Times-promoter., 1902-12-19
NOT IN CYCLOPEDIAS.
Bill Arp Gives Confederate Daugh-
ters information They Seek.
Giyea the Names of Eminent Legis-
lators Of the Civi1 War Period
The Mothers and Wives of
Our Presidents.

the Georgia senator's and representa-
tives who seeded in January, 1861, ant
also for list of their successors in tht
confederate congress. But few mel
can answer these questions, and in
deed, the answer is hard to find in any
book. But these women are after in
formation that is worthy of preserya
tion in their archives and they will soo1
know more about the civil war thar
the men.
We'll, our state senator's before the
war were Robert Toombs and Ben Hill
Ioombs made a withdrawal speech
which was grand and defiant.
Our representatives were Martin j.
Crawford, Peter L. Love, Thomas j
Hardeman, Lucius j. Gartrell, John
W.H.Underwood, James Jackson, John
Jones and Joshua Hill. All of these
withdrew except Joshua Hill, who re-
signed. They are all dead.
The members of the first confeder-
ate congress were Senator'S Ben Hill
and Herschel V. Johnson. Toombs was
elected, but had serious opposition and
it irritated him SO that he refused to
serveand later on johnson was elected.
Toombs said: 1.-The manner in which
this trust has been conferred on Ee re-
lieves me of any obligation to accept
it, SO he unsheathed his sword and
went to fighting. The representatives
elected were Julian Hartridge, j. c.
Munnerlyn, Hines Holt, A. H. Kenan,
David W. Lewis, W. w. Clark, Robert
Z. Trippe, L. J. Gartrell, Hardy Strick-
land and Augustus r. Wright. These
are all dead. thine cuts down all, both
great and small"
letter from another chapter wishes
to know the maiden names of the
wives of the presidents and the
names of the mothers of the pres
idents. tell you these women are
in earnest. For centuries their sex
has been under the ban. You
can't find history or cyclopedia that
tells anything about the wives or the
mothers of great men, and yet it is the
mother who makes the man. George
Washington's father died when he was
II years old and his mother trained
him and taught him and planted with
in him all those virtues that made him
great-and yet there are but few of
our American people who know who
his mother was. | have three sets of
standard cyclopedias, but only one
i :. L Il eL1-
mothers or wives of the presidents.
Who knows anything about the moth
er of Webster, Clay or Calhoun? l
have found the maiden names of all the
wives of the presidents and the names
of all their mothers except those of
Zachariah Taylor, William H.Harrison,
Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, r.
B. Hayes and Ben Harrison. Maybe
they had no mothers. Well, to begin:
George Washington's mother was
Mary Ball. His wife was widow Park
Curtis, nee Martha cambridge.
John Adams mother was Susannah
Boylston. His wife was Abigail Smith.
Thomas Jefferson's mother was Jane
@sStAAAoAPh' Lib N1lCJ Mai Uhd NdJCb.
James Madison's mother, Fannie
Taylor. His wife, Dollie Payne. That |
Fanny Taylor's brother was grand
father to Zachary Taylor.
James Monroe's mother, Eliza Jones. |
His wife, Elizabeth Kortwright.
John @. Adams had a grandmother,
Quincy. No mother is named. His wife |
was Louisa johnson.
Andrew Jackson's mother, Elizabeth |
Hutchinson; his wife, Rachel Donel-
son.
Martin Van Buren's mother, Mary
Hoes; his wife, Hannah Hoes.
William II. Harrison's mother not
named; wife, Anna Symmes.
John Tyler's mother, Mary Armis-
tead; wife, Letitia Christian.
James X. Polk's mother, Jane Knox;
wife, Sarah Chiidress.
Zachary Taylor's mother, not named;
wife, Margaret Smith.
Millard Fillmore's mother was
Phoebe Millard; he never married.
Franklin Pierce's mother not named;
wife, Jane Appleton.
James Buchanan's mother not
named. He was bachelor.
Abraham Lincoln's mother, Nancy
Hanks; wife, Mary Todd.
Andrew Johnsons mother too poor
and ignorant to name. His wife, Eliza
McCardle. educated him
U. S. Grants mother, Hannah Simp-
son; his wife, Julia Dent.
r. B. Hayes mother not named; his
wife, Lucy Ware Webb.
James A. Garfeld's mother was
Eliza Ballop; his wife; Lucretia Ru-
lolph.
Chester 4. Arthur's mother, NAL
7ina Stone; his wife Ellen L. Herndon.
Grover Cleveland's mother, Anne