The Man: Jefferson Finis Davis
(1808-1889)
1866, Life and Imprisonment of Jefferson Davis, cover.
Davis' Wife & His family
Sarah Knox Taylor Davis (First Wife) (1814-1835) Married only for three months - died of malaria. Daughter of General/President Zachary Taylor
By Jane Brewster Reid, Louisiana State Museum
Varina Anne Banks Howell Davis (Second Wife)(1826-1906)
1890, Jefferson Davis. Ex Presiden. A Memoir, Volume 2, cover.
Samuel Emory Davis (1852-1854)
wikitree.com
Margaret Howell Davis Hayes (1855-1905)
moconfederacy.pastperfectonline.com
Jefferson Davis Jr. (1857-1878)
1890, The Davis Memorial Volume or Our Dead President , p. 145.
Joseph Evan Davis (1859-1864)
findagrave.com
William Howell Davis (1861-1872)
jeffersondavis.rice.edu
Varina Anne “Winnie” Davis (1864-1898)
1890, The Davis Memorial Volume or Our Dead President, p. 485.
Davis' Early Life
Jefferson Davis' Birthplace
1904, The Real Jefferson Davis, p. 15.
Fairview Baptist Church on the exact spot where Davis was born.
U. S. National Register of Historic Places
Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky where Davis graduated from college.
transy.edu
Where Davis boarded while in Lexington.
1904, The Real Jefferson Davis, p. 17.
Davis’ Military and Political Years
Following college Davis entered West Point Military Academy and graduated in July of 1828, Second Lieutenant.
1918, Life of Thomas J. Jackson, p. 25.
Graduated as Second Lieutenant Jefferson Davis
Library of Congress by Charles Deforest Fredricks
Davis in Zachary Taylor's Army in Corpus Christi - prelude to the Mexican War.
National Park Service
Taylor and Davis at Monterey, Mexico
1804, The Real Jefferson Davis, p. 43.
Storming of Fort Teneria
1862, Pictorial History of Mexico and the Mexican War, 301
The Charge of Colonel Davis' Regiment at Buena Vista, Mexico
The Charge of Colonel Davis' Regiment at Buena Vista
Davis's Infantry Repulsing the Mexican Cavalry
1862, Pictorial History of Mexico and the Mexican War, pp. 373-374.
“After seven years of almost uninterruptedly continuous public service, either civil or military, Mr, Davis was now in retirement for some months. During this period he has described himself as happy in the peaceful pursuits of a planter, busily engaged in cares for servants, in the improvement of his land, in building, in rearing live stock, and the like occupations. He took, nevertheless, an active interest in the presidential canvass of 1852, and on the election of General Pierce was invited to a seat in his cabinet. This offer was at first declined, but having accepted an invitation to attend the inauguration, which took place on the 4th of March, 1853, he was induced, ‘by public considerations,’ on its renewal, to reconsider the matter and accept the office of Secretary of War.” [1890, The Davis Memorial Volume or Our Dead President, Jefferson Davis, and the World's Tribute To His Memory, p. 79.]
Davis' Inauguration as the first and only President of the Confederate States of America
1890, The Davis Memorial Volume or Our Dead President, Jefferson Davis, and the World's Tribute To His Memory, p. 302.
President Jefferson Davis
Say something interesting about your business here. 1890, The Davis Memorial Volume or Our Dead President, Jefferson Davis, and the World's Tribute To His Memory, p. 302.
The Grand Jury which indicted Mr. Davis
1890, The Davis Memorial Volume or Our Dead President, Jefferson Davis, and the World's Tribute To His Memory, p. 621.
Close the deal
1890, The Davis Memorial Volume or Our Dead President, Jefferson Davis, and the World's Tribute To His Memory, p. 302.
After the War
Jefferson Davis
1890, Life and Reminiscences of Jefferson Davis, cover.
Davis on the Veranda
1890, Life and Reminiscences of Jefferson Davis, cover.
Jefferson Davis with Miss Winnie
1890, The Davis Memorial Volume or Our Dead President, Jefferson Davis, and the World's Tribute To His Memory, p. 641.
Mr. Davis prepared for burial.
1890, Life and Reminiscences of Jefferson Davis, p. 84.
Metairie Cemetery Army of Northern Virginia Tumulus New Orleans, Louisiana Burial, December 11, 1889
