mk . hr ▁▁ ▁Category : 1 8 4 7 ▁birth s ▁Category : 1 9 2 5 ▁death s ▁Category : C ro at ian ▁opera ▁sing ers ▁Category : C ro at ian ▁bar it ones ▁Category : 1 9 th - century ▁Aust rian ▁opera ▁sing ers ▁Category : 2 0 th - century ▁opera ▁sing ers ▁Category : Oper atic ▁bar it ones ▁Category : C ro at ian ▁people ▁of ▁Aust rian ▁descent ▁Category : 2 0 th - century ▁male ▁sing ers ▁Category : 1 9 th - century ▁male ▁sing ers <0x0A> </s> ▁Edmund ▁Jackson ▁Davis ▁( Oct ober ▁ 2 , ▁ 1 8 2 7 ▁– ▁February ▁ 2 4 , ▁ 1 8 8 3 ) ▁was ▁an ▁American ▁lawyer , ▁soldier , ▁and ▁politician . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁Southern ▁Union ist ▁and ▁a ▁general ▁in ▁the ▁Union ▁Army ▁in ▁the ▁American ▁Civil ▁War . ▁He ▁also ▁served ▁for ▁one ▁term ▁from ▁ 1 8 7 0 ▁to ▁ 1 8 7 4 ▁as ▁the ▁ 1 4 th ▁Governor ▁of ▁Texas . ▁ ▁Early ▁years ▁Davis ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁St . ▁August ine , ▁Florida , ▁a ▁son ▁of ▁William ▁God win ▁Davis ▁and ▁the ▁former ▁Mary ▁Ann ▁Ch anner . ▁His ▁father ▁was ▁a ▁lawyer ▁and ▁land ▁developer ▁in ▁St . ▁August ine , ▁the ▁oldest ▁permanent ▁settlement ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁In ▁ 1 8 4 8 , ▁after ▁the ▁signing ▁of ▁the ▁Tre aty ▁of ▁Gu ad alu