Lawyer
Centurion, 1892–1900
Born 21 May 1824 in Saratoga Springs, New York
Died 19 January 1900 in Augusta, Georgia
Buried Woodlawn Cemetery
, Bronx, New York
Proposed by Stephen P. Nash and Silas B. Brownell
Elected 5 November 1892 at age sixty-eight
Century Memorial
Charles A. Davison was well and honorably known to the older generation of lawyers as a distinguished member of the bar, and partner in the firm of Burrill, Davison & Burrill, for many years one of the most prominent in this city.
He was a graduate of Williams College in the class of 1845, and spent the whole of his professional life in this city, actively engaged in a large practice, and distinguished for his sagacity, ability and perfect integrity through his whole career.
He was a trustee in the Greenwich Savings Bank, a member of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Historical, Geographical and Natural History societies, and notable as a good public-spirited citizen. In 1881 he retired from active professional life, since which time he has lived in a retirement enforced by ill health; but to all who knew him he has left the memory of an honorable lawyer and a high-minded gentleman.
Henry E. Howland
1901 Century Association Yearbook