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:
“A good word is as a good tree—
its roots are firm,
and its branches are in heaven;
it gives its produce every season
by the leave of its Lord.”
—Qur’An. Abraham 14:29-30, ed. Arthur J. Arberry (1955)