Daniel R. Davies
Daniel R. Davies is an important figure in Cleveland industrial circles. For about thirty years he has been identified with the Acme Machinery Company, of which he is secretary and treasurer. He has held that office with the company for nearly twenty years and for the past ten years has assumed the major part of the business responsibilities of the company. This is one of Cleveland's notable industries, has a large plant at 4533 St. Claire Avenue, Northeast, and is one of the standard concerns in America manufacturing bolt, nut and special machinery.
Mr. Davies comes of a race of people who from time immemorial have been noted for their skill and efficiency in mechanical lines. He was born in South Wales, at Merthyr Tydfil, on February 16, 1867. However, since he was two years of age he has been an American, his parents having come to this country at that time. Both parents were natives of Wales, and on coming to America lived four years in Cleveland, then moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and also lived at Girard, Ohio. His father was a blacksmith by trade, and was connected with rolling mills at different points in Pennsylvania and Ohio. The family also lived at Canal Dover, Ohio, and from there returned to Cleveland, where the father spent the rest of his days. Daniel R. Davies and his oldest sister, Elizabeth, were both born in Wales, which the other children are natives of America, some of them born in Cleveland, one in Pittsburgh, two in Girard, Ohio, and one in Canal Dover. Mr. Davies' brother David A. is purchasing agent for the Acme Machinery Company. The six sisters are Elizabeth, Margaret A., Rachel, Jennie L., Edith H., and Mabel Grace. Elizabeth is now Mrs. Elizabeth Davies Lewis of Cleveland. She has two sons, the older, Albert Wayne Lewis, being connected with the M. A. Hanna & Company of Cleveland. Her younger son, William G., is with the First Regiment of American Engineers, and has been in France since August 1917. Mrs. Lewis also has two daughters. Mr. Davies' sisters Rachel and Jennie are teachers in the Cleveland public schools, and Margaret and Mabel are also residents of Cleveland. The other sister, Edith, who was formerly a Cleveland teacher, is now Mrs. John Morris of Youngstown, Ohio.
Daniel R. Davies received most of his education in the public schools of Cleveland and since leaving school has followed work along mechanical lines, practically his entire career having been devoted to the Acme Machinery Company. He is also a director of the State Banking & Trust company of Cleveland, and a director of the Welker Supply Company.
He is one of the prominent Masons of Cleveland, active both in the York and Scottish Rite. He is an honorary member and past master of Cleveland City Lodge No. 15, Ancient Free & Accepted Masons, and gave up his membership in that lodge to organize and install Glenville Lodge No. 618, Ancient Free & Accepted Masons, which he served as master for two years. In appreciation of his serviced the Glenville lodge presented him with a beautifully engraved gold watch. He also demitted from Cleveland Chapter to become a charter member of Glenville Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. He has membership in Oriental Commandery, Knights Templar, Lake Erie Consistory of the Scottish Rite and Al Koran Temple of the Mystic Shrine. Since the age of twenty-one he has been identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and has social membership in the Cleveland Athletic Club, Willowick Country Club and belongs to the Credit Men's Association and the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Davies is a very active outdoor man, found of sports, including both golf and baseball, and for years has made a close study of Masonry in all its branches.
February 28, 1894, he married Miss Elizabeth Donald Paton, who was born and educated in Cleveland, daughter of Robert W. Paton, the story of whose long and interesting career is told on other pages. Mr. and Mrs. Davies have two children, Marie Loveday and Catherine Paton. The former graduated from the Laurel private school for girls at Cleveland in 1914 and is a member of the class of 1918 at Vassar College. The younger daughter is now a member of the junior class of Laurel School. Both daughters were born in Cleveland. The Davies family have a pleasant home on East One Hundred and Eighth Street. Mr. Davies is president of the Glenville Masonic Temple Company, Incorporated, and this company is now planning under his direction the construction of a new temple for Glenville.
From Cleveland - Special Limited Edition, The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago & New York, 1918 v.1