The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-01
DAUGHTER OF THE SOUTH.
Maggie Davis Hayci, Daughter Of Jei-
fersOn Davis.

The interest which c~eutered in Miss
yarina CWinnle) Davis and won for her
| The distinction Of Tie Daughter of the
/ Confederacy" eclipsed that rightiuHy
attaching 20 her elder sister. lhaeeu
! the prominence accorded TO the youH5
ar was such that even now many VIII
be surprised to leafn that she was NOT
The only daughter of the leader OF lhe
Lost CAUSE" Miss Margaret Howell
Davis NOW Mrs. j. \. Hayes. Jr), was
the second child of the Confederate lead
or therefore older than Winnie, and mad
n not been decided that there should DE
no successor 10 the proud title worn SO
gracefully by the younger sister. lL Is
This lady rather than anyon else on
whom IL would most httingly deVoiVe.
Nevertheless. as one tltular honor mas
! fallen into allegiance another mas ntrn
| created in it's stead. and Mrs. Marstrel
Howell Davis Hayes Is now being halieu
| among the loyal folk below Mason ana
| Dixon's line as 'The Daughter OF the
South
II was while he was living in Wash
! lngton as secretary of war i President
| Pierce's cabinet that Mr.. Davis eldest
daughter was born. lie had been mar
ried before but the first wife only sur
vlved the union a few months. His sec
ond wife was Narina Banks Howell
| granddaughter OF Richard Howell who
was nine times successfully governor OF
New Jersey. Her father. William W
was a naval officer. who went south ana
married Margaret Graham kempe, "a
| beauty and an heiress and "A daughter OF
Colonel Kempe. "a very rich and inhu-
| entail man then living in Natchez. Miss,
but Of Nireinian descent. Mr.. Daviss
eldest child. Samuel Emory. was born
| seven years after his marriage and died
only a few months before Margaret Wa
born.
The little girl. therefore. was Of an age
at tho time Of the capture of her father
tn feel keeuly the sadness Of the shock.
10 which % peculiarly sensitive nature
and a deep devotion 10 him particularly
predisposed her. She was a beautiful.
bright. and intelligent child, and her Ia
Their vas very proud Of the beauties both
Of her person and her mind and his lit
tie Polly" so nicknamed IN memoir OF
his own childhood playmate. his sister
Mary was always irst in his thoughts
and his affections.
Mrs. jefferson Davis. in her lifo Of her
distinguished husband. says: Our lt-
tie Maggie was a beautiful child OF rest-
less activity. and was the light OF her
fathers eyes. She could not be Kept ia
the old-fashioned garden planted with
white. res. and black currants in rows
under the wide spreading apple trees
but Whenever II was possible would run
OF 10 the nelghbors. where her brave 1T
tie spirited ways always made her wei
come. She knew everyone in the neigh
bOrhood."
After Mr.. Davis capture Maggie was
the first OF the family in his arms. and as
he 50. In the ambulance. surrounded by
a host OF jeering men, her little arms
were about his neck. She seemed 10
have no thought for anything but him
and h. none but for Der ANA whispered
weil-femembered hymns 10 comfort her
IN her dark hour ~ their aiiiictiOn. Two
years after his release Jefferson Davis
went to Europe. taking his family with
him. and left the little girl to the care
OF the nuns In the Convent Of Auteui.
France. But her longing 10 be home
again was so strong and overmastering
that she became IN and was taken back
10 England. and her education was COM
pleted under governesses and masters In
that country under bor mothers direc.
ton.
Her girlhood was spent Ia Memphis.
Tenn, where, a charming and accom-
plished young woman. she had many ad-
mirers OF her talents and personal at
tracuons. and where. In 1876. she married