ID: I43216 Name: Jefferson Finis DAVIS Sex: M Birth: 3 JUN 1808 in Fairview, Christian Co., KY Death: 6 DEC 1889 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA Event: Pic Event: Elected 1844 U.S. House of Representatives, Mississippi Event: Elected BET 1857 AND 1861 U.S. Senator from Mississippi Event: Elected BET 18 FEB 1861 AND 10 MAY 1865 President of the Confederate States Event: Appointed BET 1853 AND 1857 U.S. Secretary of War Education: BET 1824 AND JUN 1828 United States Military Academy, West Point, NY Event: Sound Father: Samuel Emory DAVIS b: BET 1755 AND 1758 in Augusta, Richmond Co., GA Mother: Jane Simpson COOK b: ABT 1760 in South Carolina Marriage 1 Sarah Knox TAYLOR b: 6 MAR 1814 in Fort Knox, Vincennes, Knox Co., IN Married: 17 JUN 1835 in Beechland, Jefferson Co., KY Marriage 2 Varina Anne Banks HOWELL b: 7 MAY 1826 in Natchez, Adams Co., MS Married: 26 FEB 1845 in Briarfield, Natchez, Adams Co., MS Event: Pic in Children Samuel Emory DAVIS b: 30 JUL 1852 Margaret Howell DAVIS b: 25 FEB 1855 in Washington, D.C. Jefferson DAVIS , Jr. b: 16 JAN 1857 Joseph Evan DAVIS b: 18 APR 1859 William Howell DAVIS b: 6 DEC 1861 Varina Anne Jefferson DAVIS b: 27 JUN 1864

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