I83922: Nancy Ann BARBER (1798

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"Joseph R. Davis, of Mississippi, became lieutenant-colonel Tenth Mississippi infantry April 12, 1861; aide-de-camp to the President, August 31, 1861; brigadier-general September 15, 1862; brigade composed of the Second, Eleventh, Twenty-sixth, Forty-second Mississippi regiments of infantry, First Confederate battalion, and Madison Light Artillery, Army of Northern Virginia.

He was the son of Isaac Davis, elder brother of Jefferson Davis, a soldier of the war of 1812; grandson of Samuel Emory Davis, the revolutionary soldier; and great grandson of Evan Davis, who was prominent in colonial public affairs.

General Davis was born in Wilkinson county, Miss., at Woodside, January 12, 1825, and was educated at Nashville, and at Miami university, Ohio, also being graduated from the law school of that State. He began the practice of law in 1851 and at the same time engaged extensively in farming. In 1860 he was elected to the legislature, but notwithstanding this civil position he entered at once into the military service of the Confederate States, as captain of a company from Madison county, soon being promoted lieutenant-colonel of the Tenth Mississippi infantry. While in this position he was requested by President Davis, his uncle, to whom he was greatly attached, to serve on his personal staff with the rank of colonel. After a year of valuable service in this capacity he was commissioned brigadier-general. His command was engaged in the battles of Virginia and gained special distinction by its fighting at Gettysburg.

After the war General Davis returned to the practice of law and resumed in some measure the care of his farming interests. His home was at Biloxi, Miss., where he died September 15, 1896." CMH, vol. 1

Brigadier-General Joseph R. Davis, a native of Mississippi and nephew of Jefferson Davis, entered the service as a captain and at the organization of the Tenth Mississippi, April 12, 1861, was elected lieutenant-colonel. The regiment was sent to Pensacola and formed a part of the army under Gen. Braxton Bragg. A detachment of this regiment was engaged in the combat on Santa Rosa Island on the night of October 8th and the morning of the 9th, 1861, in which the camp of Wilson's Zouaves was captured and destroyed. During the fall and winter of 1861-62, Colonel Davis (for he had been so commissioned on August 21, 1861) acted as aide to President Davis, visiting the troops from New Orleans to Richmond and reporting thereon in Richmond. He was then appointed a brigadier-general, under the command of Gen. G. W. Smith, of the department of Richmond. His brigade was composed at first of the Second, Eleventh and Forty-second regiments of Mississippi infantry, to which were added the Twenty-sixth Mississippi and the Fifty-fifth North Carolina infantry. It was on duty in southeast Virginia in the winter of 1862-63 and the spring of 1863; was forwarded to Lee in time to take part in the Gettysburg campaign, and formed part of the Confederate advance under Heth on the 1st day of July, 1863. There was desperate fighting in which the Confederates, at first repulsed, finally swept everything before them. In the grand charge of July 3d Gen. Joe Davis' Mississippi brigade, that fought so stoutly the first day, crossing bayonets with the Iron brigade, bore a prominent part in the work of Heth's division under Pettigrew. The Second Mississippi, of that brigade, lost half its men that day, but was still ready to fight. Its battleflag was a few years ago still in possession of its old color-bearer, who at that time lived at Blossom Prairie, Texas. This flag has the names of more than 20 battles imprinted upon it.

Davis' brigade in the battle of the Wilderness was one of those hurled by Longstreet with such telling force on the Federals on the 7th of May, 1864. Through all the subsequent battles of the campaign between Lee and Grant--Spottsylvania, North Anna, Cold Harbor, and the various successes and failures of the campaigns around Richmond and Petersburg--Davis led his men, encouraging them to stand firm and endure to the end.

At Appomattox Court House the Mississippi brigade of Joseph R. Davis surrendered with the rest of that gallant army which for four years had been the prop and stay of the South, and had successfully defended its part of the general field until everything else was gone. General Davis returned to his home justly proud of the honor which he had enjoyed in commanding such gallant men, resumed the practice of law, and was prominent as a citizen of Mississippi until his death at Biloxi, September 15, 1896. CMH, vol. 7.

Children:
--Jefferson Davis (1883-84; no issue)
--Varina Jefferson Davis Marret (1887-1945; 2 children)
--Edith Cary Davis L'Hote (1887-1937; 1 child)

Notes

Rev. Robert Rose, Rector of Albemarle parish d. 1751: The habits of Mr. Rose were doubtless temperate. He speaks of turning away an overseer for getting drunk on a certain occasion; and yet, in evidence of the habits of the times, he speaks of bringing home with him one day from Leighton's, on the Rappahannock, "rum and wine and other necessaries," and at another time of carrying a quartercask of wine into Nelson, the first that ever crossed Tye River, although the Cabels, Higgenbottoms, and Frys then lived there.† In further proof of the manner and habits of the age...."

"I bring this notice to a close by stating that Mr. Rose was twice married. Who his first wife was, or whence she came, I know not. At the death of a daughter in 1748, there is the following entry:--"Buried my daughter's body by the side of her mother and brother Robert, at Mr. Brooke's plantation." His second wife was Miss Ann Fitzhugh, of Stafford, not far from Fredericksburg. With all the families of Fitzhughs in Stafford, King George, and Essex, he seems to have lived on the most affectionate terms. His last wife survived him, but how many years I am unable to say. His four sons, Hugh, Patrick, Henry, and Charles, settled on the farms in Nelson and Amherst left them by their father. His son Colonel Hugh Rose was a man of great decision of character, and for many years acted as lay reader in two of the churches of Amherst,--viz.: Rooker's, and that at New Glasgow." ^[S1424]

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Nancy Ann BARBER

1798 - ____

ID Number: I83922

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Mary Adeline CARTER

5 Jan 1831 - 12 Apr 1876

ID Number: I17088

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BEF 1323 - ABT 6 Mar 1396

ID Number: I98896

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Ernest Lynwood CORNELIUS

ABT 1890 - ____

ID Number: I35943

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Gen. Joseph Robert DAVIS C.S.A.

12 Jan 1825 - 15 Sep 1896

ID Number: I43180

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Melinda MELOTT

1824 - ____

ID Number: I48547

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ABT 1900 - ____

ID Number: I52463

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Rev. Robert ROSE

1703 - 30 Jun 1751

ID Number: I65067

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Lucy Penn TAYLOR

9 Dec 1782 - 22 Aug 1787

ID Number: I4103

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Grayson WENDLING

ABT 1877 - ____

ID Number: I96526

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Mary Anne WILLIAMS

16 Apr 1772 - 18 Dec 1832

ID Number: I100258

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