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	Varina Howell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Varina Howell was born to Virginians William B. Howell and Margaret Lousia Kempe on May 7 1826 in Natchez, Mississippi (In the 1880 U.S. Federal Census for Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi, Varina Davis's place of birth was listed as Louisiana; her father's place of birth was listed as New Jersey, and her mother's as Virginia).
		Her grandfather, Richard Howell, was Governor of New Jersey for numerous terms.
		Varina Howell Davis died in New York City on October 16 1905, survived only by one of her six children.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Varina_Howell (352 words)

	Varina Howell - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Varina Howell was born to Virginians William B. Howell and Margaret Lousia Kempe on 7 May 1826 in Natchez, Mississippi (In the 1880 U.S. Federal Census for Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi, Varina Davis's place of birth was listed as Louisiana; her father's place of birth was listed as New Jersey, and her mother's as Virginia).
		Varina Howell Davis died in New York City on 16 October 1905, survived only by one of her six children.
		Varina Howell: Wife of Jefferson Davis (Varina Howell, Wife of Jefferson Davis)
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /varina_howell.htm (399 words)

	eHistory.com: The Life of Varina Howell Davis: First Lady of the Confederacy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Varina indulged herself in gathering as much information on Jefferson as she could without exposing her feelings for him—it was not proper for a woman to acknowledge feelings before the man. And although she recognized the age gap between them, the attraction she felt was stronger.
		Varina felt as long as the material was good, the laces real, and the cut reasonably in the mode, it was good enough for her.
		After Varina gave birth to son William Howell Davis, the press took delight in describing her as portly and middle-aged, a comment that she wisely chose to ignore since there may have been a bit of truth to it.
	ehistory.osu.edu /world/articles/ArticleView.cfm?AID=64 (4330 words)

	Varina Howell Davis Biography Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Howell was an intelligent, deeply religious woman educated by a private tutor and close family friend, later attending a finishing school to polish her considerable social graces.
		Varina was prohibited from leaving Georgia without permission from Federal authorities, but she lobbied incessantly to secure her husband's release from prison, succeeding May 1867.
		Varina stayed on to write her memoirs after Davis' death in 1889.
	www.civilwarhome.com /varinadavisbio.htm (454 words)

	Varina Howell Davis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Varina Howell Davis was born at her family plantation, the Briers, near Natchez, Mississippi in 1826.
		Varina settled comfortably into her new role as First Lady, and enjoyed much public support and adulation for the first year of the Confederacy.
		Following Jefferson Davis’s arrest at the end of the Civil War, Varina Davis and the children were sent to Savannah, where she complained of being a virtual prisoner as she was forbidden to leave the city.
	ehistory.osu.edu /world/PeopleView.cfm?PID=94 (748 words)

	The Papers of Jefferson Davis
		Varina Banks Howell Davis (1826-1906), daughter of William and Margaret Howell, met Jefferson Davis when she was only seventeen years old.
		Just over a year later, Davis and Varina Howell were married at The Briars, her parents' home in Natchez, Mississippi.
		Varina Davis was well-educated and possessed as strong a will as her husband.
	jeffersondavis.rice.edu /resources.cfm?doc_id=1554 (282 words)

	Varina Howell Davis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Varina Howell was a well educated, refined woman from Natchez, Miss.
		Varina's husband immediately entered politics, which in her own words brought about "everything which darkens the sunlight and contracts the happy sphere of home." Still Varina was an excellent hostess in Washington, D.C., while her husband served as senator and secretary of war.
		Fascinating Fact: Varina stipulated in her agreement with the state that Beauvoir be used as a home for Confederate veterans and widows and be preserved as "a perpetual memorial sacred to the memory of Jefferson Davis" and the Confederate cause.
	www.us-civilwar.com /varina.htm (363 words)

	Varina Howell -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Her grandfather, Richard Howell, was (Click link for more info and facts about Governor of New Jersey) Governor of New Jersey for numerous terms.
		In 1844, when she was 17 years old, Varina met 36-year-old (IAmerican statesman; president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War (1808-1889)) Jefferson Davis.
		Varina Howell Davis died in (The largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center) New York City on 16 October 1905, survived only by one of her six children.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/V/Va/Varina_Howell.htm (450 words)

	Varina Howell Davis by John Wood Dodge
		Varina Howell Davis was born near Natchez, Mississippi, on May 7, 1826.
		At eighteen, when she married Jefferson Davis, who was twice her age, she had developed a lively intellect and polished social graces.
		This miniature portrait of Varina Davis was painted by John Wood Dodge in 1849, four years after her marriage.
	www.civilwar.si.edu /leaders_varinadavis.html (53 words)

