| Kentucky (Todd County), Fairview — 57 — Jefferson Davis Birthplace | | | Here the only President of the Confederate States of America was born June 3, 1808, the son of Samuel and Jane Cook Davis. The family moved to Mississippi during his infancy. — Map (db m3032) | | Kentucky (Todd County), Fairview — Jefferson Davis Monument | | | S. F. Crecelius, Engineer
G. R. Gregg, Contractor 1917-24
Elevator Installation By
American Elevator & Machine Co.
Louisville, Kentucky — Map (db m3033) | | Kentucky (Todd County), Fairview — 1073 — Jefferson Davis' Salute to Kentucky | | | "Kentucky, my own, my native land. God grant that peace and plenty may ever run throughout your borders. God grant that your sons and daughters may ever rise to illustrate the fame of their dead fathers and that wherever the name of Kentucky is mentioned, every hand shall be lifted and every head bowed for all that is grand, all that is glorious, all that is virtuous, all that is honorable and manly."
From address made here on his last visit to his birthplace in November 1886. At that time . . . — Map (db m3035) | | Kentucky (Todd County), Fairview — Zero Milestone Jefferson Davis Highway | | | Zero Milestone
Jefferson Davis Highway
Fairview, Ky. - Biloxi, Miss.
Erected 1930 by
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
Born June 3, 1808
in Christian, now Todd Co. KY.
Died December 6, 1889
in New Orleans, LA.
Graduated West Point, 1828
Served in Indian Wars, Mexican War,
Hero of Buena Vista and Monterey
Secretary of War 1853
United States Senator from Mississippi 1857 President of the
Confederate States of America
1861-1865
Patriot, . . . — Map (db m3034) |
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