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HISTORY OF NOVA SCOTIA
Vol III, 1916
A.W. Bowen & Co. Halifax
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Biographical Sketches
of Representative Citizens
and Genealogical Records of the Old Families |
J. Alder DAVIS
For a number of decades the name of J. Alder DAVIS has been prominent not only in the legal profession at Amherst, Nova Scotia, but as manager of electrical and other business enterprises. He is a man of many-sided attainments, and he has not drunk exclusively from the legal fountains. He is a close student of authorship, outside of his profession, and enjoys his own choice and methods of mental and physical recreation. But if he imbibes of the purities of classic literature, electrical science or other equally interesting fields, he easily finds his way back to his books, his library or legal lore and his old professional associates.
Mr. DAVIS was born at Leicester, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, February 5, 1849. He is a son of John and Tryphena (BOSS) DAVIS. The father was born in Prince Edward Island in 1812, and the mother was born in Athol, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, in 1815. Through their industry and preseverance these parents established a comfortable home in Cumberland County where they are well and favorably known in the vicinity of Leicester.
J. Alder DAVIS grew to manhood in his native county and there received his early education in common schools, later attending Mount Allison University, where he excelled in mathematics. He studied law and in due course of time was admitted to the bar, and has long been one of the successful and well known lawyers in the northern part of the Province. He has for a number of years held the position of stipendiary magistrate for the County of Cumberland. He received the degree of Bachelor of Arts from the above named university.
Mr. DAVIS was married on October 24, 1885, to Rebecca J. LOGAN, a daughter of John and Antoinette (FILLMORE) LOGAN, of Amherst. This union has been without issue.
Politically, Mr. DAVIS is a Conservative. Religiously, he is a Methodist; and fraternally, belongs to the Masonic Order. He is also a member of the Canadian Club and the Board of Trade at Amherst. He has long been one of the boosters of his home town.