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thanking him for his treatment of her hus-
band while in prison. She declared she
never had written such letter and that the
treatment given her husband had been any
b,,$


never had written such letter and that the
treatment given her husband had been any
thing but kind.
She had four children. One son fell off a
was killed. Another son, Jefferson, died in
Memphis of yellow fever in 1878. Her
daughter, Winnie Davis, called THE
Daughter of the Confederacy," died only a
few years ago.
Mrs. Davis wrote a history of her hus-
bands life and acted as his amanuensis
when he wrote the history of the confed
eracy. She lived for a time in England
when he was there but since then had been
in the United States.
Mrs. DAVIS was patroness of the Ladies'
Southern Relief Society of this city and
was deeply interested in its welfare though
she never attended any of its meetings or
entertainments. The members of the Or
anization. in turn, had loyal love for the
widow of the confederacy" and num-
Der of them waited upon her at the station
about eight years ago when she passed
through here on her way to Richmond.
An old personal friend said this morning
that Mrs. Davis had loved Washington in
the Old days when her husband represented
his state in the United States Senate, and
that she never cared to visit the capital
in later years because of her painful men,
cries connected with the civil war.
When Mrs. Davis was in Rome years ago
she had an audience with Pope Plus TX,
who personally gave her a small picture
of himself which she valued highly, though
she was not of the Catholic faith. This
picture of the late holy father now be-
longs to Mrs. John T. Callaghan. wife of
the president of the confederate veterans
and 1t Is her intention to take it to Rich
mond and have 1t added to the historical
records of the south.
Corporal Tanners Acquaintanceship.
Corporal Tanner, register of wills of the
District Of Columbia, and former COM
mander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the
Republic, in speaking of Mrs. DAVIS, said:
Il have had the pleasure of meeting Mrs.
Davis but once. and that was in Richmond
in the spring of 1896 She impressed me
as lady who illustrated all the graces of
domestic American life. But the first
thought that comes to my mind in connec-
ton with her death is in relation to what
l have always considered the beautiful
friendship which existed for so many years
between herself and the widow of Gen.
Grant
I'm the time that has elapsed since the
close of the civil war the matter of health
has forced her to spend a great deal of
her time in the north, where she has form
ed friendship with the northern people
which. l have no doubt broadened her
views and made them more tender than
had she passed all her life in the south.
Il know that she was deeply touched
when her charming daughter, NJ SIS Winnie
Davis, died in Connecticut some years ago,
and my comrades at that time turned out
and escorted her remains to the depot on
the way south.
There is nobody who ever met Mrs. Davis
but will be glad to know that she reached
the ripe old age of four-score years. and
after life much of which was spent in the
whirl of civil strife has now entered upon
her well-earned rest. Peace to her men,
Ory.'