Evening star., 1898-09-19
Daughter of President of the Con.
federacy Passes Away,
DIED AT NARRAGANSBFT PlEII
Arrangements for the Funeral Mo-
Yet Completed.
INTERMENT IN THE SOUTH

NARRAGANSETT PIER. r. /. Septern
ber Heterogeneous for the funeral OF
Miss Winnie Davis have not been COM
peted. The date OF the funeral will not 10
decided upon until Mrs. James A. Hayes Of
Color ado daughter of Mrs jefferson Davis,
IL heard from. Mrs. Davis is still pros.
trated and unable to read the many mes
sages of coincidence which have arrived
from all parts of the country. kilograms
from the southern states have been coming
in rapidly all the forenoon.
The interment will occur in the south.
Miss Winnie Davis. daughter Of Mrs
jefferson Davis, died at noon yesterday az
the Rockingham Hotel. She had been IA
for several weeks. and fortnight ago her
ailment was diagnosed as ma!arial gastrins
At times her condition became very 90.
rious so that consultations OF physicians
were deemed necessary, but frequen- rallies
gave renewed hope that she would ultl-
mately recover. During the pas week es-
pecially was her condition considered IA
vorable, and it was thought that her re-
moval from the hotel would be possible
in a few days.
Saturday night. however. a relapse in
Miss Davis condition was noticed, ana
throughout the night she lost strength per
ceptibly and at noon death came to end
the suffering which at times had been in
tense.
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Miss Winnie Davis, the Daughter Of thH
Confederacy," was born in the confederate
executive mansion at Richmond. Va. IN
1863. She was educated principally at
home. owing TO the trouble surrounding her
father and the publicity which attended all
movements of the Davis family. Miss
Davis attained her majority at BcauNoir,
Miss. Here she assisted her mothe: in Va
rious ways and took her place in the man!
social functioEs of the neigh5orEcod-
She was her fathers constant compan-
ion. She assisted him I'm all his work. aud
much of the information which was requtr-
ed by Mr.. Davis In his writings was SC
cured fer him by his daughter. Her strong
character marked from youth. She
was engaged to Mr.. Wiikerson OF Syracuse,
n. Y, but shortly after her fathers death
the engagement was broken off. Nhils
public explanation of the rupture was
given out, it is well known that it was
the purpose of maintaining her fathers
name.
She received the name Daughter of the
Confederacy' in 1856. when her father madt
his famous trip through the south Nj
Davis being unable to appear. Miss WinnIs
was brought before the thousands at he
different points along the route and intro
duced as the daughter Of the consederacy.
Resembled Her Mother.
In personal appearance she resemblJd her
mother but Intellectually resembled her
father. She had a genius for literary work.
and a few years ago it was thought she
would make for herself a name in tine ma
tons literature. She was more fortunate
than many literary women IN keeping in
touch with the world about her and IN be-
ing at home in every circle loved by young
and old, but falling health prevented her
living up to the prediction OF the critics.
If she had cared for it. she would have
been thrust into prominence as an 'nte.ua-
tional society faVorite, for she was as pop
uar with distinguished foreigners as with
the people of the south. But she cared
nothing for the frivolites of society. She
cared only for her mother. with whom II
was enough for her to share the glorious
memories of the past and the many eNl-
dences of tender loyalty of those who were
so true to them through all the vicssitudes
of fortune.
She delighted to help those of her IA
ther's friends and followers less fortunate
than herself, and counted as the haIpitst
moment of her life her reception from The
veterans of the confederacy at Houston.
where she was introduced by General John
b. Gordon to 10000 of them as the ''daugh-
ter Of Jefferson Davis OF the confederacy,
and our daughter"
During the Spanish she followed
events closely, and once In speaking Of
Ensign Bagley's death and Hobson's work
at Santiago expressed delight the dawn
of an era of good feeling. Il am sure II IS
as my father would have wished il, she
said; ''one country and one people We arc
at last"
Miss Davis appeared in public for ,he last
time, 1t is believed, in Atlanta, July p. The
occasion the parade OF eX-confcdrr-
ates, whe held their annual reunion Tins
year in Atlanta. Miss Davis was q EUcst
of honor and occupied a carriage with
Mrs. Stonewall Jackson and Miss cara
Lewis Gordon. a daughter of General
Gordon.