Varina Davis

Birth Name:
Varina Anne Banks Howell
Birth Date:
May 7, 1826
Birth Place:
Natchez, Mississippi
Death Date:
October 16, 1906
Place of Death:
New York City, New York
Age:
80
Cause of Death:
Pneumonia
Cemetery Name:
Hollywood Cemetery
Claim to Fame:
Historical Figure
Varina Davis was the only First Lady of the Confederate States of America, and the longtime second wife of President Jefferson Davis. Born and raised in the South and educated in Philadelphia, she had family on both sides of the conflict and unconventional views for a woman in her public role. She did not support the Confederacy's position on slavery, and was ambivalent about the war. Davis became a writer after the American Civil War, completing her husband's memoir. She was recruited by Kate (Davis) Pulitzer, a purportedly distant cousin of Varina’s husband and wife of publisher Joseph Pulitzer, to write articles and eventually a regular column for the New York World.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Hollywood Cemetery

412 South Cherry Street

Richmond, Virginia, 23220

United States

North America

Map:

Map of Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond Virginia

Grave Location:

Section Lawn, Plot A

Grave Location Description

As you enter the cemetery turn left and follow the blue line on Eastvale Avenue. Stay to the left as it turns into Westvale Avenue and continue along, past Morton Avenue until you come to the large turnaround that contains the final resting places of Jefferson and Varina Davis.

Grave Location GPS

37.5321426662, -77.4599734605

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FAQ's

Varina Davis was born on May 7, 1826.

Varina Davis was born in Natchez, Mississippi.

Varina Davis died on October 16, 1906.

Varina Davis died in New York City, New York.

Varina Davis was 80.

The cause of death was Pneumonia.

Varina Davis's grave is in Hollywood Cemetery

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