Jefferson Finis Davis By: Lauren
Birth Jefferson Finis Davis was born on June 3rd, 1808. Was born in Christian county, Kentucky. Jefferson Davis Was the 10th and last child of Samuel Davis and Jane Cook Davis He had nine Brothers and Sisters
Names of Brothers and Sisters Joseph Emory Davis Isaac Williams Davis Anna Eliza Davis Matilda Davis Benjamin Davis Lucinda Farrar Davis Amanda Jane Davis Mary Ellen Davis Samuel A. Davis
Life Before the Civil War. Jefferson Davis attended Transylvania University. He placed twenty-third in a class of thirty-four. He entered in the U.S Military at West Point in 1824. He became a planter in Mississippi. He fought in the Mexican War and fought in the Black Hawk Wars.
Life during the Civil War. Was the only president of the Confederacy. Jefferson Davis was almost killed. He made speech’s often
Contribution to the Civil War President of the Confederacy.
Death Jefferson Finis Davis died in 1889. He died at New Orleans La.
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