Chittenden

DAVISON, William A.

Encyclopedia Vermont Biography: A Series of Authentic Biographical Sketches 
of the Representative Men of Vermont and Sons of Vermont in Other States. 
Dodge. Burlington: Ullery Publishing Company, 1912, p 167

William A. DAVISON, clergyman, Burlington [Chittenden County, Vermont], was 
born 15 September 1866 in Ireland, son of William and Elizabeth (CLARK) 
DAVISON. Educated in Worchester Academy, Brown University, and graduated 
from Colgate Divinity School in 1896. Received the degree of Doctor of 
Divinity from Middlebury College in 1905. Ordained into the Baptist ministry 
in 1893. Was pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Utica [Oneida County], New 
York, from 1893 to 1896; pastor of the First Baptist Church, Montpelier 
[Washington County], Vermont, from 1896 to 1899, and has been state secretary 
and superintendent of missions for the Vermont Baptist State Convention since 
1899. Under his management the amount expended yearly for missionary work in 
the state has increased since 1899 from $4,000 to $16,000, and the permanent 
fund from $24,000 to $214,000. In 1902 Mr. [William A. DAVISON] DAVISON 
married [Miss?] Gertrude M. JOHNSON of Burlington; they have two children: 
Winifred Esther and Eleanor Mae.

[A section on the history of Peru, Bennington County in Vermont Historical 
Magazine, No XI, October 1867, page 211, notes the following about a John 
DAVISON: "Deacon John DAVISON died in 1858, aged eighty-six years and eight 
months. He rode two miles to church, on horseback, until within a month or 
two before his death. He was a earnest, energetic Christian." Unknown to 
submitter, who is not researching this surname, if or how John and William A. 
may have been related.]

Submitted by Cathy Kubly