|
Very incomplete list!
| | 
Carlotta Townsend Alderman (1882-1967) —
also known as Carlotta Latise Townsend; Mrs. J. D.
Alderman —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Liberty
County, Ga., March 1,
1882.
Democrat. Realtor;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1948,
1952
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1956.
Female.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; United Daughters of the Confederacy;
Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died June 3,
1967 (age 85 years, 94
days).
Interment at Dekle
Cemetery, Lake Butler, Fla.
|
| |
Maysel Louise Alford (d. 1957) —
also known as Nell Alford; Maysel Louise
Flournoy —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Quincy, Gadsden
County, Fla.
Democrat. Owner and operator of millinery
and greeting card business; member of Florida
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1936; member of Democratic
National Committee from Florida, 1944-50; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1956.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, League of Women
Voters; United Daughters of the Confederacy; American
Legion Auxiliary.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., 1957.
Burial location unknown.
| |  |
Relatives:
Daughter of Benjamin Harvey Flournoy and Alice (Sheppard) Flournoy;
married, January
31, 1927, to E. Neil Alford. |
|
| |
Mary Elizabeth Harris Armor (1863-1950) —
also known as Mary H. Armor —
of Eastman, Dodge
County, Ga.; Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Penfield, Greene
County, Ga., March 9,
1863.
Democrat. Orator;
evangelist;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1924,
1928.
Female.
Southern
Methodist. Member, Women's
Christian Temperance Union; League of Women
Voters; United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Died November
6, 1950 (age 87 years, 242
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Eastman, Ga.
| | |
Relatives:
Daughter of William Lindsay Manning Harris and Sarah Fanny (Johnson)
Harris; married to Walter Florence Armor. |
|
| |
Annie Webb Blanton (1870-1945) —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., August
19, 1870.
Democrat. College
professor; Texas
superintendent of public instruction, 1919-23.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, American
Association of University Women; Daughters of the
American Revolution; United Daughters of the Confederacy;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa
Delta Pi; Pi
Lambda Theta; Pi Gamma
Mu; Delta
Kappa Gamma; Order of the
Eastern Star; Maccabees.
First
woman to be elected to statewide office in Texas.
Died October
2, 1945 (age 75 years, 44
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
|
| |
Jane Dice —
also known as Jane Price; Mrs. John C.
Dice —
of Lewisburg, Greenbrier
County, W.Va.
Born in Lewisburg, Greenbrier
County, W.Va.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from West
Virginia, 1924
(alternate), 1932;
member of West
Virginia state senate 11th District, 1939-40; appointed 1939.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; United Daughters of the Confederacy;
Colonial
Dames.
Burial location unknown.
| | |
Relatives:
Daughter of John Stuart Price and Sue (McElhenney) Price; married 1900 to John
C. Dice. |
|
| |
Willa Blake Eslick (1878-1961) —
also known as Willa B. Eslick; Willa McCord
Blake —
of Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn.
Born in Fayetteville, Lincoln
County, Tenn., September
8, 1878.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 1932-33.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, American
Association of University Women; Daughters of the
American Revolution; United Daughters of the Confederacy;
Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died in Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn., February
18, 1961 (age 82 years, 163
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Pulaski, Tenn.
|
| |
Fay Webb Gardner (1885-1969) —
also known as Fay Lamar Webb; Mrs. O. Max
Gardner —
of Shelby, Cleveland
County, N.C.
Born in Shelby, Cleveland
County, N.C., September
7, 1885.
Democrat. Executive and stylist,
Cleveland Cloth
Mills of Shelby, N.C.; member of North
Carolina Democratic State Committee, 1929; member of North
Carolina Democratic State Executive Committee, 1930-32; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1948,
1952.
Female.
Baptist.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; United Daughters of the Confederacy;
Colonial
Dames.
Died January
16, 1969 (age 83 years, 131
days).
Interment at Sunset
Cemetery, Shelby, N.C.
|
| |
Mary Owen Graham —
also known as Mary O. Graham —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of Democratic
National Committee from North Carolina, 1920.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; United Daughters of the Confederacy;
League of
Women Voters.
Burial location unknown.
| | |
Relatives:
Daughter of Archibald Graham and Eliza Owen (Barry)
Graham. |
|
| |
Dixie Bibb Graves (1882-1965) —
also known as Dixie Bilele —
of Alabama.
Born near Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., July 26,
1882.
Democrat. U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1937-38; resigned 1938.
Female.
Member, United Daughters of the Confederacy; Women's
Christian Temperance Union.
Active in the women's suffrage movement.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., January
21, 1965 (age 82 years, 179
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
|
| |
Sallie Hailey (b. 1903) —
also known as Mrs. E. E. Hailey —
of Arrow Rock, Saline
County, Mo.
