From the Dec. 9, 2014, Mid Week (Sycamore, Illinois) "Looking Back."
DECEMBER 11, 1889, Mid Week.
"Jefferson Davis, ex president of the Confederate States of America died at the residence of life long friend J.C. Payne at 12:45, December 6th.
This announcement kind of caught me by surprise as I came across it, but it was 125 years ago as we prepare to end the observances for the Civil War's sesquicentennial.
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