No longer among the living? (1859 photo; LOC - LC-DIG-ppmsca-26716)
From From The New-York Times September 6, 1861:
THE DEATH OF JEFF. DAVIS REAFFIRMED.
LOUISVILLE, Thursday, Sept. 5.
A gentleman just from Richmond, who passed through this city this morning, says that on Saturday evening the serious illness of JEFF. DAVIS was freely canvassed on the street, and little hope was entertained of his recovery. The probable changes which would ensue on his death were freely mentioned.
On the gentleman’s arrival at Nashville he learned that the rebel Congress, which had adjourned at midnight on Saturday, has been called together by ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS, the serious illness of DAVIS being the ostensible cause. My informant considers the flags at half-mast, as reported, indicative of his death.
Positive assurances are said to have been received this morning by a prominent Secessionist and ex-Mayor of this city, of the death of JEFF. DAVIS.
At home in Mississippi c 1885 (LOC - LC-DIG-ppmsca-23865)
