Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-07-05
Mrs. Mary 4. sno,Vdea.

From the News and Courier, we take
the following complimentary mention of
Mrs. Mary A. Snowden. on whose death
in Charleston. s. O., the press of that
State paid her the highest tributes of re
spect and praise for her patriotism, phil
antbropy and lovely. character. She was
a Miss Yates, born of English parents in
Charleston, 8. c., and was frs. cousin
of the late Charles T. Mitchell whose
daughters. the Misses Mitchell of this
place. were great favorites of Mrs. Snow
den:
ut would require far more time, re-
search and calmer spirit than can be
summoned now in the shock of the great
bereavement over the death of Mrs. Snow
den, even to outline the wonderful and
abiding things which this noble lady has
accomplished for her city, her state and
the cause of the Confederacy which she
held so sacred, right and dear. 1t might
be fitly said of her, DO you seek her
monument? Look around = The fund
which built the Calhoun monument owes
its preservation through the perils and
storms of war to the devotion and intre-
pidity of this venerable and beloved Car
DINA matron and her equally consecrated
sister, Mrs Isabella S. Snowden The
lot in Magnolia Cemetery. where sleep
thousand Confederate soldiers, was Sc
cured largely through her efforts. and al
so the headstones at each soldiers grave,
and the statue in bronze of Confederate
soldier surmounting the granite column
in the centre of the Enclosure.
"The Confederate dead brought from
the field of Gettysburg would still be
sleeping there, but for Mrs. Snowden's
unresting, unceasing and patriotic piety
and devotion. The Ladies Memorial
Association which strews the graves year
ly with flowers was largely founded by
her. So great and many have been the
works wrought by this single life copse-
Grated to usefulness, that each seems
greatest until another is contemplated
In honoring the dead she did not forget
the living, and in 1867 she prepared the
founding of the Home for Mothers, Wild
ows and Daughters of Confederate Sol
diers, which achievement cost her the
most supreme exertions and has excited
the widest influence It has existed and
hourished for thirty years and has sup
ported and educated more than thou
sand young Confederate orphans, and
given a home and resting place to many
a mother aud widow. 1t is the first in
stitution of the kind in the South and
bids fair to outlive all others, being
founded on sound financial basis aud is
deep seated in public confidence and re,
gard.
Under her management the ladies of
Columbia, s. c., held bazaar and they
raised IS 800 for the Confederacy; and
during the war it is that Mrs, Snowden's
character shines out in the brightest light
as she caused to he established hospitals,
and she sent provisions and clothing
week y to the armies in Virginia and the
West. AT the Second Manassas size
made an expedition to Warrenton to per-
sonally attend to the wounded and dying
in the private houses and in the open
field.
"she was known far aud wide and
highly honored at home for the many
unnumbered acts of kindness and love
which make life really worth living to
the thoughtful, and she died in the dear
affection of all friends"