Davis biography

Early Life

Born Jefferson Finis Davis in Kentucky in 1808 and raised in Mississippi, he was the 10th and youngest child in his family. His parents gave him the middle name Finis, meaning “final” in Latin.

Davis was greatly influenced by his oldest brother, Joseph, a wealthy lawyer and planter who served as a father figure, particularly after their father’s death in 1824.

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Davis left his studies at Transylvania University in Kentucky that year to enter the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where Joseph’s connection had secured him an appointment.

Davis graduated four years later, finishing in the bottom third of his class; he was posted to an infantry regiment in Wisconsin.

After serving only briefly in the Black Hawk War in 1832, he fell in love with Sarah Knox Taylor, the daughter of Colonel Zachary Taylor.

The couple contracted malaria just months after their wedding in 1835, and Sarah died.

Having resigned his army commission, Davis retreated to his cotton plantation, Bri