Sunset Hill
The Home of Gen. Reuben Davis
The Home of Gen. Reuben Davis
Aberdeen, Mississippi
"All my own desires pointed even then to the law, but my father
held stubbornly to his peculiar theories on that subject. It was
very clear to him, he said, that lawyers were wholly given up to
the Devil even in this world, and that it was impossible for any
one of them ever to enter the kingdom of heaven. That being the
case, he could not, in conscience, allow a son of his to enter
the ranks of a profession foredoomed to everlasting burnings." Sons of Confederate Veterans United Daughters of the Confederacy
"All my own desires pointed even then to the law, but my father
held stubbornly to his peculiar theories on that subject. It was
very clear to him, he said, that lawyers were wholly given up to
the Devil even in this world, and that it was impossible for any
one of them ever to enter the kingdom of heaven. That being the
case, he could not, in conscience, allow a son of his to enter
the ranks of a profession foredoomed to everlasting burnings." Sons of Confederate Veterans United Daughters of the Confederacy
General Reuben Davis(C.S.A.) was a U.S. and Confederate Congressman, a judge, a Col. in the Mexican War, a lawyer, and an author.
He is the great, great, great uncle of Mary Williams. John Williams great great grandfather William Hollingsworth, and great, great uncles Everett and Wright(Sgt) Coker (Company A, 59 Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry) fought at Gettysburg. Everett died from wounds at Gettysburg, PA July 2, 1863. |
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