Varina Anne Davis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Varina Anne Davis

American writer

Date of Birth: 27-Jun-1864

Place of Birth: Richmond, Virginia, United States

Date of Death: 18-Sep-1898

Profession: writer, journalist, novelist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Varina Anne "Winnie" Davis (June 27, 1864 – September 18, 1898) was an American author who was most known as the youngest daughter of President Jefferson Davis of the Confederate States of America and Varina (Howell) Davis.
Born in the last year of the war, by the late 1880s she became known as the "Daughter of the Confederacy".
Images of her were widely circulated when she was young, helping morale.
Later in the 1880s, she appeared with her father on behalf of Confederate veterans' groups.
After his death, she and her mother moved in 1891 to New York City, where they both worked as writers.
She published a biography and two novels, in addition to numerous articles.
Davis died young from infectious disease.