Name John Davies Role Poet | Died 1923 | |
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John Cadvan Davies (1846–1923) was a Wesleyan Methodist Minister and a Welsh poet who served as Archdruid. He is better known in Wales by his bardic name Cadfan (sometimes Cadvan).
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Early life
Cadvan was born on a small farm Yr Allt in the village of Llangadfan, Montgomeryshire on 1 October 1846, the son of David and Jane Davies.
Family
Cadvan married twice, first to Maggie Jones, daughter of Hugh Jones, Ty'n y pwll, and Dinas Mawddwy, on 23 August 1876 in the Independent Chapel. His second wife was Mary Ada Evans, daughter of Meschach Evans, Manchester House, Leeswood, whom he wed on 15 August 1882 in the Wesleyan Chapel, Mold.
He died on 12 October 1923.
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John Cadvan Davies Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA