Samuel
Emory
Davis
Born in Briarfield, Adams, Mississippi, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Jefferson Finis Davis
and Varina Banks (Howell) Davis
Brother of
Margaret Howell (Davis) Hayes, Jefferson Finis Davis Jr., Joseph Evan Davis, William Howell Davis and Varina Anne Davis
Died
at age 1
in Washington, District Of Columbia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Nov 2008
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Biography
Samuel Davis died young.
Samuel Emory Davis BIRTH 30 Jul 1852 Warren County, Mississippi, USA DEATH 13 Jun 1854 (aged 1) BURIAL Hollywood Cemetery Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA PLOT Section Lawn Lot A MEMORIAL ID 6662358 ·
RESEARCH NOTES
The only known likeness of Samuel is a bust, now at Beauvoir, that miraculously survived destruction when Union troops pillaged Davis' belongings in 1863. Joseph E. Davis had hidden the property in the attic of a home near Clinton, Mississippi, but a slave gave away the location, and the Federals ransacked the furniture, letters, and books they discovered. The man left to care for the home managed to save the bust of Samuel by claiming that the image was of one of his own children.
Sources
- Find A Grave: Memorial #6662358
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- Gilbert Payne
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AncestryDNA Paternal Lineage (discontinued) 46 markers, haplogroup R1b
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~0.39%
Rick Brown :
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