Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-10-24

Novembaann, 1915, aud resigned June,
1916, to go to the Mexican war, from
which he returned severely wounded
and they returned to live at his
BrierAeli tlantatioh: Davis Rahd, iii
WsffaN County, Miss. She was with
her husband in Washington where he
was United States Senator lS47 to
1852; Secretary of War 1853 te 1857; !;
United States Senator 1887 to 1861
and iii Riehih6,ld dpiing The tilhe he
was president tf The Confederate
States 1861, to 1865.
Mrs. Davis old home was Beau
voir House; post Office, Harrison
County,, Miss. although fof reasons
Of health She; has resided in New York
for number Of years.
'The First Lady Of the oonfederaey'
Nlrs, variha jefferson Davis, who
passed recently; held j leiidef
plaeS ii The t'sgafd Il Tic Southern
people, both. for her personal qualities
as noble, high-minded woman, and
as the devoted wife of the distinguish
ed soldier and sta.esni;sh, the Hon.
Jertcfs0h. DAVIS, President of the Con-
federate States of America. Daugh-
ter of William Burr Howell, Of
Natchez, Miss, aud granddaughter Of
Gov. Richard Howell, Of New Jersey,
she was born May {, 1926, and OH Feb
ruary 2h, 1915, married Jefferson
jefferson Davis, THAN a planter Of
Warren county, Mississippi, being his
second wife. Soon after her marriage
her husband was electcd 10 Cbmgress:
and in 1916 Ee resigned to go 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 arisiocratie society Of the Conrel.
crate capital. With The fall of the
Confederate Government in 1865 be.
gan chapter Of sorrow aud suffering
Of which she had her full part along
with her husband. sharing his i'm
prisonment at Fortress Monroe when
permitted to do so. Her conduct at
this time endeared her to the South.
ern heart, the tragedy of her life ap-
pealing to a people who were them
selves at that time in thousands of
desolate homes enduring similar pri.
Vatlons' and indianities.
After the release, from Fortress
Monroe the eN-Presi;lent and his wife
resided in England (lS67-7s). They
returned later to Memphis, Tenn,
where the cx-President was in bust
ness, (lS1O-7S), after. which. in 1879.
he retired to his estate at Biloxi, on
the Mississippi Coast, for the re-
mainder of his days. Here Mrs. Davis
aided him in the production Of The
historical n work, "Thc Decline and
Fall Of the Confederate Government. -
After z her husbands death, in 1889,
Mrs. Davis obtained needed increase
OF income by her writings, retaining
her property in Mississippi, but resid.
ing, for reasons of health, in New
York. Among her books is "Jcffer-
son Davis: A Memoir. BY His
Wife, Of her six children-four
sons and two daughters-but one.
Mrs. |. A. Hayes, of Colorado Springs,
Col, survives her. One of her sons,
It IS lof interest to note, was educated
at Belalr, Md. Her death removes
one OF the most prominent personaoes
OF the period of the Civil War. n
may be observed that ax-President
Davis long survived President Lin
coin, General Grant aud most of his
9.ner O principal opponents, and Mrs.
Davis outlived about all the rest.