. During the first six weeks he was confined in the hospital at Lake City; was then taken to Charleston, S. C., Columbia, Charlotte, Raleigh, and finally to Wilmington, where he was paroled after seven months imprisonment, returning to Cincinnati. He remained there practicing his profession until he came to Emporia. He is a member of the A. 0. U. W., and of the Presbyterian Church, and was married in Wyoming, Hamilton Co., Ohio, September 27, 1865, to Hannah E. Allen, of that place. They have two children .
Source: William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas
DR. T. F. DAVENPORT, dentist came to Emporia in May, 1870, having been engaged in the practice of his profession continuously since. He was born in Trenton, N. J., March 15, 1836; when nine years of age he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, with his parents. In 1856 he graduated from the Ohio Dental College, located at Cincinnati; after practicing two years at Centerville, Ind., he removed to Cincinnati, where he resided until he came to Emporia. He served, however, four years in the army, enlisting in Company A, Seventy-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and remained until March, 1865. He was wounded at Gainesville, Fla., and taken prisoner August 17, 1864. During the first six weeks he was confined in the hospital at Lake City; was then taken to Charleston, S. C., Columbia, Charlotte, Raleigh, and finally to Wilmington, where he was paroled after seven months imprisonment, returning to Cincinnati. He remained there practicing his profession until he came to Emporia. He is a member of the A. 0. U. W., and of the Presbyterian Church, and was married in Wyoming, Hamilton Co., Ohio, September 27, 1865, to Hannah E. Allen, of that place. They have two children .
Source: William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas
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