Varina Anne Banks Davis (née Howell; May 7, 1826 – October 16, 1906) was the only First Lady of the Confederate States of America, and the longtime second...
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Varina Anne "Winnie" Davis (June 27, 1864 – September 18, 1898) was an American author who is best known as the youngest daughter of President Jefferson...
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Beauvoir (Biloxi, Mississippi) (category Jefferson Davis)
his memoirs. Davis ended up living there the rest of his life with his wife, Varina Davis, and his youngest daughter, Varina Anne Davis (known as "Winnie")...
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Fuquay-Varina (/ˈfjuːkweɪ vəˈriːnə/ FYOO-kway vuh-REE-nuh) is a town in southern Wake County, North Carolina, United States, lying south of Holly Springs...
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Joseph's land and eventually owning as many as 113 slaves. In 1845, Davis married Varina Howell. During the same year, he was elected to the United States...
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Margaret Kempe Howell (category Family of Jefferson Davis)
was the mother of Confederate First Lady Varina Davis and mother-in-law of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Upon her marriage to the son of New Jersey...
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friendship created a scandal, but both ignored it, and his second wife, Varina Davis, also came to stay at Dorsey's plantation. In 1878, Dorsey realized she...
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Varina may refer to: Varina Davis (1826–1906), first and only First Lady of the Confederate States of America Varina Anne Davis (1864–1898), American...
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Jefferson Davis from February 1864 until the family was captured by Union forces in May 1865. On February 14, 1864, Davis's wife, Varina Davis, was returning...
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on a trip to New York. Howell's daughter, Varina, later married Davis's brother. As a cotton planter Davis made a fortune, becoming "one of the richest...
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Confederate flags nearby. Davis wore a new suit of Confederate grey fabric Jubal Early had given him, and his widow Varina placed a sword Davis had carried during...
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clients were the wives of elite politicians, including Varina Davis, the wife of Jefferson Davis, and Mary Anna Custis Lee, the wife of Robert E. Lee....
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Hunter, had quarreled with Davis and resigned, and in March 1862, Benjamin was appointed as his replacement. Varina Davis noted that some in Congress...
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as Blackface Harriet Tubman Brian Paulette as Jefferson Davis Lauralei Linzay as Varina Davis Sean Blake as Adolf Hitler Glenn Q. Pierce as the voice...
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states' rights) and it lost. Although Varina Davis and Willard would continue to correspond over the next decade (as Varina moved to New York after her husband's...
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Conner (1838–1912) Varina Davis (1826 – 1906), columnist after her move to New York; widow of the Confederate president, Jefferson Davis Howard C. Hillegas...
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Natchez, Mississippi, USA. It was built in 1818 for a large planter. Varina Davis, the First Lady of the Confederate States of America, spent her adolescence...
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Rosen, Joel Nathan. "Davis Bend Plantation". Mississippi Encyclopedia. Retrieved April 29, 2024. Davis, Varina (1890). "Jefferson Davis, A Memoir". New York:...
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still the Appalachian Mountains. Frazier's fourth novel, Varina, is based on the life of Varina Davis, First Lady of the Confederate States of America. It...
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Civil War, she was sent to Montgomery, Alabama to stay at the home of Varina Davis' mother, Margaret Kempe Howell. During this time, she was employed as...
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wished to name their new town Varina, in honor of Varina Davis, the wife of the Confederate President Jefferson Davis. The Varina Townsite Company, on June...
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over. Roberta Dunbar Varina Davis, former First Lady of the Confederacy, vacationed here as a widow in the 1890s. Varina Anne Davis, her youngest daughter...
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Jefferson Davis, who retired to Mississippi's Gulf Coast near New Orleans, Louisiana, to write his own memoirs. Former Confederate First Lady Varina Davis, while...
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developed a friendship with Varina Davis, wife of Secretary of War Jefferson Davis. She took an interest in the Davis's infant son, though he became...
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Kent-Means stood in as White House hostess, along with Varina Davis, second wife of Jefferson Davis. Kent-Means lived at the White House during this time...
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born in Natchez Margaret Kempe Howell, mother of Varina Davis and mother-in-law of Jefferson Davis, lived in Natchez Abijah Hunt, merchant during the...
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insects. In the 2018 novel Varina by Charles Frazier (which is based on the life of Varina Davis, wife of Jefferson Davis), the fictional African American...
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a relationship with their widower son-in-law Jefferson Davis, and his second wife Varina Davis became a close friend of Taylor during her tenure as first...
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39250; -88.86278 (Beauvoir) Harrison The last residence of Jefferson and Varina Davis.[citation needed] 72000702 Belmont Plantation Wayside 33°10′08″N 91°09′32″W...
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1978), cartoonist Varina Davis (1826–1906), American social figure Varina Anne Davis (1864–1898), American author Vera Gilbride Davis (1894–1974), American...
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