Her bequest provided Davis with enough financial security to provide for Varina and Winnie, and to enjoy some comfort with them in his final years.[24] When Varina Anne "Winnie" Davis completed her education, she joined her parents at Beauvoir. She had fallen in love when at college, but her parents disapproved of her beau. Her father objected to his being from "a prominent Yankee and abolitionist family" and her mother to his lack of money and being burdened by many debts.