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Jefferson F. [a] Davis was the youngest of ten children of Jane and Samuel Emory Davis. [2] Samuel Davis's father, Evan, who had a Welsh background, came to the colony of Georgia from Philadelphia. [ 3 ] [ b ] Samuel served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War , and received a land grant for his service near present-day ...
The Davis family was quite young during their stay at the house. When they moved in, the family consisted of the president and first lady, six-year-old Margaret, four-year-old Jefferson Davis, Jr., and two-year-old Joseph. The two youngest Davis children, William and Varina Anne ("Winnie"), were
Varina Anne "Winnie" Davis (June 27, 1864 – September 18, 1898) was an American author who is best known as the youngest daughter of President Jefferson Davis of the Confederate States of America and Varina (Howell) Davis. Born near the end of the war, by the late 1880s she became known as the "Daughter of the Confederacy".
Wedding photograph of Jefferson Davis and Varina Howell, 1845. Jefferson Davis was a 35-year-old widower when he and Varina met. His first wife, Sarah Knox Taylor, daughter of his commanding officer Zachary Taylor while he was in the Army, had died of malaria three months after their wedding in 1835. Davis mourned her and had been reclusive in ...
Joseph Emory Davis was born on 10 December 1784, near Augusta, Georgia.He was the oldest of the ten children of Samuel Emory Davis (Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Province of Pennsylvania, 1756 - 4 July 1824) and wife (1783) Jane (Cook) Davis (Christian County (later Todd County), Kentucky, 1759 - 3 October 1845), paternal grandson of Evan Davis (Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, Great Britain ...
Kristin Davis says she became a mom at exactly the right time.. The “And Just Like That…” star, 58, reflected on parenting later in life during a visit June 23 to TODAY with Hoda & Jenna ...
My name is Viola Davis," began her request, which included that the man be Black, from the country and with children of their own. A few weeks later, she met actor Julius Tennon, and the two have ...
Articles related to the American political family from Kentucky and Mississippi, which includes Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederate States of America. Pages in category "Family of Jefferson Davis"