The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-05-31
Miss Harriss Maid of Honor for Ten.
nessee Division S. c. V.

Miss Harriss Maid of Honor for Ten
nessee Division s. c. v.
The staff chosen by P. J. Mullen,
commander of the Tennessee Divis-
ion, S. C. V, to represent the depart
ment at the Confederate reunion to
be held this week in Richmond, is
composed of Miss Ruby S. Toombs,
Memphis, Tenn, sponsor; Miss Caro-
line Harriss of this city, and Miss
Kathleen Baldwin, Whitesville, N. c.,
first and second maids of honor; Mrs.
Genevieve Carhart of New York City,
matron of honor, and Mrs. Laura ].
Sharp of Birmingham, chaperone.
Miss Caroline Harriss is descendant
of a line of illustrious ancestors,
whose names are well known in the
history of the South and in the revo-
lutionary period. She is the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. W. w. Harriss
of Ocala. Her father is commander
of the Florida Division, S. C. v. Miss
Harriss' grandfather, DR.. William
White Harriss Of Wilmington, N. c.,
was one of the most prominent ply
sicians of the state and volunteered
his services to the country and enter
ed the Confederate army as surgeon
of the Sixty-frst North Carolina
Regiment, Oct. Is, 1861, and served
until the close of the year 1865 in
North Carolina, South Carolina and
Virginia. Her mothers ancestors in
the great war was Joseph w. Waldo,
Miss Harriss' grandfather, a gallant
young soldier entering the Second
Florida Cavalry at the age of IT, on
Sept. 9th, 1861, and served with honor
until May II, 1865. Her great grand
father, Col. S. H. Owens, was first
lieutenant of the First Florida Vol
unteer Independent Company of Ma
rion county, Florida, of which hel
great uncle, General VIM. A. Owens
was captain. Miss Harriss' two
other distinguished uncles were Hon
James B. Owens, of Marion county
Florida, elected delegate from
florida to the Southern Convention
which met in Montgomery TO organ.
ize the Confederate government
when the capital was removed tc
Richmond. Mr.. Owens was elected g
member of the Confederate congress
He was one of the signers of seces
sion of Florida. Col. DIN NJ Dantz
Ter of Orangeburg, S. c., was a grea-
uncle of Miss Harriss. He was col
onel of the Twenty-second South
Carolina regiment, and was killec
while commanding his regiment a
the battle near Petersburg, Va, june
End, 1864. Miss Harriss' ancestors
in both her fathers and mother
family were officers in the American
Revolution.
Gen. Felix A Robertson, com
mander of the Texas Division U.
", who has been a distinguished per
sonage attending the annual re
unions Of the veterans, says, relativ,
to the discontinuing at Richmond O
the reunions: ''There is some talk O
doing away with the reunions, but il
my opinion the veterans will stan,
together at this years reunion for
continuance of the annual meetings
There will be, possibly. a noticeabl
gap in the rank and file of the oil
soldiers, but the spirit of those VIII
are still with us will carry the re
unions on until there are none of u
left"
Beneath a splendid picture of Mis-
Onie Chazal of this city appearing i
Sundays Times-Union was the fol
lowing: "Miss Chazal, who will b
one of the maids of honor for tn
Florida Division, S. C. ", is tn
daughter of ETr. and Mrs. Louis F
Chazal of Ocala, and is the grea
granddaughter of Jack Peter Chazs
of Charleston, S. c., commander Q
the privateer, Saucy Jack, in the wa
of 1872. Her grandfather, Mr.. job
Philip Chazal of Charleston, serve
for four years in the Army of til
Confederate States as surgeon wit
the rank of major"
Miss Alice Bullock will pass thr
Jacksonville today en- route to Ricl
mond, where she viii be sponsor fc
the Florida Division, S. C. ". Mis-
Bullock, who is well known in Florid
is granddaughter of Gen. Bullocl
and on her maternal side is IL
granddaughter of Capt. Reddick, WI
was an officer in Lees army.-Time
Union.
Mrs. A. E. Cornish of Tampa, 81
ter OF Mrs. ]. G. Glass, and her tv
daughters, Misses Sarah and &c
trude, will leave Wednesday f,
Sewanee, Tenn, to spend the sun
mer. Miss Faith Cornish has ente
ed Fairmont College and the last