He was an ardent yachtsman and a member of the Indian Harbor Yacht Club, the New York Yacht Club, the Seawanhaka and Atlantic clubs, the Downtown Association, Greenwich Country Club and the Century Club. He married, first, Amelia Louise, daughter of A. Foster Higgins and Sarah Cornell, and had three children, Sarah Barrett Roberts, Foster Higgins Barrett, and Alice Barrett Grant; second, January 28th, 1891, Nellie Redington Adams and had three children, Helen Adams Barrett, wife of Francis R. V. Lynch; John David Barrett, Jr., and Clarence Redington Barrett. Mr. Barrett died October 20th, 1920. He was a man of high ideals, spotless integrity and whose greatest devotion was centered in his home. His rare traits of character, his undaunted courage, his forward-looking aspirations, his absolute unselfishness, his personal charm and his ever ready response to all calls upon him was an inspiration to all who labored with him. Samuel Davis Page AMUEL DAVIS PAGE was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 22nd, 1840; son of Dr. William Byrd Page, an eminent physician and a professor in the Jefferson Medical College and St. Joseph's Hospital, and Celestine Anna Davis. He was descended from Francis Page, of the Parish of Bedfont, County of Middlesex, England, whose son, Colonel John Page, came to America in 1650, and became a member of their Majesties' Council in Virginia. Honorable Colonel Matthew Page, son of John, was one of Her Majesty Queen Anne's Council in the Colony in Virginia, and one of the members of the original Board of Trustees for the College of William and Mary. His son, Honorable Mann Page, was a member of His Majesty's Council in Virginia during the latter part of the reign of George I. and early part of the reign of George II. He married first Judith, daughter of Honorable Ralphe Wormeley, Secretary of the Colony of Virginia; second, Judith, daughter of Honorable Robert, spoken of as "King Carter," President of the Colony of Virginia. His son Robert Page married Sarah Walker, and their son, John Page, was a member of the Colonial Council and of the last Virginia Council of his Majesty George III. He married Maria, daughter of William and Maria Willing Byrd, of Westover, on the James River. Maria Page was grandmother of Governor Thomas Mann Randolph. William Byrd Page, son of John Page, born in 1790, moved to Paebrook, Clarke County, Virginia, married Evelyn Byrd Nelson, daughter of Judge William Nelson, son of Governor William Nelson, of Yorktown, Virginia, and their son William Byrd Page, born in 1918, came to Philadelphia as a Jefferson medical student. S. Davis Page, on his maternal side was descended from Roger Williams, founder and president of Rhode Island, 1654-1657, Deputy-Governor John Greene, 1690-1700, William Almy, Governor Caleb Carr, 1695, and John Sayles of the same Colony, and Edmund Freeman, Edward Perry, and Deputy-Governor of Pennsylvania. Edward Shippen, 1703, Dolar Davis and Clement Grosse of Massachusetts; on his paternal side, Robert Carter, Acting-Governor of Virginia, 1726, William Nelson, Governor of Virginia, 1770. His grandmother Maria Vidal was the daughter of the Spanish Commandant General Vidal of Louisiana. Samuel Davis Page was educated in the Gregory Latin School and in Dr. Williams' Classical School, and after the schools of Philadelphia he entered Yale University, graduating with A. B. and Phi Beta Kappa in 1859. He was physically athletic and had the wholesome thinking that comes with that development. During his Yale career he was commodore of the Yale "navy" and trained the first Yale crew that ever defeated Harvard. He studied law in the office of Hon. Peter McCall, and continued it at Harvard, and was admitted to the Philadelphia Bar in December, 1864. He engaged in the practice of his profession, and secured and maintained therein a prominent position, and the high esteem of Bench and Bar. He was a member of the law firm of Page, Allinson and Penrose, composed of S. Davis Page, E. P. Allinson, Senator Bois Penrose and Howard W. Page. In 1907 |