Jefferson Davis

Today is Jefferson Davis' 201st birthday. To mark the occasion, I found young namesakes from each of the Confederate states:

Alabama
Jefferson Davis Isaac, Gordonsville, AL, b. 1873
(brother: General Lee Isaac)

Arkansas
Jefferson Davis Ferguson, Crockett, AR, b. 1859
(siblings: Robert E. Lee Ferguson, Joseph E. Johnston Ferguson, Kansas Ferguson)

Florida
Jeff Davis Stanley, Jackson Co., Florida, b. 1861

Georgia
Jefferson Davis Vaughn, Griffin, GA, b. 1866
(brother: Robert Lee Vaughn)

Louisiana
Jefferson Davis Thomas, Claiborne, LA, b. 1863
(brother Martin Luther Thomas)

Mississippi
Jeff Davis Maxwell
(brother: R.E.Lee Maxwell, Sharkey Co., MS, b. 1868)

North Carolina
Jefferson Davis Holmes, Smithville, NC, b. 1866
(twin brother: Stonewall Jackson Holmes)

South Carolina
Jeff Davis Hair, Blackville, SC, b. 1871

Tennessee
Jeff Davis Walker, Giles Co., Tennessee, b. 1863
(I am working on a post about siblings named Jeff Davis and Abe Lincoln or Robert E. Lee and U.S. Grant, etc.)

Texas
Jefferson Davis Barnes, Clay, TX, b. 1859
(brother Robert E. Lee Barnes)

Virginia
Jeff Davis Penn, Mayo River, VA, b. 1864
(brothers: Genl. Lee Penn, George Washington Penn)

It's not just the South . . .


California

Jefferson Davis De Gear, San Francisco, CA, b. 1861

(brothers: Albert Sidney Johnston De Gear, Wade Hampton De Gear)

Oregon:
Jefferson Davis Boyles, OR, b. 1874
(brother: Lee Boyles)