The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-10-18

girl. Of a IcrabIe disposition. and for
.years before her death was her moth.
aeTs constant cofnpan.oh Tie two
spent much dine II New York in Win.
Ter. and at Nara ans If Pier and 9TH
sersNofthefn resorts n TIE summer,
AS Jefferson Davis left no male de-
scendant Mrs. Haye' son Is expectea
to perpetnate his name. When the
boy was born, the State Of Mississip-
pi, by act of the legislature. changed
his name to Davis, SO the boy Is known
as Jefferson Hayes Davis.
Mrs. Davis wrote book entitled
jefferson Davis, ex.PresIdent Of the
Confederate States; Memoir by His
Wife"
After the. death Of her husband Mrs:
Davis had repeated and flattering of.
fers from publishers all over the coun'
try to write a history OF the inner life
Of the confederacy, and especially Of
the family and her husband. Only a
year before his death eJfterson Davis
began to write his own autobiography.
He was SO weak from illness that he
was compelled to dictate the matter
to friend. But even then he was I'M
able to get through with more than an
Introductory chapter. From this point
his wife tok up the thread of the story,
and the result was two large volumes
containing over 100 pages.
Miss Winnie Davis also wrote a
box 1t was novel called "The Veil
ed Doctor" a story of antebellum days
in Southern colonial town.
The Estate at ReauVoIr.
The Davis estate at Beauvoir, Miss,
Is a picturesque place on St. Gather
Inc Sound, an arm of the Gulf of Mex.
leo. 1t contains between 500 and 900
acres, and fronts on the water At
the close of the Civil War Mrs. Sarah
Dorsey, a wealthy widow, offered JEFF
ferson Davis and his family home
there, and afterward Oequeatel the
estate to him. An effort was made to
break the will. At Beauvoir Davis
wrote his book, 1.-THE Rise and Fall OF
the Southern Confederacy," and spent
there the last years Of his life. On
May 81, 1898, his body was brought
from New Orleans and buried in Hol'
lywod Cemetery, Mt Richmond. On
November 8, 1899, the memorials to
Jefferson Davis, provided by the Uni.
ter Daughters of the Confederacy,
were unveailed in Hollywood Gene
terry, Richmond. Mrs. Davis was pres
ent on that occasion.
Some time ago Miss Mamie Dorsey,
Of the Howard county CId family Of
that name, received from Mrs. Jeffer.
son Davis some family silver which
formerly belonged to Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Worthington Dorsey, of Beau
voir, Miss, who were the uncle and
aunt of Miss Dorsey. Mr.. Dorsey was
born in Howard county, but before
the Civil War moved to Mississippi,
where he married Miss Sarah A. Ellis.
of Natchez. Mrs. Dorsey and Mrs. Da.
Wis were friends, having been school
mates. Mr.. Dorsey died before his
wife, and Mrs. Dorsey, whose death
occurred in 1879, left by will most Of
her property to Jefferson Davis. Be
cause of the attachment Of the fam
lilies Mrs. Davis presented the silver
to Miss Dorsey. The silver is Of old
design and had not been used for many
years. There are a number of pieces
in the collection.
Some of Her Personalities.
In her memoir of her husband Mrs.
Davis now and then gives interesting
glmpscs into her own personality.
From the beginning of her married
life her days were full of Interesting
happenings, and she touches upon
many of them in particularly entertain
ing fashion. In the spring OF 1S4S. aft
er Mr.. Davis appointment as senator
| from Mississippi, she tells how the
Senator was visited one evening by
two strangers. AS they left the room
she overheard her husband say: Il
deem it inconsistent with my duty:
Won must excuse me-" After the WISH
tors had left she pressed her husband
to tell her what their mission had
been. HE confided to me-" she said,
chat they were General Lopez and an
other, also a Cuban. They had
invited Mr.. Davis 10 take charge OF an
expedition to liberate Cuba, and had
offered to deposit 100000 for me, be-
fore their departure. with another
100000 assured when successful, or
very fine coffee plantation. OF
course, was terrified, and grateful to
know that the service had been declin'