	First Lady
		Varina Howell Davis was born at her family plantation, the Briers, near Natchez, Miss., in 1826.
		Following Jefferson Davis's arrest, Varina Davis and the children were sent to Savannah, where she complained of being a virtual prisoner as she was forbidden to leave the city.
		Varina Davis, captured with her husband, was detained as a regional prisoner in Savannah until she was permitted to join Jefferson at Fort Monroe, where she worked to secure his freedom.
	www.wadehamptoncamp.org /hist-vd.html (975 words)

	Davis' loyal, courageous first lady - The Washington Times: Civil War - August 14, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In 1844, he met Varina Howell, daughter of W.B. Howell, originally from New Jersey, who had married a Virginia lady and had become a wealthy member of the Mississippi "plantocracy." Born at Natchez in 1826, Varina had become a well-educated and highly intelligent young woman with a strong personality.
		Varina Howell Davis was considered to have a regal manner and to be something of a martinet in social matters.
		After his death, Varina moved to the North, and it was in New York City, where she settled, where her own two-volume book, "Jefferson Davis: A Memoir by His Wife," was published in 1890.
	washingtontimes.com /functions/print.php?StoryID=20040813-102319-4249r (911 words)

	Varina Davis-Part I
		Varina was brought up to adhere to the rules of society and her friends knew she would strictly follow those rules.
		Varina, a light hearted youth, was now madly in love with a man who was undergoing much negativism by her social set.
		Varina had an attack of fever which was common to the area where she lived, and it was thought by her parents and tutor that the stress and excitement over Davis public affairs had been the cause.
	www.romanceeverafter.com /Varina%20Davis-Part%20I.htm (1725 words)

	Varina Davis-Part II(2)
		This was a difficult separation for Varina and her husband as they had only been married a little over a year.
		Due to Varina’s poor health caused by her worry and longing for her husband, she had lived at The Hurricane or her family home in Natchez in his absence.
		Varina continued to live for her husband and was sorrowful for the lack of children in their life.
	www.romanceeverafter.com /Varina%20Davis-Part%20II(2).htm (899 words)

	Station Information - Varina Howell
		Varina Howell was born to Virginians William B Howeel and Margaret Lousia Kempe on 7 May 1826 in Natchez, Mississippi.
		She became the first (and last) First Lady of the Confederate States of America when Hefferson Davis became the President of the Confederate States.
		Following Jefferson Davis's death in 1889, Varina published "Jefferson Davis, A Momoir" in 1890.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/v/va/varina_howell.html (183 words)

	Varina Howell Davis
		She was a great favorite of her father's and carried on a charming correspondence with him while Varina and the children stayed in in 1862 (see, 8:192, 360).
		He may have been exposed to the disease by Varina's brother Becket, who had stayed with the Davises while his school was closed in late May due to a measles epidemic.
		Born in the Confederate White House and named for her mother, Varina Anne was the youngest of the Davis children.
	www.civilwarhistory.com /davisphoto/varina.htm (1334 words)

	Varina Howell Davis Chapter no.2369
		Varina Howell was born on 7 May 1826 in Natchez, Mississippi.
		Her Grandfather, Richard Howell served as governor of New Jersey for several terms.
		Varina was only seventeen when she met thirty-six year-old Jefferson Davis in 1844.
	members.tripod.com /James_Combs/Varina-3.html (307 words)

	Jeff Davis Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		President Jefferson Davis and his wife Varina were on their way to Savannah where they would board a ship for and sail to England.
		The days leading up to his capture was recounted by some of those who were present, including his wife, Varina in her letters to Mr.
		Varina Davis, was detained as a regional prisoner in Savannah until she was permitted to join her husband at Fort Monroe.
	home.comcast.net /~gholback/hist_jdp.htm (2498 words)

	Star Beacon Daily Currents Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Varina was 18 years younger than Jefferson Davis when they married Feb. 26, 1845.
		Mary Todd Lincoln is as misunderstood by the public as Varina Davis is unknown.
		Moulder says Varina was generally well liked and escaped the criticism that was often unjustly leveled at Mary.
	www.starbeacon.com /index.asp?MC=CURRENTS&NID=1&AID=3506 (942 words)

	Varina Davis Letter Poses Mystery - Foodnotes
		The following is a “mystery” letter said to have been penned by Varina Davis, widow of Jefferson Davis, at their home, Beauvoir, in Biloxi, Mississippi, apparently sometime after her husband's death (which occurred December 6, 1889).
		A signature by Varina Davis (“V. Jefferson Davis,”; as was her custom), at about the time this letter was written.
		The sketch of young Varina Howell Davis was created by David L. Mitchell after a watercolor on ivory by John Wood Dodge, gift of Varina Webb Stewart, which is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.
	www.foodhistory.com /foodnotes/leftovers/davis/varina/mys (1305 words)

