DAVIS, Albert John^[1]

1866 - 1939  (72 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	DAVIS, Albert John
  Birth	14 Oct 1866	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Christening	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
  Gender	Male
  WAC	19 Sep 1888	LOGAN
  _TAG	Reviewed on FS
  Death	9 Jul 1939	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Burial	12 Jul 1939	City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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  Person ID	I47251	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
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  Family	FORSYTHE, Margaret Diana ,   b. 14 Mar 1869, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland Glasgow, Lanark, Scotlandd. 15 Nov 1949, Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States (Age 80 years)
  Children	+ 1. DAVIS, Liliu ,   b. 11 Dec 1892, Laie, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States Laie, Honolulu, Hawaii, United Statesd. 17 May 1984, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 91 years)
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  KAWIKA - HAWAIIAN NAME Pronounced "ka-VEE-ka". Hawaiian form of David, the Biblical name meaning "Beloved." A man who is intelligent, kind, and respectful, especially toward women, which can be mistaken for weakness but he is in fact the go-to guy for strength and stability. Extremely empathic and perceptive and can be misunderstood at times. Musically gifted both instrumentally and vocally. Kawikas are usually higher-voiced classically trained males that enjoy playing lower voiced instruments. Extroverted, goofy, noisy, loves to laugh, optimistic, people-person, devoted, sensitive, respectful, admits mistakes, giving and selfless, not afraid to show humility, extremely intelligent, busy body, spacey, and fidgety. A man with this name is exotic, from the South Pacific islands, namely Hawaii. His smile is unique and his eyes are like nothing anyone has ever seen. Ethereal and deep, his eyes set him apart, often deep brown or forest green. He may not be a tall person, but his magnetic personality makes the women flock to him in droves. But he is loyal. If he has a prospective girlfriend in mind, or has one already, he is loyal to her and no one else. Kawikas aren't cheaters and they love showering their special someone in gifts, often not asking or expecting anything in return. -- Source: URBAN Dictionary -- Editors' Note: The photo was taken at the Furnandey home in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1905, when Albert John Davis was on his second mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The mission was based in Laie, Oahu, Hawaii. Apparently, the name KAWAKI was given to him by someone who knew him while there. - PDP An autobiography of Albert John Davis (1866-1839), by his daughter, Liliu Davis Peery, with the kind assistance of her sisters, Vera Davis Sederholm and Edna D Davis Hollingworth. Salt Lake City, Utah ALBERT J. DAVIS Albert John Davis was born in the old 17th Ward on October 14, 1866. He was the son of Albert Westley Davis and Melissa Jane Lambson Davis. His grandparents were Nathan and Sarah Woolley Davis and Alfred Boaz and Melissa Jane Bigler Lambson. His mother and her parents were pioneers of 1847. Bert, as he was called, was the oldest of his mother's nine children -- Albert John, Melissa Elvira (Mrs. D. Porter Callister), Edna May (died in 1919), Nettie Maria (Mrs.Robert H. Bradford), Westley Lambson (died in infancy), George A. (died in 1939), Sarah Woolley (Mrs. Wilford Whittaker), Helen, and Ethel (Mrs. R. Verne Huffaker (died 1937). When 2 years of age, Bert accompanied his parents to the Muddy where they were called to help colonize that country. They suffered from chills and fever and Bertie, as he was affectionately called, developed an abcess in his side. He suffered greatly from this and he became very thin and weak. His father lanced the abcess with an ordinary pocket knife and he then started to gain in health and was seen well again. He attended school in the old 17th Ward Hall in Salt Lake and the University of Deseret, which is now the University of Utah. Three teachers made a great impression upon his life. They were: Augusta Winters Grant, wife of Heber J.Grant, John M. Young and Dr. John R. Park. Sister Grant came into his life at that period of life which is trying to most boys and was a great influence for good upon him and he never forgot her and her many kindnesses and she never forgot him. In May 8, 1936, he wrote a paper telling of his experience with Sister Grant and of the influence she had upon his life. He received a patriarchal blessing from John Smith and when he died every promise in the blessing had been fulfilled. At one time he and George Albert Smith had accompanied their fathers and some of the other brethren into the Bear River country and father and George Albert decided to go swimming. The Bear River was a rather treacherous river and while trying to rescue a young boy who was drowning, father was almost drowned himself. He struggled for some time and everything finally seemed peaceful and he felt that he was dying, when he thought of his mother and how she would feel if he were brought home dead, so he made one more struggle and was successful in saving himself. He often mentioned this event and said it was the love he had for his mother that really saved his life. When but a very young man he was called upon by the brethren, particularly his uncle, Joseph F. Smith, to assist in making get-aways during the persecution of the polygamists. He was with the family of one of President Smith's polygamous wives so much that he was mistaken to be a son. He had the confidence of the brethren and was entrusted with strictly confidential matters and never once did he break the confidence placed in him. It might not be out of place to copy some advice which he received from Joseph F. Smith at one time while President Smith was away in hiding. [Albert was 17.] "I want you to listen to my counsel and I will guarantee you prosperity and honor, and yet I will tell you nothing new, nor attempt originality altho' I will quote no man. 1. Love and trust in God, the Creator of all things, with all your heart. 