British Museum in 1931 to form the greatest collection of ancient Native American artefacts outside the US. A second collection of duplicates, with the results of subsequent collecting, is in the possession of the American Museum of Natural History. Death Davis died at his home in New York City on May 15, 1888. He was interred at the Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe in Ross County, Ohio. Notes References External links 1811 births 1888 deaths American archaeologists University of Cincinnati College of Medicine alumni New York Medical College alumni Members of the American Antiquarian Society