DAVIS, Charles (1815-1884) and Harriet (1818-after 1884)

Church members and farmers from Woodstock, Maine, later Paris, Maine. Charles, probably with his wife, joined the Millerite movement in 1842 and by January 1846 had begun to keep the Sabbath. His name appeared on Maine Conference committees in the 1860s, and there is mention of meetings being held at his home. Ellen and James White visited the Davises’ home in 1851 and found them “strong in all the present truth.”1EGWLM 820.2

See: Obituary, “Charles Davis,” Review, June 17, 1884, p. 399; William B. Lapham, History of Woodstock, Me., With Family Sketches and an Appendix (Portland: Stephen Berry, 1882), p. 242; search term “Davis” in Review and Herald online collection, www.adventistarchives.org; 1850 U.S. Federal Census, “Charles Davis,” Maine, Oxford County, Woodstock, p. 204; 1880 U.S. Federal Census, “Charles Davis,” Maine, Oxford County, Paris, p. 17; Ellen G. White, Lt 10, 1851 (May 18, 19).1EGWLM 820.3