| LC control no. | n 50059078 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Davis, Varina, 1826-1906 |
| Variant(s) | Davis, Varina Jefferson, 1826-1906 Howell, Varina, 1826-1906 Davis, Varina Howell, 1826-1906 Jefferson-Davis, Varina, 1826-1906 |
| Associated place | New York (N.Y.) |
| Located | Richmond (Va.) |
| Birth date | 1826-05-07 |
| Death date | 1906-11-16 |
| Place of birth | Natchez (Miss.) |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Confederate States of America--Biography Confederate States of America--History |
| Affiliation | Confederate States of America |
| Profession or occupation | Women biographers Presidents' spouses |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Memphis St. U. Lib., Miss. Valley Coll. for Lee, S.D. Papers, 1864-1902 (Varina Davis (Mrs. Jefferson Davis)) WWWA, 1897-1942 (Davis, Varina Jefferson (Varina Jefferson-Davis); b. Natchez, Miss., 1826; g.d. Gov. Richard Howell of N.J., and d. William Burr and Margaret (Kempe) Howell; m. Jefferson Davis of Warren Co., Miss., 1845; home: Brierfield, Warren Co., Miss., and Elkridge, La., d. 1906) NUCMC files (Varina Anne Banks (Howell) Davis) Letters from prison, 2014: ECIP Data View (Davis writes to his wife, Varina) ECIP Chapter 1 (Mrs. Varina Davis) Wikipedia, June 17, 2014 (Varina Banks Howell Davis (other names: Varina Howell), born May 7, 1826 in Natchez, Mississippi, died October 16, 1906 in New York City; was the second wife of the politician Jefferson Davis, who became president of the Confederate States of America. She served as the First Lady of the Confederacy at the capital in Richmond, Virginia; became a writer after the American Civil War, completing her husband's memoir; in 1891 Howell Davis moved to New York City to live full-time with her daughter Winnie after her husband's death) OCLC database, June 17, 2014 (a.a.p.: Davis, Varina ; Davis, Varina Anne Jefferson ; Davis, Varina Anne ; Davis, Varina Anne, 1864-1898 ; Davis, Varina Anne Jefferson, 1864-1898 ; usage: Varina Davis, Varina Anne Davis, Varina Anne Jefferson-Davis) |
| Associated language | eng |
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