EMERSON DAVIS.
Born at Ware, Mass., July 15, 1798; graduated at Williams College, 1821; tutor in Williams College, 1821 - 1822; instructor and principal, Westfield Academy, 1822 - 1836; principal of the Westfield Normal School, 1844 - 1846; member of the State Board of Education of Massachusetts, 1837 - 1855; author of "Franklin Intellectual Arithmetic" and "The Teacher taught;" died at Westfield, Mass., June, 1866. |