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Mr. Davies filled many positions of honor and trust, though always unsought by him: alderman of the ward in which he lived, director and vice-president of the school board, member of the Scott County Board of Supervisors, and for two terms mayor of the city ; formerly a director of the First National Bank, and at his death director in the Davenport National Bank, as also director of the Davenport & St. Paul Railroad Company, of which he was one of the originators, and also one of its unfaltering supporters until it was successfully established. His counsels, financial ability and recognized worth contributed largely to the establishment of the First National ata time when such support was necessary to the success of institutions of that character. In 1868, he was made trustee at large of the Iowa Soldiers' Orphans' Home, was president of the board, and served as a member of the executive committee until his death. He died on the twenty-eighth of March, 1872, surrounded by an unusually large circle of friends and acquaintances.
Mr. Davies was a warm admirer of republican institutions, a temperance man and a Christian, having been a member of the Sons of Temperance and of the Congregational Church. He won honor by resolute fidelity to principle, and patriotism and benevolence were his distinguishing characteristics.
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