Who is this person?

[L Verge]

Both Warren and Eva are correct in their suspicions that I am looking for the name of Jefferson and Varina Davis's first-born child. Few people realize that the Davises had six children, but only two who survived to adulthood.

Their first child was Samuel Emory Davis, named for his grandfather, and born on July 30, 1852. It is suspected that the cause of death was measles since his young uncle had been visiting with sister Varina while recovering from what appears to have been the same disease. Samuel died on June 30, 1854, and was laid to rest in Oak Hill Cemetery since his father was serving in the government and continued to do so until the Civil War intervened.

Young Samuel would remain in the Georgetown Cemetery for another 40 years. His father died in 1889 in New Orleans and was originally buried in that city's Metairie Cemetery. Finally, the remains of the President of the Confederate States of America were re-interred in Richmond's Hollywood Cemetery, and Varina had some (not sure if all) of their children's remains moved there also in 1893.

Addendum: I might have to apologize for an error. According to one source on Find a Grave, Samuel Emory Davis was not the first-born child of the Davises. That was Isaac Cook Davis (b. 1845 in KY - died 1863 in the PA Battle of Stones Creek). Then came Samuel. The rest of the line is as follows - Margaret Howell Davis Hayes (b. 1855 in D.C. - married and bore five children (only one died in childhood and the last one lived until 1975) - d. 1909 in Colorado) - Jefferson Finis Davis (b. 1857 in D.C. - d. 1878 in Memphis from yellow fever) - Joseph Evan Davis (b. 1859 in D.C. - d. 1864 after falling 15 feet from a balcony at the Confederate White House) - William Howell Davis (b. 1861 - d. 1872 in Memphis from diphtheria) and finally Varina Ann Davis (b. 1864 - d. 1898 in Narragansett Pier, Narraganset, Rhode Island -- didn't that area have ties to Kate Chase?) I need to check on that Isaac listing because the sources I looked at said six children, and he would make seven. Also, was there a seven year span between the birth of Isaac and the birth of Samuel? Also, It's possible, but I doubt that Varina was married and had a child in the span of one year.