I have wondered what has happened to Jefferson Davis' home in the aftermath in this week's devastating hurricane. For those who are also interested, here is the reply I received when I wrote an email to the Beauvoir website. > Jefferson Davis' Biloxi Home Beauvoir > Reported "Demolished" by Hurricane > Beauvoir, the last home of Jefferson Davis, was reported late Tuesday to > be "virtually demolished" by Hurricane Katrina. The Jackson, MS, Clarion > Ledger said that the historic building has been "reduced to rubble and a > frame of a house." > > The house was located on the north side of Beach Boulevard, across from a > number of "barge style" casinos. One of the closest, the President Casino, > was lifted whole from its mooring pillars and transported across the > highway where it came to rest crushing a Holiday Inn. > > The house, constructed in 1854, was dedicated in 1998 as the "Jefferson > Davis Presidential Library and Museum." > > After Davis' death Beauvoir evolved first into the Jefferson Davis > Soldiers' Home, serving as a hospital and residence for disabled > Confederate veterans and their dependents. > > The Beauvoir Confederate Cemetery is located at the extreme northwest > corner of the estate and contains over 750 graves. One of them is Sam > Davis, father of Jefferson Davis, whose body was moved there when the > Mississippi River threatened his original gravesite at Hurricane > Plantation. > > The Beauvoir cemetery is also the home of the Grave of the Unknown > Confederate Soldier in an above-ground granite shrine. No reports on its > condition are available. > > Another nearby burial ground, Southern Memorial Park, had its mausoleum > torn open by the force of the onrushing water, and witnesses told the > Clarion-Ledger that numerous caskets were strewn about the grounds. Most > "burials" in the area are above-ground entombments due to difficulties > with the high water table. > > The home and grounds have been open to the public since 1957. In 1969 > Beauvoir survived Hurricane Camille but the museum, at that time in the > basement of the house, was severely flooded. The Library cottage suffered > severe damage from that storm. Both had since been rebuilt. >

TV showed an interview w/a city alderman, standing a block away. He pointed to a pile of bricks and debris, explained it was the end of the Jefferson Davis home, which had withstood Camille. There was nothing within the pile that even resembled a house. Nor was there for many blocks inland. Sue in Tampa At 08:46 AM 8/31/05 -0400, you wrote: >I have wondered what has happened to Jefferson Davis' home in the aftermath >in this week's devastating hurricane. For those who are also interested, >here is the reply I received when I wrote an email to the Beauvoir website. > > >>Jefferson Davis' Biloxi Home Beauvoir >>Reported "Demolished" by Hurricane > >>Beauvoir, the last home of Jefferson Davis, was reported late Tuesday to >>be "virtually demolished" by Hurricane Katrina. The Jackson, MS, Clarion >>Ledger said that the historic building has been "reduced to rubble and a >>frame of a house." >> >>The house was located on the north side of Beach Boulevard, across from a >>number of "barge style" casinos. One of the closest, the President >>Casino, was lifted whole from its mooring pillars and transported across >>the highway where it came to rest crushing a Holiday Inn. >> >>The house, constructed in 1854, was dedicated in 1998 as the "Jefferson >>Davis Presidential Library and Museum." >> >>After Davis' death Beauvoir evolved first into the Jefferson Davis >>Soldiers' Home, serving as a hospital and residence for disabled >>Confederate veterans and their dependents. >> >>The Beauvoir Confederate Cemetery is located at the extreme northwest >>corner of the estate and contains over 750 graves. One of them is Sam >>Davis, father of Jefferson Davis, whose body was moved there when the >>Mississippi River threatened his original gravesite at Hurricane Plantation. >> >>The Beauvoir cemetery is also the home of the Grave of the Unknown >>Confederate Soldier in an above-ground granite shrine. No reports on its >>condition are available. >> >>Another nearby burial ground, Southern Memorial Park, had its mausoleum >>torn open by the force of the onrushing water, and witnesses told the >>Clarion-Ledger that numerous caskets were strewn about the grounds. Most >>"burials" in the area are above-ground entombments due to difficulties >>with the high water table. >> >>The home and grounds have been open to the public since 1957. In 1969 >>Beauvoir survived Hurricane Camille but the museum, at that time in the >>basement of the house, was severely flooded. The Library cottage suffered >>severe damage from that storm. Both had since been rebuilt. > > > >==== ARPULASK Mailing List ==== >NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, >political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal >messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be >grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen >Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > >============================== >Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >New content added every business day. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx