Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 April 1910 — “Billy" Davenport's Father a Minister For a Half Century. [ARTICLE]

“Billy" Davenport's Father a Minister For a Half Century.

William A. Davenport, assistant postmaster in Rensselaer, received a clipping from the Elizabeth, Ky., Times a few days ago, showing that the 70th anniversary of his father’s birth and the coincident 60th anniversary of his ministry in the Methodist church, which occurred on April 17th, was the occasion for an informal reception at the Davenport home. The Times published a picture of the venerable gentleman, together with a review of his ministerial life, which began on his 20th birthday. The article closes with the paragraph: “A fact to which Rev. Davenport points with pride is that he lWed for .'several years in the log cabin in Larue county in which Abraham Lincoln was born.”