Born in Arrow Rock, Saline
County, Mo., June 20,
1903.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,
1956
(delegation vice-chair); county judge in Missouri, 1965-66; member of
Democratic
National Committee from Missouri, 1966-67.
Female.
Christian.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; United Daughters of the Confederacy;
Zonta.
Burial location unknown.
|
| |
Perle T. Harman (b. 1900) —
also known as Mrs. Sayers Harman —
of Yukon, McDowell
County, W.Va.; Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va., November
26, 1900.
Republican. Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from McDowell County, 1933-34;
defeated, 1934; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from West Virginia, 1936;
member of Republican
National Committee from West Virginia, 1960-63; president of
several coal
mining companies.
Female.
Member, Order
of the Eastern Star; Daughters of the
American Revolution; United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Burial location unknown.
|
 |
Emily Todd Helm (1836-1930) —
also known as Emily T. Helm; Emilie Pariet
Todd —
of Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ky.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., November
11, 1836.
Her husband was offered a position as paymaster of the Union Army,
but chose to become a Confederate general, and was killed at the
Battle of Chickamauga in 1863; she was granted safe passage to come
to the White House and stay with President Abraham
Lincoln and his family, despite harsh criticism in the Northern
press for harboring a Confederate; postmaster at Elizabethtown,
Ky., 1883-96.
Female.
Member, United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Died in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., February
20, 1930 (age 93 years, 101
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
|
| |
Hazel T. Kump (1914-2002) —
also known as Hazel Vorus Turner —
of Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va.
Born in LaGrange, Troup
County, Ga., July 8,
1914.
Democrat. Member of West Virginia
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1949.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; United Daughters of the Confederacy;
American
Association of University Women.
Died, in Elkins Regional Convalescent
Center, Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va., March
14, 2002 (age 87 years, 249
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Elkins, W.Va.
|
| |
Katherine Gudger Langley (1888-1948) —
also known as Kate G. Langley; Katherine Gudger;
Mrs. John W. Langley —
of Pikeville, Pike
County, Ky.
Born near Marshall, Madison
County, N.C., February
14, 1888.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1920
(alternate), 1924,
1928,
1944
(alternate); vice-chair of
Kentucky Republican Party, 1920-22; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1927-31; defeated,
1930; Kentucky
railroad commissioner 3rd District, 1939-42.
Female.
Member, United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Died in Pikeville, Pike
County, Ky., August
15, 1948 (age 60 years, 183
days).
Interment at Johnson
Memorial Cemetery, Pikeville, Ky.
|
| |
Hazel Hailey Manley (b. 1893) —
also known as Mrs. R. P. Manley —
of Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark.
Born in Missouri, July 9,
1893.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas,
1944
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1948
(alternate).
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Burial location unknown.
| | |
Relatives:
Married to Ross Phelps Manley. |
|
| |
Lila Dooley Northcutt (b. 1886) —
also known as Mrs. R. L. Northcutt —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Bedford, Bedford
County, Va., September
1, 1886.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1948.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Burial location unknown.
| | |
Relatives:
Married to Robert Lee Northcutt. |
|
| |
Virginia Polhill Price (b. 1896) —
also known as Virginia Polhill —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ga.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ga., February
4, 1896.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; member of Democratic
National Committee from Georgia, 1936-40; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 1940.
Female.
Baptist.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Burial location unknown.
| | |
Relatives:
Married to Rufus Gordon Price. |
|
| |
Martha Taaffe (1868-1957) —
also known as Mattie Taaffe; Martha Coffin —
of Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., March
18, 1868.
Democrat. Woman suffrage advocate; involved in the Carthage Suffrage
League; board member of the Missouri Suffrage League; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1920;
candidate for Missouri
state house of representatives from Jasper County 1st District,
1926.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Died in Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo., September
11, 1957 (age 89 years, 177
days).
Interment at Park Cemetery, Carthage, Mo.
|
| |
Marthena Wade Vanlandingham (b. 1891) —
also known as Marthena Wade; Mrs. F. A.
Vanlandingham —
of Columbia, Boone
County, Mo.
Born in Boone
County, Mo., July 20,
1891.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,
1948.
Female.
Southern
Methodist. Member, United Daughters of the Confederacy;
Farm
Bureau.
Burial location unknown.
| | |
Relatives:
Daughter of Walter Lenoir Wade and Sally Ada (Burroughs) Wade;
married to Forrest Albert Vanlandingham. |
|
| |
Charlotte Woodbury (1875-1964) —
also known as Charlotte Osborne; Mrs. John L.
Woodbury —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., July 24,
1875.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1928.
Female.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., March 7,
1964 (age 88 years, 227
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
| | |
Relatives:
Daughter of Thomas DeCourcy Osborne and Christina Charlotte (Ray)
Osborne; married 1899 to John
Leonard Woodbury. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
|
|
|
![[Amazon.com]](https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/a150X70b.gif)