Daniel Davis was born on 20 November 1886 in Washington, D.C., son of Charles Henry Davis Jr. (1845-1921) and Louisa Maria Quackenbush (1848-1920). Both Daniel’s father and paternal grandfather served in the U.S. Navy; both men rose to the rank of Rear Admiral and both served as Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Observatory – twice each. Daniel lived at the observatory as a child while his father was superintendent, from 1897 to early 1898 and again later in 1898 until 1902, when his father came back from the Spanish-American War.
In 1908, Daniel was a 22 year old student living in Jamestown, Rhode Island, based on his application that year for a passport. His 1941 obituary states that he graduated from Harvard University. Based on his passport application, Daniel was 5-9, with a broad forehead and oval face, brown eyes, black hair, a straight nose, a pointed chin, and a dark complexion. Two years later, in 1910, Daniel was living in Baltimore where he was in medical school. Three years later he was in the Panama Canal Zone, perhaps on a medical internship. Daniel attended Johns Hopkins University where he met Willa May Fricke, his future wife. She graduated in 1912. Daniel graduated from Johns Hopkins on 8 June 1915, according to an article that published the next day in the Baltimore Sun.
Dr. Willa Fricke worked on the teaching staff at Johns Hopkins after graduation as Assistant in Obstetrics until she resigned during the October 1914-September 1915 Johns Hopkins fiscal year to take a position as Fellow in Bacteriology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She was one of the first women doctors at the Mayo Clinic. In the same annual report, Dr. Daniel Davis is listed as a new member on the teaching staff as Assistant in Obstetrics.
They were married in 1917. In that same year, on 21 May 1917, he registered for the draft in Jamestown, Rhode Island, by mail because they had moved to Baltimore where he was a physician at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
According to his obituary, Daniel served in World War I first in the British Medical Corps and then in the U.S. Army – again, a son and grandson of U.S. Navy Rear Admirals. His interment card lists that he enlisted in the U.S. Army on 20 July 1917 and served for almost two years as a captain in the Medical Corps; Willa enlisted the same day and also served as a captain in the Medical Corps. They were both discharged on 23 April 1919.
According to both the 1920 and 1930 censuses, they had a general practice together. In 1940 Daniel is listed as an obstetrician in private practice. Willa was laboratory director of a hospital.
Daniel died on 17 April 1941 at the age of 54. A death notice in the Baltimore Evening Sun said his death at Georgetown Hospital was sudden. He was buried two days later. Another fact from his obituary was that he was the nephew of the late Senator Henry Cabot Lodge.
by Brian H. Nilsson
In 1908, Daniel was a 22 year old student living in Jamestown, Rhode Island, based on his application that year for a passport. His 1941 obituary states that he graduated from Harvard University. Based on his passport application, Daniel was 5-9, with a broad forehead and oval face, brown eyes, black hair, a straight nose, a pointed chin, and a dark complexion. Two years later, in 1910, Daniel was living in Baltimore where he was in medical school. Three years later he was in the Panama Canal Zone, perhaps on a medical internship. Daniel attended Johns Hopkins University where he met Willa May Fricke, his future wife. She graduated in 1912. Daniel graduated from Johns Hopkins on 8 June 1915, according to an article that published the next day in the Baltimore Sun.
Dr. Willa Fricke worked on the teaching staff at Johns Hopkins after graduation as Assistant in Obstetrics until she resigned during the October 1914-September 1915 Johns Hopkins fiscal year to take a position as Fellow in Bacteriology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She was one of the first women doctors at the Mayo Clinic. In the same annual report, Dr. Daniel Davis is listed as a new member on the teaching staff as Assistant in Obstetrics.
They were married in 1917. In that same year, on 21 May 1917, he registered for the draft in Jamestown, Rhode Island, by mail because they had moved to Baltimore where he was a physician at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
According to his obituary, Daniel served in World War I first in the British Medical Corps and then in the U.S. Army – again, a son and grandson of U.S. Navy Rear Admirals. His interment card lists that he enlisted in the U.S. Army on 20 July 1917 and served for almost two years as a captain in the Medical Corps; Willa enlisted the same day and also served as a captain in the Medical Corps. They were both discharged on 23 April 1919.
According to both the 1920 and 1930 censuses, they had a general practice together. In 1940 Daniel is listed as an obstetrician in private practice. Willa was laboratory director of a hospital.
