The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-19
NOT IN ENCYCLOPEDIAS.
Bill Arp Gives Confederate Daugh-
tiers Information They Seek.
Gives the Names of Eminent Legis-
Iators of the Civil War Period
The Mothers and Wives of
Our Presidents.

Ihe MOtherS ana wives OF
Our Presidents.
A chapter of the Daughters of the
C~onfederacy writes to me for a list of
the Georgia senators and representa-
tives who seeded in January, 1861, ana
also for a list of their successors in the
confederate congress. But few men
car 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-
ton in their archives and they will soon
know more about the civil war than
the men.
Well, our state senator's before the
war were Robert Toombs and Ben Hill.
Toombs made a withdrawal speech
which was grand and defiant.
Dur representatives were Martin j.
Crawford, Peter Z. 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-
slSAcu. IHey are dll uedu.
The members of the first confeder-
ate congress were Senators Ben Hill
and Herschel Y. johnson. Toombs was
elected, but had serious opposition and
it irritated him so that he refused to
serve and later on Johnson was elected.
Toombs said: 'The II in which
this trust has been conferred on me 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. III. Kenan,
David w. Lewis, w. w. Clark, Robert
p. Trippe, L. j. Gartrsll, Hardy Strick-
land and Augustus r. Wright. These
are all dead. Time cuts down all, both
great and small"
Aletter 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 a history or c%yclopedia 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
meager mention is made in them of the
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 Harrison,
Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, r.
B. Hayes and Ben Harrison. Maybe
they had nc 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 vas Abigail Smith.
Thomas Jefferson's mother was Jane
Randolph. His wife, Martha Wales.
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 E~ortwriUht
John Q. 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 K. Folks mother, Jane Knox;
wife, Sarah Childress.
Zachary Taylor's mother, not named;
wife, Margaret Smith.
Willard FilImore's mother WAS
Phoebe Willard; he never married.
Franklin Pierce's mother not named;
wife, Jane Appleton.
James Buchanan's mother not
named. He was a bachelor.
Abraham Lincoln's mother, Nancy
Hanks; wife, Mary Todd.
Andrew Johnson's mother too poor