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, Soldier, Statesman, Christian

Marker is on Jefferson Davis Highway near Pembroke-Fairview Road (Route 115), on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Credits and Sources:

HMDB