Daniel died on 17 April 1941 at the age of 54. A death notice in the Baltimore Evening Sun said his death at Georgetown Hospital was sudden. He was buried two days later. Another fact from his obituary was that he was the nephew of the late Senator Henry Cabot Lodge.
by Brian H. Nilsson
Daniel Davis was born on 20 November 1886 in Washington, D.C., son of Charles Henry Davis Jr. (1845-1921) and Louisa Maria Quackenbush (1848-1920). Both Daniel’s father and paternal grandfather served in the U.S. Navy; both men rose to the rank of Rear Admiral and both served as Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Observatory – twice each. Daniel lived at the observatory as a child while his father was superintendent, from 1897 to early 1898 and again later in 1898 until 1902, when his father came back from the Spanish-American War.
In 1908, Daniel was a 22 year old student living in Jamestown, Rhode Island, based on his application that year for a passport. His 1941 obituary states that he graduated from Harvard University. Based on his passport application, Daniel was 5-9, with a broad forehead and oval face, brown eyes, black hair, a straight nose, a pointed chin, and a dark complexion. Two years later, in 1910, Daniel was living in Baltimore where he was in medical school. Three years later he was in the Panama Canal Zone, perhaps on a medical internship. Daniel attended Johns Hopkins University where he met Willa May Fricke, his future wife. She graduated in 1912. Daniel graduated from Johns Hopkins on 8 June 1915, according to an article that published the next day in the Baltimore Sun.
Dr. Willa Fricke worked on the teaching staff at Johns Hopkins after graduation as Assistant in Obstetrics until she resigned during the October 1914-September 1915 Johns Hopkins fiscal year to take a position as Fellow in Bacteriology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She was one of the first women doctors at the Mayo Clinic. In the same annual report, Dr. Daniel Davis is listed as a new member on the teaching staff as Assistant in Obstetrics.
They were married in 1917. In that same year, on 21 May 1917, he registered for the draft in Jamestown, Rhode Island, by mail because they had moved to Baltimore where he was a physician at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
According to his obituary, Daniel served in World War I first in the British Medical Corps and then in the U.S. Army – again, a son and grandson of U.S. Navy Rear Admirals. His interment card lists that he enlisted in the U.S. Army on 20 July 1917 and served for almost two years as a captain in the Medical Corps; Willa enlisted the same day and also served as a captain in the Medical Corps. They were both discharged on 23 April 1919.
According to both the 1920 and 1930 censuses, they had a general practice together. In 1940 Daniel is listed as an obstetrician in private practice. Willa was laboratory director of a hospital.
Daniel died on 17 April 1941 at the age of 54. A death notice in the Baltimore Evening Sun said his death at Georgetown Hospital was sudden. He was buried two days later. Another fact from his obituary was that he was the nephew of the late Senator Henry Cabot Lodge.
by Brian H. Nilsson
In 1908, Daniel was a 22 year old student living in Jamestown, Rhode Island, based on his application that year for a passport. His 1941 obituary states that he graduated from Harvard University. Based on his passport application, Daniel was 5-9, with a broad forehead and oval face, brown eyes, black hair, a straight nose, a pointed chin, and a dark complexion. Two years later, in 1910, Daniel was living in Baltimore where he was in medical school. Three years later he was in the Panama Canal Zone, perhaps on a medical internship. Daniel attended Johns Hopkins University where he met Willa May Fricke, his future wife. She graduated in 1912. Daniel graduated from Johns Hopkins on 8 June 1915, according to an article that published the next day in the Baltimore Sun.
Dr. Willa Fricke worked on the teaching staff at Johns Hopkins after graduation as Assistant in Obstetrics until she resigned during the October 1914-September 1915 Johns Hopkins fiscal year to take a position as Fellow in Bacteriology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She was one of the first women doctors at the Mayo Clinic. In the same annual report, Dr. Daniel Davis is listed as a new member on the teaching staff as Assistant in Obstetrics.
They were married in 1917. In that same year, on 21 May 1917, he registered for the draft in Jamestown, Rhode Island, by mail because they had moved to Baltimore where he was a physician at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
According to his obituary, Daniel served in World War I first in the British Medical Corps and then in the U.S. Army – again, a son and grandson of U.S. Navy Rear Admirals. His interment card lists that he enlisted in the U.S. Army on 20 July 1917 and served for almost two years as a captain in the Medical Corps; Willa enlisted the same day and also served as a captain in the Medical Corps. They were both discharged on 23 April 1919.
According to both the 1920 and 1930 censuses, they had a general practice together. In 1940 Daniel is listed as an obstetrician in private practice. Willa was laboratory director of a hospital.
Daniel died on 17 April 1941 at the age of 54. A death notice in the Baltimore Evening Sun said his death at Georgetown Hospital was sudden. He was buried two days later. Another fact from his obituary was that he was the nephew of the late Senator Henry Cabot Lodge.
by Brian H. Nilsson
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Daniel Davis, Captain, Medical Corps, World War I, April 17, 1941
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World War I
April 17, 1941
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