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		Varina Howell Davis, the future First Lady of the Confederacy, wrote years later of them during this period, "Sometimes when they did not agree on, a measure, hot words in glacial, polite phrases passed between them." Because of a suspected insult on the floor of the Senate Benjamin challenged Davis to a duel.
		Howell Cobb, the former governor of Georgia, wrote that "if slaves will make good soldiers, our whole theory of slavery is wrong." Nevertheless, the Confederate Congress passed a partial version of the measure on March 13, but by then it was too late.
		That is especially odd if, as Varina Davis testified in a letter written in 1889, Benjamin spent almost every day in the office with her husband and was a central figure in events.
	www.civilwarhome.com /benjaminbio.htm (2753 words)

	Complete History of Beauvoir
		Varina Davis decided that her husband should be buried in New Orleans, choosing the tomb of the Army of Northern Virginia at Metarie Cemetery as his burial site.
		Winnie Davis was born Varina Anne Jefferson Davis in Richmond, Virginia on June 27, 1864, during her father's presidency.
		Kimbrough, a long-time close friend to Jefferson and Varina Davis, began what many have called her life's work ~ the preservation of Beauvoir as the "Mount Vernon of the Confederacy." She began an incredible volume of correspondence, newspaper appeals, talks, personal appeals, and every conceivable means to accomplish this end.
	www.beauvoir.org /complete.html (5475 words)

	The Howell Research Center presents Varina Howell Davis, wife of Confederate President Jefferson Davis
		Married in February 1845 to widower Jefferson Davis, who was eighteen years her senior, Varina Howell (1826-1906) was almost immediately introduced to public life when her husband was elected to Congress from Mississippi.
		I, Varina: A Biography of the Girl Who Married Jefferson Davis and Became the First Lady of the South.
		Van der Heuvel, Gerry, Crowns of Thorns and Glory: Mary Todd Lincoln and Varina Howell Davis.
	howellresearch.com /VarinaHowellDavis.htm (422 words)

	The Museum of the Confederacy: Visit Us (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The official residence of President Jefferson Davis, his wife Varina and their children, the house was also the social, political and military center of the Confederacy.
		While her husband served in a succession of Federal offices, Varina won the favor of Washington society and was known for her wit, grace and vivaciousness.
		Varina would report that he received the message “as if some calamity had fallen upon him.” Davis himself would later write in his memoirs that, “I had not believed myself as well suited to the office as some others.
	www.moc.org /vwhite.htm (2221 words)

	History News Network
		(Varina Howell Jefferson 1826-1906, a grandaughter of Richard Howell, Governor of NJ from 1792 to 1801, died in NY City and was buried in Richmond, Virginia beside her husband, President Jefferson Davis; 1st Lady of the Confederate States of America and later Author in New York City.
		A daughter of the South and the Confederacy; she was living with her father William Burr Howell in Natchez, Mississippi a good friend of Jefferson Davis.
		In late life Lady Varina was offered a goodly sum for this property but turned the offer down and led with her heart, she donated the home to the Confederate Veterans who lived there in their last days.)
	hnn.us /readcomment.php?id=21655 (616 words)

	The Papers of Jefferson Davis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Pictured at Beauvoir in 1884 or 1885 (l to r): Varina Howell Davis Hayes [Webb] (1878-1934), Margaret Davis Hayes, Lucy White Hayes [Young] (1882-1966), Jefferson Davis, unknown servant, Varina Howell Davis, and Jefferson Davis Hayes (1884-1975), whose name was legally changed to Jefferson Hayes-Davis in 1890.
		These five were the only grandchildren of Jefferson and Varina Davis.
		She recalled that her grandfather "was an erect and imposing old gentleman and enjoyed playing games and telling stories to his grandchildren." She added that "his stories were never about the War Between the States," but "were always cheerful tales" (New Orleans Times-Picayune, April 10, 1952).
	cohesion.rice.edu /humanities/pjdavis/resources.cfm?doc_id=1540 (131 words)

	Biography
		Varina Anne Howell Davis was the wife of the president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis.
		Varina's father, the son of New Jersey Governor Richard Howell, had trouble maintaining the family's comfortable standard of living.
		The Howells lived in a relatively simple house known as the Briers, where Varina was tutored by Judge George Winchester.
	www.alexanderstreet2.com /CWLD/BIOS/A11BIO.html (412 words)

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