Joseph Robert Davis
Birthplace: Woodville, Mississippi
Father: Isaac Williams Davis 1792 – 1834
(Buried: Mount Bluff Cemetery, Flora, Mississippi)
Mother: Susan Gartley 1794 – 1874
(Buried: Mount Bluff Cemetery, Flora, Mississippi)
Wife: Margaret Green 1847 – 1939
(Buried: Biloxi City Cemetery, Biloxi, Mississippi)
Children:
Jefferson Davis 1883 – 1884
(Buried: Biloxi City Cemetery, Biloxi, Mississippi)
Edith Cary Davis L'Hote 1886 – 1951
(Buried: Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana)
Varina Jefferson Davis Marret 1887 – 1945
(Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)
Education:
Miami University
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Madison County, Mississippi
Mississippi State Senator
Civil War Career:
1861: Captain of Madison County, Mississippi Militia
1861: Lt. Colonel of 10th Mississippi Infantry Regiment
1861 – 1862: Colonel and Aide to President Jefferson Davis (Uncle)
1862 – 1865: Brigadier General in the Confederate Army
1863: Brigade Commander during the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
1864: Brigade Commander during the Wilderness Campaign in Virginia
1864 – 1865: Brigade Commander during Siege of Petersburg, Virginia
1865: Paroled at Appomattox Court House Appomattox, Virginia April 9
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1896: Attorney in Biloxi, Mississippi
Died: September 15, 1896
Place of Death: Biloxi, Mississippi
Cause of Death: Albuminuria
Age at time of Death: 71 years old
Burial Place: Biloxi Cemetery, Biloxi, Mississippi
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