the following is unreferenced both of davis' paternal grandparents had immigrated to north america from the region of snowdonia in north wales the rest of his ancestry can be traced to england davis' paternal grandfather evan married lydia emory williams who had two sons from a previous marriage samuel emory davis was born to them in he served in the continental army during the american revolutionary war along with his two older half brothers in after the war he married jane cook she was born in in christian county kentucky to william cook and his wife sarah simpson samuel and jane had ten children jefferson was the last and was born on june in christian county for eight years following sarah's death davis was reclusive and worshipped her memory he spent time developing his plantation studied government and history and had private political discussions with his brother joseph that same year davis met varina banks howell then years old whom his brother joseph had invited for the christmas season at hurricane plantation she was the daughter of margaret l kempe and william burr howell and the granddaughter of the late new jersey governor richard howell and his wife keziah within a month of their meeting the year old widower davis had asked varina to marry him they became engaged over her parents' initial concerns about his age and politics and they married on february margaret was the only child of jefferson and varina to marry and raise a family she married joel addison hayes jr and they had five children they were married in st lazarus church nicknamed the confederate officers' she died on september at age alexander stephens was chosen as vice president on november davis was elected confederate states president without opposition he was inaugurated on february they were intending to get to a point where they could sail to europe after two years of imprisonment davis was released on bail of which was posted by prominent citizens of both northern and southern states including horace greeley cornelius vanderbilt and gerrit smith smith was a former member of the secret six who had supported john brown davis visited canada cuba and europe in search of work he is interred at hollywood cemetery in richmond beneath a life sized statue the marker lists his accomplishments as a graduate of west point his positions in the u s house of representatives and the senate and his military service his tenure as president of the confederacy is not mentioned bertram hayes davis davis's great great grandson is the executive director of beauvoir which is owned by the mississippi division of the sons of confederate veterans please fix the above so i can get on with the rest of the review as usual you have days