Edward Davies (1827–December 8, 1905) was an American minister, author, and publisher of the Welsh Congregational magazine, the ''Cenhadwr''. He was a pastor of Congregational, Peniel, and Bethel churches in the state of New York.

Early life

His parents from

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were William and Catherine Davies. They emigrated from Wales and to the United States and settled in the state of

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. They first lived in

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, where Davies was born in 1827. He was the fourth of five children. Two years later, they moved to Bethel, the wilderness area of northern Remsen in

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Career

Pastor

Davies studied for the ministry at the Whitestown Seminary and then with Morris Roberts (1799–1878) for the ministry. He began to preach in 1848. In 1853, he was ordained. His first appointment as pastor was in Waterville at the Welsh Congregational Church, where he served for seventeen years. Continuing to live in Waterville, he ministered at the Deansboro and the Oriskany Falls' English Congregational churches. In 1882, Davies moved to Remsen and was then pastor of Peniel and Bethel churches for two years. Becoming a pastor of what became a Bethel church at

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and then made his final move to Waterville, where he was a minister in 1898. He visited Welsh communities throughout the United States and in 1868 visited and preached in Wales for three months. He traveled there with Morris Roberts.

Writer and publisher

Among his published writings were ''Grawnwin Aeddfed'', published in 1867 and ''Cofiant … Morris Roberts'', which was published in 1879. He moved to Remsen where he published the Welsh Congregational magazine, the ''Cenhadwr'', that he purchased in 1882. It was published from Waterville from 1898 until 1901, when it ceased publication. He wrote the biographies, ''The Life of Morris Roberts'' and ''The Life of Llewellyn D. Howell''. He visited Welsh communities throughout the United States and in 1868 visited and preached in Wales for three months. He traveled there with Morris Roberts.

Personal life

He married in 1849, with whom they had two daughters and a son. He was a

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. He visited Welsh communities throughout the United States and in 1868 visited and preached in Wales for three months. He traveled there with Morris Roberts. In his later years, Davies had been in poor health and then contracted a case of

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for which he continued to have complications. He died on December 8, 1905.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Davies, Edward 1827 births 1905 deaths Welsh Congregationalist ministers 19th-century American clergy 20th-century American clergy 19th-century American writers 20th-century American writers American people of Welsh descent