53 Shepard Avenue
John W. FisherAddress: 35 Shepard Avenue
Old Address: 53 Shepard Avenue
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Nicholas S. Davenport (1871-1930) was the son of Erastus and Christina Potter Davenport of Ithaca, NY. He studied at the Albany School of Pharmacy in the 1890s before serving in the Spanish American War. In June 1901, he married Lena Sanders, the daughter of Wilbur and Lottie Sanders. At the time of his marriage, Nicholas worked as a clerk at the John Hogan Drug Store in Saranac Lake. He worked as a druggist in Saranac Lake most of his life and died at his home on Shepard Avenue in July 1930. Lena Sanders-Davenport died in Saranac in 1949 survived by their daughter Mrs. Elmer J. (Kathryn) Brown and five grandchildren.
