The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-27
DAUGHTER OF
"C0NFEDERACY
PASSES AWAY
After Intense Suffering She
Has Found Rest.
A RELAPSE SATURDAY
Mrs. DAVIS BEARS HER GRIEF
WITH SPARTAN FORTITUDE.
A BRIEF SKETCH OF MISS DAVIS LIFE
Her Devotion to her Parents. Why an Engage
ment of Marriage was Broken off.
Miss Winnie's Last Public
Appearance.
Appearance.

Appearance.
Narragansett Pier, II. L., September
fS.-Niss Winnie Davis, daughter of
Mrs. Jefferson Davis, died at noon to-
day at the Rockingham Hotel, to which
place she came us a guest in the early
part of the Piers social season. She
had been i'll for several weeks, and Il
fortnight ago her ailment was diagnosed
as malarial gastritis.
At times her condition BEANIE very
serious. so that consultations of physi-
clans were deemed necessary. but fire.
Quent rallies gave renewed hope that she
would ultimately recover. During the
past week especially was her condition
considered favorable, and it was thought
that her removal from the hotel would
be possible in a few days, as the hotel
had closed for the season. leaving the
patient and attendants practically alone
in the house.
Last night, however Il relapse in Miss
Davis condition was noticed. and
throughout the night she lost strength
perceptibly. This morning the physicians
said that the end was not far off. and
at noon death came to end the suffering.
which at times had been intense. Mrs.
Davis had watched unremittingly at her
daughters bedside. and she is now bowed
with sorrow.
The physicians of Mrs. Davis report
she is holding up with great calmness
i'm her aftiiction. and no fears are st
present entertained of her health yield
ing to the strain.
WAS BORN AT RICHMOND. 1868.
Miss Winnie Davis. the "Daughter of
the Confederacy.' was corn in the Con-
federate Executive Mansion at Rich
mond. Va. in 1868. 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 Beauvoir. Miss. Here she
assisted her mother in various ways
and took her place in the many social
functions of the neighborhood.
She was her fathers constant com
panion. She assisted him in all his
work. and much of the information which
was required by Mr.. Davis in his writ
ings was secured for him by his daugh-
ter. Her strong character was marked
from youth. She was engaged to Mr..
WiIker>on. of Syracuse y. V. but short
ly after her fathers death the engage
ment was broken off. While no public
explanation of the rupture was given
out, it is we'll known that it was for the
purpose of maintaining her fathers
name.
She received the name, "Daughter OF
the Coufederacy,' in 1886. when her
father made his famous trip through the
South. Mr.. Davis being unable to APP
pear. Miss Winnie was brought before
the thousands at the different points
along the route and introduced rs the
daughter of the Confcderacy.
HER LITERARY ATTAINMENTS.
In personal appearance she rescmbled
her mother. but intellectually rescmbled
her father. She had a genius for liter
airy work and a few years ago it was
thought she would make for herself Il
name in the nations literature. She was
more fortunate than many literary Wo-
men in Keeping in touch with the world
about her and in being at home in every
circle loved by young and old, but fail
ing 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 international so
cicty favorite. for she WAS as popular
with distinguished foreigners as with the
people of the South. But she cared moth
ing for the frivolities Of society. She
cared only for her mother, with whom
il was enough for her to share the glo-
riOUs memories of the. past and the many
evidence of tender loyalty of those who
We're so true to them through all the
vicissitudes of fortune.
She delighted TO help those of her ia
Tiers friends and followers less fortunate
than herself. and counted as the happiest
moment of her life her reception from the
veterans of the Confcderacy at Hudson.
whore she was introduced by Gen. John
Il. Gordon to 10000 OF them as the
"Daughtcr of jefferson Davis, of the
toufcdcracy. and our daughter"
During the Spanish war she followed
events closely. and once IN speaking of
Ensign BagIcy's death and Hobson's
work at Santiago. expressed delight at
TIN" dawn of an era of good feeling. Il
wished it." she said. zone country and
"Ho people. we are at last
LAST PUBLIC APPEARANCE.
Miss Davis appeared in public for the
list time, il is believed, in Atlanta.
July y. The occasion was the parade
Oft "&-Confederatcs. who held their an
.l'aI reunion this year in Atlanta. Miss
l'HFlS was a guest Of honor and occupied
'1rflagc with Mrs. Stonewall Jackson
"|l Miss Caro- Lewis Gordon, a daughter
"t General Gordon.
ii" procession started under an auspi-
CONS sky, but before proceeding far a
"."NE storm came up, and the rain,
winch fell in torrents, drenched the oc-
'hahtS Of the carriages in line before
."' tops could be placed.
KILOGRAMS FROM THE SOUTH.
\"rragansctt Pier, r. L.. Sept. 10
arrangements for the funeral of Miss
'ahu" Davis have not been completed
il" date will not be decided upon until
N'@. James y. Hayes. Of Colorado.
'"-hler Of Mrs. jefferson Davis, is