Davis Elkins
Davis Elkins | |
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Nathan Goff, Jr. | |
| Succeeded by | Guy D. Goff |
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| Born | January 24, 1876 Washington, D.C. |
| Died | January 5, 1959 (aged 82) Richmond, Virginia |
| Political party | Republican |
Davis Elkins (January 24, 1876 – January 5, 1959) was a
Biography
Born in Washington, D.C., he attended the Lawrenceville School, Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts and Harvard University. During the Spanish–American War he enlisted as a private in the First West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, becoming assistant adjutant general in 1898.
Elkins was an
From 1936 to 1956 he was owner of the Washington and Old Dominion Railroad Company. Davis Elkins died in Richmond, Virginia in 1959; interment was in Maplewood Cemetery, Elkins, West Virginia.
Davis Elkins' father, Stephen B. Elkins, and his grandfather, Henry Gassaway Davis, were both U.S. senators from West Virginia. He was married to Mary Reagan Elkins and had 3 children. His sister Katherine Hallie "Kitty" Elkins (Jan. 14, 1886 – Sept. 3, 1936) was engaged for some time to Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi (1873–1933), a cousin of the king of Italy.
See also
References
- United States Congress. "Davis Elkins (id: E000109)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-04-04
External links
Media related to Davis Elkins at Wikimedia Commons
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