When Jefferson Davis was born in 1821, his father, Aaron Davis, was 35 and his mother, Jane "Gincy" Mitchell (Davis), was 25. He married Catherine Kate Standlee on 6 February 1842, in Carroll, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Kings River Township, Carroll, Arkansas, United States in 1870 and Polo, Carroll, Arkansas, United States in 1880. He died in 1896, in Berryville, Carroll, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Carroll, Arkansas, United States.