Lyman Edwyn Davis

Background

Davis, Lyman Edwyn was born on December 28, 1854 in Perrysburg near Toledo, Ohio, United States. Son of John Wesley and Martha (Powers) Davis.

Education

University of Nebraska, 1872-1873. Bachelor of Arts, Adrian (Michigan) College, 1877, Master of Arts, 1881, Doctor of Laws, 1912. Doctor of Divinity, Kansas City University, 1902.

Career

Ordained ministry Member of Parliament Church, 1877. Pastor, Tarrytown-on-Hudson, New York, 1878, Rockville Center, New York, 1882, Brooklyn, 1887, Middletown, New York, 1890, Albany, 1893, Saratoga, New York, 1895, Grace Church, Pittsburgh, 1896-1913. President General Conference Member of Parliament Church, 1912-1920.

Editor Methodist Recorder, 1913-1929.

Editor Methodist Protestant-Recorder, since 1929. Studied social conditions in London, England., writing for American Syndicates on “Life Studies of London.”.

Achievements

• Lyman Edwyn Davis has been listed as a notable clergyman, editor, author by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member General War Time communications of the Churches and of national commission on army and navy chaplains.

Connections

Married Ella H. Hood, October 23, 1877. Children: Laura (Mistress Frederick Crisp), Marion (Mistress Arthur Hugh Davis).