The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-31
JEFF DAVIS TKE THIRD.

| An -Four OF the Southern Chfeftafn's Sons
Died without Male Isf Fe-This Boy IL
Has Grandson. FIrstborrs OF His Daugh-
Ger Margaret, Mrs. Hay Ps.
The New York Herald prints the fol-
lowing interesting arti ble about little
JEFF Hayes Davis:
jefferson Davis is in the city. Not the
statesman-the chieftaip of the Lost
! Cause-but this jeff "Davis is as pretty
a boy as one would WISH TO set ayes
upon, and they say that BE is the very
image OF his grandfather at bis age.
Jefesson Davis he is, and the grand
son of him whom thirty years ago n
| section of the country loved with pas.
! sionate affection and whom the other
| section hated with such hatHed that in
all the country cross-roads. it was 9
mooted question in theology whether or
not jefferson Davis could 90. to heaven.
All that has passed now. After all, ii
was only a family spat, and the young
folks grown up since the svAr can hardly
understand why such a fuss should be
made about it all. The old hatred Is
really dead, and in its stead has grown
up a national pride in the brave way in
which our Southern brethren fought.
Our Northern bands even played that
fitting air, THE Bonnie Blue Flag"
and the o'erweeniug confidence IN that
song has been forgiven because the BAN
ner is more bespangled with stars now
than it ever was before. But one can
understand how the old veterans who
wore the gray, nd fought till the Con
1 RoI1roox I~o4111 o-1. f,o-n 81 ,~z+io-
should choke in their cheering as the
daughter of their dead and gone chief
tain unveiled the soldiers monument at
jackson, Miss, recently, and can we'll
believe that they almost ~smoth6red with
embraces the little fellow who helped
his mother pull the cord.
That was little Jefferson Davis, the
grandson Of the President of the Con-
federacy.
There were four sons born to Jeffer-
son Davis. The first, Samuel, died in
Washington when but a baby. That
was when the stotm of the rebellion
was rumbIing in the distance and the
sky was overcast. She who is now Mrs.
Hayes was tho second child. Jefferson
Davis II. was the third son. Then
came William Davis, after him Joseph,
and last of all, Varina-''Winnie, =
fondly christened "The Daughter of the
Confederacy." Joseph died in Rich
mond during the war.
William died at Memphis in 1872, and
near the same city, during he awful
yellow fever epidemic of 1878, Jefferson
Davis III. gave up his life while at the
post of duty. Thus persisted the male
descendants of President Davis, all with
out male issue. There was no one to
transmit the family name.
Margaret Davis was married in 1875
or 1876 to Mr.. Hayes, of that city, and
borc a son. He was christened Jefferson
Addison Hayes. Mr.. Hayes suggested
that the babys name might be changed.
but President Davis said no The boy
was Mr.. Hayes only son. It would not
be right that his heir should not trans
NIT his name. But the proposition lin
gered in the old mans heart.
So the boy grew and prospered. Two
months out of the year he spent away
from his home at Colorado Springs and
with his grandfatherat Beauvoir, Miss,
and every day that he lived he grew
dearer and dearer to the aged man.
BY and by another boy was born to
Mr.. and Mrs. Hayes. Mrs. Davis then
said to his wife that If the offer was
made again he would then give his con-
sent to the change of the name of the
first born.
After his death, and when Mrs. Davis
was in New Orleans at the great funeral
the Governors of most of the Southern
States and many of the old Generals and
veterans of the civil war called on her
and asked that she consent. to the change
of the name of little Jefferson Davis
Hayes. The father and mother were
willing and application was made to
the Legislature of Mississippi. In the
spring of 1890 Gov. Lowry affixed his
signature to a formal act which changed
the name of the little man, now at the
New York Hotel, to Jefferson Hayes
Davis.
Therefore it was that in June last at
Jackson he was embraced and kissed by
the grizzled veterans and given badges,
no end, of every organization of the ex-
Confederate soldiers. This pretty bios
SUN has RSONA ouO "a eAO grave "a 1AO
Lost Cause.
And be sure that his mother i~nstructs
him that he bears an honored name
almost a sainted name-to those south
of Mason and Dixon's line. There is
Lee and there is Stonewall jackson and
there is Jefferson Davis. Be sure that
Of these the mother thinks when she
hears the collect: 'tGrant us grace so to
follow Thy blessed saints in all virtuous
and godly living that we may come to
these eternal joys which Thou hast pre-
pared for those who unfeignedly love
Thee"
One Good Thing.