2. Love and honor your parents and do all you can to make them happy. 3. Be very kind to your brothers and sisters. 4. Respect your neighbors. 5. Be generous and forgiving even to your enemies. 6. Be liberal to the poor. 7. Be considerate of the aged and the infirm. 8. Never affect to be whatever you are not, or to do what you cannot. Be real and act natural. 9. Make no promises you cannot keep, and when you make a promise keep it. 10. Weigh your thoughts, think before you speak, say only the truth, speak not without meaning, and your words will be as good as your bond. 11. Avoid quarrels and shun quarrelsome people; be a peacemaker. 12. Live within your means. 13. Drink no intoxicating liquors, never gamble or bet, nor risk anything to chance. 14. Never swear, truth will stand by itself; never attempt to bolster it by an oath. One who swears needs a witness who does not prove his veracity. "Observe these few things with all else of good you can learn and you will be loved of God and honored of men. Your affectionate uncle." On September 19, 1888 he married Margaret Diana Forsythe in the Logan Temple. To this union were born five children, Vera (Mrs. J. Carlos Sederholm), Liliu (Mrs. Joseph S. Peery), Irene, Edna D (Mrs. Benjamin H. Hollingworth, Jr.) and Albert Wesley, Jr. It was a terrible blow to the family when Irene was stricken with spinal meningitis and died in March of 1907 [at 11]. February 27, 1891 he and his wife and daughter, Vera, left for a three year mission to the Hawaiian Islands. Much of his time was spent in Laie where his wife helped with the plantation there. They lived at the mission home. It was during this time that their second daughter, Liliu, was born. He visited most of the Islands and spent time with the lepers on Molokii. While in the Hawaiian Islands bananas could be purchased for 25 cents a bunch and the elders would go into the gulleys back of the mission home and gather oranges in large sacks and bring them to the home where they were divided equally among men, women and children, also babies, so the didn't lack for oranges to eat. The next few years were spent earning a living and working in the Church. Nothing was allowed to interfere with Church work and he was what might be called a minute man and ready to do anything for the Church at any time. He was set apart as one of the presidents of the 109th Quorum of Seventy and on the 8th of December 1903, he left as a representative of his quorum for his second mission to the Islands. Because his wife had contracted asthma during their first mission to the Islands, it was not felt wise for her to return so the family was left at home. Naturally they missed their father very much but were tenderly assisted by Grandpa and Grandma Davis and their family who did all they could to make them happy and comfortable. This mission was interrupted after slightly more than a year of service to return home and act as first counselor to his brother-in-law, Robert H. Bradford, who had been ordained an set apart as bishop of Center Ward. In the year 1916 he was ordained and set apart as bishop of Center Ward in which capacity he served until 1922. At this writing, June 1954, Albert J. Davis, has 12 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He was a great lover of the outdoors and enjoyed fishing and camping out. His children will never forget the many camping out trips we enjoyed with our parents and our uncles and aunts. Our home for many years was at 803 North Redwood Road and the later years of father's and mother's lives were spent at 1185 East 13th South which they built in 1924. Father loved to sing and mingle with young people. Many parties were held at the home on Redwood Road and father was always right in the middle of the fun and we enjoyed him being with us. Hawaiian music was always a favorite and two or three days before his death he sang, with mother filling in words here and there, one of his favorite Hawaiian songs. Among his choice friends were numbered members of the General Authorities, outstanding of whom were, Joseph F. Smith, George Albert Smith, Joseph Fielding Smith, Charles W. Penrose, Heber J. Grant and Charles A. Callis. One of the highlights of his later life was the reception given by his four living children on the 50th anniversary of his marriage to Margaret Forsythe. No parents were more solicitous of the welfare of their children than this couple and their children look back with pleasure to their family association and the love and affection of two such wonderful parents. After a very eventful life, Albert John Davis passed away at his home,1185 East 13th South, early Sunday morning, July 9, 1939. His wife followed him in death just ten years later, November 15, 1949, and both are buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery.

  
  

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