The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-09-24

! only one of the Davis children that JEFF
| fcrSOn Davis saw during the trying times
| at the close Of the war
| Nariua Anne Jefferson Davis is her
! full name. and she was born \ the exec
utiyc mansion of the Cunfoderarv at
! Richmond. Va. in June. 1864. \ few
| months after her birth her parents were
| forced to fec. and even at that tender
| age she showed herself n soldiers daugh-
ter not even raieiup her infant voice in
protest rs she was i0ltcd along the rough
! roads in an army ambulance far hundreds
Of miles. Mrs. Davis and Winnie ioiurd
the chief magistrate of the Confeicracy
at Fortress Monroe. Winnie being privi-
legged hpcausc of huI ago U,hile rho older
children were in Canala with thcjr
grandmotber Little Winnie nIoyad ali
day long in the prison with seeming CON
tcl.t1nent and was never 50 haony as
when in her fathers cell
The next five wears Of her life were
spent in England and then She was
brought to Memphis. There She showed
Il ,aste for literature even at the early
non of 6 and raad oonl hacks un,lar 40
dirnction If bar f,+bor Who n.as nrnnd
~ her urncn,.it, W., :, ,,,as f1,uI
fhat tho ir,,ta d n+ 'lr'' va ioIiar Lnr
ebn r,os cont ta ..a,,,.i,y 81 Eranno for
bnr cdIca+io, Ei,~f ch| oli,l;rnl ~
- -, '''' ''tiVh' ~ IH' a. a. d"ilcu thc
tefLiaii s idnEu"se n'l'a til,.'l r9ch. MI
"ili - Ilo !" ~ nt"''i'.tt "iu a.
'noGSH sue never ioiloNtu 'i'let aS
Iio1'SSl"h' het pto4titnrS NaS Su'ilcleht
~ NJ i itl Iil'H'ts W I'm ,i!c singing pl
Il SohS 20 htt -" aGT"iiildilii!tht or me
~ oi d a'no,ltI -. f Stntto4S naDd'S
~ . itI 'at$ "V'l te1a.eI. n"t ar
!hoi,TH lill'. az -N''il3 3-,'hSeiI ~ cur our
tn5 ny 'lHil'i' '.iS W, o'',i iu.h tili'
T., 70 !eauiIG' silf Sl''i'' 'iiile iol io'Se0dcA
fielhS "ilh g HCiIh- ,,.
New 'I!eaiS Nas Siif eIrhe VI NiiSS
IA y s1tI1i 1 u'"ut' 'ie ""' u"t.u "i
ne ne caIlls"l aI'l ~ Hil'lIe:l Nl'I ner 'dtheI
me EohoES oI tHS oetaSion; II was Nhth
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t.ie ~ ~, 'iI' IN ne :.
a. ne .i1Si ~ tiie IL
zen 1"fnon lt,ron,letl 4er nF lnat name
~ ha go in, io7,.r, 4lo,',Lh ,,lI"
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i',,.ioiiI 'unt SiS 81. to''it' =,
MSS SIS DAYS AVS dld hef iirSt literary work
10 Su nI".,ns w.. 49,, ,J ~
v-bi,b ,,seoI +brn,trb +brao odi+;a,,s Sb
Hon ,n,nod I,a, ottont;n, tn n,a,o,;,,o
,ya-,l- ia u,Li.h eh, w. sI,o,,,,ssf,,i H.
m,,li ..trb Eaiia Dn,..o, > ,,.. IN w ,.a
noi,nd and sbn go ~ I,,r,.I- IL ,,r,o, ~,
ntha,. ''P''' On
Jar fathers death WAS n rrao+ blow.
- a+
I,ut sta ranovorpd and since tbnn Che o,d
hcr mo1bor hayr haan inscnarohIa 81 Sha
had U,innino yy9ys that baTa arainod bnr
much romlIarjtr. Ali who knew her
loved ber and shn had hosts of fr;nndt
Since tbn dnafh Of her fa+ber NI;sc II
vis resided win her stennotbo. - +ho
North which hos 9IionataJ = ,,,,od ~ r,,i,t ,i,r
nf +b,ir So,-tbnrn friaI,I ,nI al,,,;.s
Tho, Won't S19,+h nccas;o,aIi,. nt.i
soma cornn1on, or r1aIo ri5;t h,+ !" "r,Tld oIIai
\aw SnrlS tbeir I,@rn,anant o,o prL ''1te'i i
Won, nod r',,ch of h +hn ird i,"lilc, ana
ao1nnr +born >I;ss ~ ,,..l siiei II
nn+nJ for ,lorso,,.,i hoa,,,,. w % ie' -
oi,,;,',iI pu' vas ~"
II "..l"v'ia, H'1"!1n aug was ~
,loNtd MIN gF'a. III. ln:'!.'',n naI silts' She
received huca attention, had several ad-
Fahtagtous offers OF marriage, and was
- LOT Eelel, He'IS s'l@hGra 70 Il sent!enan
III i'9'IieSteF. i>tNefaI reasons were gwen
Tor breaking thc mafch at the time by
iheIr if!ehdS, but they were only guessed
AT;
Both Miss Davis and her Stepmother
We're trying to earn 4 living by literary
Work and had been moderately successful.
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