Varina davis biography

The Wife and Influence Behind Jefferson Davis.

Varina was born at "The Briars," in Natchez, Mississippi on May 7, 1826, she married Jefferson Davis in 1845, she was his second wife, and His first wife had been the daughter of Zachary Taylor, who had died three months after their wedding.

Varina was a very religious woman, and very intelligent, who received little formal education; however, in her teens she did attend a finishing school where her social graces were enhanced. When she married Jefferson Davis at the age of nineteen, her mother objected, as Jefferson was eighteen years older than she.

But, their married turned out to be a long and most happy one.

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Varina had a strong interest in politics; therefore her adjustment to the political life as the wife of a politician in Washington, D.C. was easy. She also was a consummate hostess, and an exuberant conversationalist and a story teller.

Unlike her husband, she handled condemnation well, which was an asset through the tough y