Blevins Davis

[3] Davis attended old Kansas City Junior College and, for a short time in the class of 1925 at Princeton University.

He produced the 1952 touring revival of Porgy and Bess, which starred Cab Calloway, William Warfield, and Leontyne Price.

[2] The Cripple Creek District Museum in Colorado was founded by Blevins Davis and Margaret Giddings in 1953.

[1] She owned Big Tree Farm in Glen Head, New York, on Long Island.

[2] Margaret died at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, on March 18, 1948, of a heart attack.

His wife, Marguerite Davis, a railroad heiress died in 1948 and wished to have her fortune used for charitable purposes.

[2] His Princeton obituary stated that he lived a "colorful career" and spent $10 million during his "high-living days".