Ananias Davisson, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Ananias Davisson

American music publisher

Date of Birth: 02-Feb-1780

Date of Death: 21-Oct-1857

Profession: composer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Ananias Davisson (February 2, 1780 – October 21, 1857) was a singing school teacher, printer and compiler of shape note tunebooks.
Davisson was born February 2, 1780 in Shenandoah County, Virginia.
As a printer with an astute business sense, he cultivated a network in Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky of singing school teachers and composers who sold his tunebooks and sent him their own compositions.
His wife was named Ann (surname unknown); they had no children.
He spent his last years living on a farm at Weyer's Cave, about 14 miles from Dayton, Virginia, and died October 21, 1857.
He is buried in the Massanutten-Cross Keys Cemetery, Rockingham County, Virginia.
Davisson was a member and ruling elder of the Presbyterian Church.