The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-10-25

November, 1915, and resigned June:
1916, to 90 to the Mexican war, from
which he returned severely wounded
and they returned to live at hls
Brierfcld plantation, Davis Bend, III
Warren county, Miss. She was with
her husband in Washington where he
was United States Senator 1S4I TO
1852: Secretary Of War 1858 to 1891;
United States Senator 1857 to 1o6l
and IN Richmond during the time he
was president of the Confederate
States 1861 to 1860.
Mrs. Davis old home was Beau
voir House, post Office, HARRISON
County. Miss. although for reasons
of health she has resided III New York
for Il number Of years.
1.-THE First Lady of the Confederacy
Mrs. Varina jefferson Davis, who
passed away recently, held a tender
place in the regard of the Southern
people, both for her personal qualities
as noble, high-minded woman, anu
as the devoted wife Of the distinguish
ed soldier and statesman, the Hon.
Jefferson Davis, President of the Con-
federate States Of America. Daugh-
ter of William Burr Howell, of
Natchez. Miss, and granddaughter of
Gov. Richard Howell. of New Jersey,
she was bern May 7, 1926, and on Feb
ruary %, 1915, married Jefferson
Jefferson Davis, than a planter of
Warren county, Mississippi, being has
second wife. Soon after her marriage
her husband was elected to Congress,
and in 1916 he resigned to 60 to the
Mexican War, In which he was re-
verely wounded. He became Senator
in 1S47-52, Secretary Of War in 1853
81 and again Senator in 1S57-61, dur
ing which successive periods Mrs.
Davis resided in Washington and
enjoyed the distinction obtained by
her husband as a weighty speaker,
statesman and head of an important
department of the Government. Dur
ing the years 1S61-65 she was First
Lady Of the South, her husband be-
ing the first and only Executive of
| the Confederate States, and sustained
with grace her position as leader in
| the aristocratic society of the Confed
crate capital With the fall of the
Confederate Government In 1865 be-
| gan = chapter Of sorrow and suffering
! of which she had her full part along
with her husband, sharing his i'm
prlsonment at Fortress Monroe when
| permitted to do so. Her conduct al
this time endeared her to the South
ern heart, the tragedy Of her life ap-
peallng to people who were them
selves at that time in thousands OF
desoiate homes enduring similar pri
vatlons and indisnities.
After the release from Fortres.
Monroe the ex-President and his wife
resided IN England (1S67-7S). They
returned later to Memphis, Tenn.
where the ex-President was in busi
ness t1S70-7S), after which. in 1879
he retired to his estate at Biloxi. OF
the Mississippi Coast. for the re
malnder OF his days. Here Mrs. Davi
aided him in the production of IL.
historical work, "The Decline an,
Fall OF the Confederate Government /,
After her husbands death. in 1889
Mrs. Davis obtained a needed increas
OF income by her writings. retainin.
her property in Mississippi, but resid
ing, for reasons of health, in New
York. Among her books is ".Jeffer
son Davis: A Memoir. Ry ri
Wife" Of her six children-fou
sons and two daughters-but one
Mrs. [. A. Hayes, of Colorado Springs
Col, survives her. One Of her sons
1t IS of interest to note, was educate,
at Belair, Md. Her death remove
one of the most prominent parsonage
OF the period OF the Civil War.
may be observed that ex-Presiden
Davis long survived President Lif
coin, General Grant and most of HI
other principal opponents, and Mr..
Davis outliyed about all the rest.