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| Rev. Robert Macklin Davis |
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History of White County, Illinois
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ev. Robert Macklin Davis, son of Rev. William and Polly Davis, was born in White County, Ill., Mary 5, 1824. His parents were natives of North Carolina and Tennessee, of English descent, and came to Illinois in 1811. Both his grandfathers were in the Revolutionary War, and both were wounded. His father died when he was thirteen years old. He was obliged to work hard on the farm, and his education was mostly obtained by home study. He became a candidate for the ministry Oct. 29, 1843. He was licensed to preach on probation Sept. 28, 1844; ordained to the whole work of the ministry March 31 1849. He was married Feb. 27, 1844, to Mary Sharp. After his marriage and admission to the ministry he availed himself of the opportunity of attending school two winters. He preached at several places in the bounds of the Ewing Presbytery, and received a great many members into the church at Eagle Creek, Equality, Galatia, McLeansboro, New Haven and other places.
He organized the Palestine church near his own residence in 1852, and has been its only pastor. He took charge of the village church in 1851, and preached there twenty-six years. He took charge of the Union Ridge church in 1855 and has continued as its pastor without intermission to the present time. He organized a church in New Haven I 1868, and one at Oak Grove in 1860, both off-shoots of the Union Ridge church. He organized the church at McLeansboro, assisted by Rev. J. M. Miller, and took charge of it in 1876, and is still its pastor. He has had charge of the Norris City church since 1879. He has never had less than four churches under his supervision, and has taken about 1,500 members into the church.
Mr. and Mrs. Davis have four children - Prof. William Isaac Davis graduated at Lincoln in the classical course, and has been President of Hamilton College, and Principal at Mt. Vernon ten years, and is now teaching in Bryant, Iowa; M. M. and S. M. are in the dry-goods business in Omaha, the firm name being R. M. Davis & Sons; Jennie has attended Hamilton College, and is now attending school in Omaha and teaching music. Mr. Davis has been very successful in temporal affairs. He began on a farm in 1844 with nearly nothing, and now has 270 acres of fine farming land and also considerable town property. He is worth about $10,000. His first public speech was on temperance. He has never tasted liquor as a beverage. His wife has always been a helpmate to him, both in temporal and spiritual affairs.
Submitted by Linda Roberts
[Author unknown] 1883. History of White County, Illinois. 962-963.
Note: Although this biography is from the History of White County, it is from the section on New Haven Township, across the county line to the south in Gallatin County.
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