DAVIES
,
EVAN
(
1842
-
1919
),
Calvinistic Methodist minister, and writer
;
b. at the
beginning of 1842
at
Aberangell, Mer.
, he was a
farm worker
at 10, but became a
quarryman
at 17; even in youth he interested himself keenly in the history and literature of the region where
Merioneth
meets
Montgomeryshire
. Having begun to
preach
in
1865
, he went to
Bala College
in
1868
, and in
1873
was ordained
pastor
of
Llangynog
; in
Nov. 1875
he removed to
Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog
, and thence in
1879
to
Trefriw
, where he remained till his death. Though he became (
1914
)
moderator
of the
North Wales C.M. Association
, he is best remembered as a most diligent
writer
and
editor
. For more than thirty years he was
co-editor
(with
John Morgan
Jones
,
1838
-
1921
, q.v.
) of
Y Lladmerydd
. He edited the works of
Tafolog
(
Richard
Davies
,
1830
-
1904
, q.v.)
, wrote the biography of
Joseph
Thomas
of
Carno
(q.v.)
, a short ‘Life’ of
Dafydd
Dafis
of
Cywarch
(
1794
-
1861
, a highly original
preacher
), a number of small religious books, and a certain amount of verse. He d.
10 Jan. 1919
, aged 77.
Sources:
-
Blwyddiadur y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd
,
1920
.
Author:
Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, C.B.E., D.Litt., Ll.D.,
F.S.A., (1881-1969), Bangor
