Foreword

  I have been asked to write a sketch of my
Mother's life for the Georgetown Chapter of
the Daughters of the Confederacy, and as the
request comes from one whom I find it hard to
refuse, I will try to comply.
  There are still those living among you who
know more of the surroundings of her early life
than I do, however, because I was separated
from her so much of the time. As a result, I can
give very little accurate information regarding
the circumstances of her life till later years,
though she spoke often and lovingly of the scenes
and friends of her childhood. It is chiefly of
what she was, therefore, rather than of what she
did, that I feel qualified to speak.