The Davises and Roots
- Daniel Davis (1768–1847), Connecticut State Representative 1811–1812. Uncle of Noah Davis.
- Noah Davis (1818–1902), Justice of the New York Supreme Court 1857–1868 1873–1887, delegate to the Republican National Convention 1860, U.S. Representative from New York 1869–1870, U.S. Attorney in New York 1870–1872. Nephew of Daniel Davis.
- Joseph P. Root (1826–1885), Connecticut State Representative 1855, Kansas Territory Councilman 1857, Lieutenant Governor of Kansas 1861–1863, U.S. Minister to Chile 1870–1873, delegate to the Republican National Convention 1884. First cousin once removed of Daniel Davis.
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Famous quotes containing the word roots:
“If church prelates, past or present, had even an inkling of physiology they’d realise that what they term this inner ugliness creates and nourishes the hearing ear, the seeing eye, the active mind, and energetic body of man and woman, in the same way that dirt and dung at the roots give the plant its delicate leaves and the full-blown rose.”
—Sean O’Casey (1884–1964)