Dr. John Davy Otis

1818 - 1895  (77 years)

• Name	John Davy Otis  [1]
  Prefix	Dr.
  Birth	24 Jan 1818	Pigeon Run, Stark Co., Ohio, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Oct 1895  [1]
  Notes	He was born in a sugar camp and rocked in a sugar trough, those being the times of primitive furniture. At the age of seventeen he began teaching school, having before that time only attended for three months himself. When he was twenty-one, he went, for three years, to the Wadsworth Seminary. In 1841 he began the study of medicine with Dr. John R. Cline of Front Royal, VA and he also studied for about a year with Prof. Ackley of Cleveland. He graduated at Western Reserve College in 1850, but began the practice of medicine in Stark Co. in 1849. In 1862 he went to New Philadelphia, OH where he engaged in a successful practice.
  Person ID	I4749	Rumsey/Ballou Family Tree
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2002

  
  

  Father	Jesse Otis,   b. 11 Aug 1793, Vermont, USA d. 1 May 1856, Dalton, Wayne Co., Ohio, USA (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Charlotte Davy,   b. 21 Sep 1796   d. 19 Sep 1875 (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	17 Apr 1817	Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, USA   [2]
  Family ID	F991	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eliza Ann Welty,   b. 16 Nov 1824, Stark Co., Ohio, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	16 Mar 1843  [1]
  Children	1. Miriam Otis,   b. 25 Jul 1844   d. 24 Aug 1847 (Age 3 years)   2. Samantha Ann Otis,   b. 28 Apr 1846   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Malcom Otis,   b. 20 Aug 1851   d. 24 Jan 1856 (Age 4 years)   4. Mary Ellen Otis,   b. 27 Apr 1856, Navarre, Stark Co., Ohio, USA d. Yes, date unknown   5. Ida C. Otis,   b. 22 Nov 1860, Nova, Ashland Co., Ohio, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1731	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2002

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 24 Jan 1818 - Pigeon Run, Stark Co., Ohio, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S398] William A. Otis, A Memoir of the Otis Family, (no publisher). [S18] Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books (152 Vols.), (Ancestry.com), Vol. 97, p. 137.