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A clock maker and silver smith, Davis grew up in Newberry County, South Carolina, and appears in the 1850 and 1860 censuses there. By 1870, he and his wife Melinda had moved in with their daughter in Concord, South Carolina, and were living there through at least 1880.
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Tune Title: LIVERPOOLFirst Line: We bring you, Lord, our prayer and praiseComposer: John Barnard (b. 1948); M. C. H. DavisMeter: CMKey: D MajorDate: 2013Source: Adapted from a melody attributed to M.C.H. Davis in The Southern Harmony, 1835
Tune Title: LIVERPOOLFirst Line: O for a closer walk with GodComposer: M. C. H. DavidMeter: CMKey: D MajorDate: 1985Source: American folk hymn; Mercer's Cluster (1823)
Tune Title: LIVERPOOLFirst Line: A long, long way the sea-winds blowComposer: M. C. H. DavisMeter: C.M.Key: C MajorDate: 1993Source: Mercer's Cluster, 1823
Tune Title: LIVERPOOLFirst Line: O God, defender of the poorComposer: John Barnard, 1948-Meter: 8 6 8 6 CMIncipit: 12356 53215 11765Key: D MajorDate: 1997Source: American folk melody
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