Dr George Augustus Davis
(1858-1948)

Died aged c. 90

Dr. George Augustus Davis, born in 1858 in Fayetteville, Georgia, attended Middle Georgia College and the Atlanta Medical College, graduating from the latter in 1890. He practiced in Atlanta until 1894 when he developed tuberculosis and relocated to DeLand. Dr. Davis served as city and county health officer, physician for the Florida East Coast and Atlantic Coast Line Railways, and was a charter member of the DeLand Rotary Club. He was president of the DeLand Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Masonic Lodge, the Elks Club, Odd Fellows, Woodmen of the World and the Volusia County Medical Association. Dr. Davis died in 1948.

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