First Generation 1. Wendell DAVIS. Wendell DAVIS and Caroline SMITH were married on 1 Sep 1802 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Wendell DAVIS and Caroline SMITH had the following children: +2 i. George Thomas DAVIS (born on 12 Jan 1810). 3 ii. Wendell Thornton DAVIS died on 3 Dec 1876 in Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts. The Rich Men of Massachusetts, by A. Forbes and J. W. Green, Published by W. V. Spencer, 16 State Street, Boston, Mass., 1851. p. 154. Davis, Wendell T. Greenfield, Mass. $50,000 History of Greenfield - Shire Town of Franklin County, Mass., by Francis M. Thompson, Volumes 2, Greenfield, Mass. 1904. p. 814. Brother of George T., graduated at Harvard in 1838, studied at the Cambridge law school and was admitted to the bar in 1841. For seven years he was the junior of the celebrated law firm of Davis, Devens & Davis. He was not enamoured with the law, and became largely interested in real estate operations, to the care of which he gave the most of his time. He became in 1844 the clerk and treasurer of the upper locks and canal at Montague, which became the Turners Falls Company, and to him, more than any other belongs the credit of the building up of that busy place. Mr. Davise held many public offices, the duties of which he fulfilled faithfully and well, and to the satisfaction of the public. He was twice a member of the legislature, many years selectman, a trail justice for a long time, and register in bankruptcy under the United States government for several years. He was passionately fond of music and for a long time director of the choir in the Unitarian church. ! During his active practice in the courts, he had a partner, at one time, Austin DeWolf, and afterward Franklin G. Fessenden. Second Generation 2. George Thomas DAVIS (Wendell-1) was born on 12 Jan 1810 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Marriage intention was recorded on 29 Aug 1834 in Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts He died on 17 Jun 1877 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine. He was buried in Green River Cemetery, Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts. The Rich Men of Massachusetts, by A. Forbes and J. W. Green, Published by W. V. Spencer, 16 State Street, Boston, Mass., 1851. p. 154. Davis, George T. Greenfield, Mass. $50,000 Parlty inherited, and partly by marriage. Lawyer, and among the first at the Franklin bar. Has been Member of the Massachusetts Senate - now Member of Congress. He is distinguished for his excellent social qualities and active benevolence. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. 1774 - 1989. Bicentennial Edition. Compiled by The Congress of The United States. Government Printing Office, United States. 1989. p. 877 Davis, George Thomas, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Sandwich, Mass., January 12, 1810; was graduated from Harvard University in 1829; studied law at Cambridge and Greenfield, Mass; was admitted to the bar in 1832 and commenced practice in Greenfield, Franklin County; established the Franklin Mercury in 1833; member of the State senate in 1839 and 1840; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851 - March 1853); was not a candidate for renomination in 1852; resumed the practice of law in Taunton and Greenfield, Mass.; member of the State house of representatives in 1861; moved to Portland, Maine, where he died June 17, 1877; interment in Green River Cemetery, Greenfield, Mass. History of Greenfield - Shire Town of Franklin County, Mass., by Francis M. Thompson, Greenfield, Mass. 1904, Volume 2, p. 813. Son of Wendell Davis, Esq., a leading citizen of Sandwich, Mass. He graduated in 1829 from Harvard in a class of which Chief Justice George T. Bigelow, Dr. Oliver Wendell Homes and Reverend James Freeman Clarke were members. He came to Greenfield and entered the office of Wells & Alvord, finding as fellow students, Benjamin R. Curtis and David Aiken. He graduated at the Cambridge law school and practised for a time at Taunton, but returned to Greenfield in 1833. He soon after established the Franklin Mercury, which was conducted with great skill, but his professional duties taking all his attention, he sold the paper to the Gazette in 1837. He was in the Massachusetts Senate and also a member of the House. He represented the old Connecticut river district in the National Congress, where he made a marked impression. George Thomas DAVIS and Harriet T. RUSSELL were married in 1834. Harriet T. RUSSELL died in 1862. Vital Records of Greenfield, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass. 1915. p. 214. of Boston, Mass. George Thomas DAVIS and 2nd Wife were married in 1865 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine.