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Joseph Evan Davis (1859-1864) Joseph Evan Davis was born in Washington while his father was serving in the Senate. Davis proclaimed his new son "a very fine one" and named the boy for his eldest brother and his grandfather. Varina protested, for she deeply resented Joseph Emory Davis, but to no avail.
Joseph. Evan Davis. On April 30, 1864, tragedy struck at the Confederate White House in Richmond, Virginia when the 5-year-old son of Jefferson Davis, Joseph Evan Davis, fell to his death. Joseph Evan Davis was born in 1859 in Washington, D.C., while his father, Jefferson Davis was serving as a senator from Mississippi.
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 6662401. Source citation. Civil War Figure. He was born in Washington D.C. to Mississippi Senator Jefferson Davis and his wife Varina, and was named for Davis' brother and grandfather. He was a very bright boy and the apple of his father's eye. At the age of 5, he fell 15 feet from the east portico of the White House ...
Apr 30, 2010 · Joseph Evan Davis the son of Confederate President Jefferson Davis died April 30th 1864. Joseph Evan Davis was born April 18th 1859 in Washington, DC, the son of Jefferson and Varina Davis, while his father was serving in the United States Senate from Mississippi. Joseph was named after his Uncle and a Great-grandfather, over the protests of ...
Apr 30, 2014 · On April 30, 1864, Joseph Evan Davis, son of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, fell from the porch of the Davis' house in Richmond. Learn more about tha...
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When Joseph Evan Davis was born on 18 April 1859, in Washington, District of Columbia, United States, his father, President Jefferson F. Davis, was 50 and his mother, Varina Anne Banks Howell, was 32.
May 1, 2022 · Civil War Figure. He was born in Washington D.C. to Mississippi Senator Jefferson Davis and his wife Varina, and was named for Davis' brother and grandfather. He was a very bright boy and the apple of his father's eye. At the age of 4, he fell 15 feet from the east portico of the White House of the Confederacy.
