There is an obit for him in the 1897 issue of The Gospel Messenger, p.627. There is not one for his wife. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Myers" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 6:43 PM Subject: [BRE] Jacob Z. Davis obit (died 28 Oct 1896) >I want to thank the people who weighed in on the issue of Brethren > doctrine and Free Masonry. I was afraid that there wouldn't be a > definitive conclusion to the question and it turns out that I was right. > I do I have a few more arrows in my quiver for establishing the religion > of Jacob Z. Davis. > > I'm curious if anyone on the list has access to an obit for Jacob Z. > Davis, who died 28 Oct 1896 at the Continental Hotel in Philadelphia, PA. > He was in Philadelphia to see to the process that he had started to > build an expansion of the Germantown Church of the Brethren. Because of > this, his death might have been listed in a Brethren magazine purely for > that reason. The writer of the obit might have mentioned whether he was > a member of the church or not. Just an idea. Thanks. > > David Myers