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Miles Dewey Davis Jr. - Wikipedia

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Miles Dewey Davis Jr. (March 1, 1898^[1] – May 21, 1962^[2]) was an American dentist and father of jazz trumpeter Miles Davis.

Biography

Davis was born on March 1, 1898, in Noble Lake, Arkansas. He was a son of Miles Dewey Davis Sr. and Mary (Luster) Davis. He was educated at the Arkansas State Normal School (now University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff) in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and received his Bachelor of Science degree at Arkansas Baptist College in Little Rock in 1919. His studies continued at Lincoln University in Chester County, Pennsylvania. In 1924, Davis graduated from Northwestern University Dental School in Chicago, Illinois and began his practice the same year. He was a member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity and the National Medical Association.^[1]

On June 16, 1924, he married Cloots Mae (or Cleota) Henry. This union produced three children:^[1]

Dorothy Mae Davis (Mrs. Vincent Wilburn^[3]), born May 10, 1925^[1]^[4] – July 5, 1996^[4]
Miles Dewey Davis III, May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991^[1]
Vernon Napoleon Davis, November 3, 1929^[1]^[5] – December 15, 1999^[5]

Davis moved the family to Alton, Illinois and then to East St. Louis, Illinois, where he served as State Educational Director of the Elks Club. Very active socially and politically, he was also a member of the Prince Hall Freemasonry, Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia, American Woodsmen, and the N.A.A.C.P.^[1]

At one time, Davis made an unsuccessful bid for a seat on the Illinois State Legislature.

Later years

In 1946, after his first marriage ended, Davis married his second wife, Josephine, who was an assistant principal. This union produced a son, Joseph, who was born in 1959.^[3]

In the late 1940s, Davis purchased a 160-acre (65 ha) estate in Millstadt, Illinois. He began raising imported Landrace hogs, the first African American to do so. Although he began breeding hogs as a hobby, he would raise over 300 on his estate at a time. He would sell between $14,000 and $21,000 worth of swine at a single auction. His hogs would also win numerous awards at state fairs in Missouri and Illinois.^[3]

Tennessee A&I (now Tennessee State University) president Walter S. Davis (no relation) initiated a program to encourage farmers to raise the superior quality Landrace hogs. He purchased his stock for the program from Miles Davis, who imported his strain from Sir Winston Churchill's farm in England.^[6]

In 1962, Davis died in St. Louis of pneumonia following a stroke.^[2]

References

Yenser, Thomas (editor), Who's Who in Colored America: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Persons of African Descent in America, Who's Who in Colored America, Brooklyn, New York, 1930-1931-1932 (Third Edition)

1910 (Thirteenth Census of US)Richland (NE of St Louis) dated 4-29-1910

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Yenser, Thomas (ed.). Who's Who in Colored America: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Persons of African Descent in America (Third ed.). Brooklyn, New York: Who's Who in Colored America.
^ ^a ^b Johnson, John H., ed. (June 7, 1962). "Jazzman Miles Davis's father dies in St. Louis". Jet. 22 (7). Chicago, Illinois: Johnson Publishing Company, Inc.: 26.
^ ^a ^b ^c Johnson, John H., ed. (November 1959). "Landrace hog breeder:Illinois doctor imports special breeding stock from Europe". Ebony. 15 (1). Chicago, Illinois: Johnson Publishing Company, Inc.: 75–79.
^ ^a ^b "Social Security Death Index [database on-line]". United States: The Generations Network. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
^ ^a ^b "Social Security Death Index [database on-line]". United States: The Generations Network. Retrieved 2009-04-30.
^ Johnson, John H., ed. (April 12, 1962). "College president launches landrace hog project". Jet. 21 (25). Chicago, Illinois: Johnson Publishing Company, Inc.: 50.

Miles Davis

Discography

Studio albums

Prestige era	The New Sounds Young Man with a Horn Blue Period The Compositions of Al Cohn Miles Davis, Volume 2 Miles Davis, Volume 3 Miles Davis Quartet Miles Davis All Star Sextet Miles Davis Quintet Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins Miles Davis All Stars, Volume 1 Miles Davis All Stars, Volume 2 The Musings of Miles Blue Moods Dig Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet Quintet/Sextet Collectors' Items Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet Bags' Groove Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
Columbia era	'Round About Midnight Miles Ahead Milestones Porgy and Bess Kind of Blue Jazz Track Sketches of Spain Someday My Prince Will Come Seven Steps to Heaven Quiet Nights E.S.P. Miles Smiles Sorcerer Nefertiti Miles in the Sky Filles de Kilimanjaro In a Silent Way Bitches Brew Jack Johnson Live-Evil On the Corner The Man with the Horn Star People Decoy You're Under Arrest Aura
Warner Bros. era	Tutu Amandla Doo-Bop Rubberband
Soundtracks	Ascenseur pour l'échafaud Jack Johnson Music from Siesta The Hot Spot Dingo

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Miles Dewey Davis Jr. (father)
Miles Davis Quintet
Miles: The Autobiography
Miles! The Definitive Miles Davis at Montreux DVD Collection
That's What Happened: Live in Germany 1987
Live in Munich (1988)
Miles from India
A Different Kind of Blue (2004 documentary)
Miles Ahead (2015 movie)

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