Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-11-15
MRS. SEMONES WINS
IN STATEWIDE FIGHT
FOR PACEANT'S QUEEN


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the following sketches or the quecn-
elect and her maids of honor:
Mrs. Harry Semones. formerly Hat
tie Jane Anderson. daughter of Mrs.
Samuel T. Copenhavcr. %: Bristol,
and wife OF Or. Harry Semoncs. or
Roanoke. was nominated BY Post
~" Travellers Protective Associa-
ton, OF Roanoke. Mrs. Semoncs was
born near Seven Mile Ford. Smyth
County. and is OF Scotch-Irlsh de-
scent. Her grandparents both served
in the Confederate Army. and n great
uncle. Colonel Robert DUNCAN. served
under General Robert L. Lee.
Mrs. Semoncs was educated at
Marion College Intermont College
and Vanderbilt and Columbia Uni
vcrsitics, and before her marriage
was u teacher In Blackstone College
and the Idaho state public schools
She is president OF the state Parent
Teachers Association. and is actively
connected with the hoard OF the Y.
w. C. a. OF Roanoke. whore she now
resides.
Maid OF Honor, First District.
tho daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh
a. Campbell. of Denb!eh. Warwick
County. She is n graduate Of the
State Normal School of Fredericks-
burg. On her fathers side. she Is
descended from old Scotch ancestry.
Her grent-great-g Whita-
ker Campbell. was captain in the
Revolutionary War: Whitaker Camp
bell. Jr.. her great grandfather served
In the War of 1872: Thomas Whitaker
Campbell. her grandfather. served in
the War Between the States. Her
brother. who graduated from V. NJ.
l.. in the 'war clasy' OF 1917. was
the first volunteer from the peninsula
in the world war.
Miss Campbell was horn on n mart
Of the plantation which was granted
John Rolfe. In 1926. in Warwick Coun-
~. Her former home now Is a part
OF the United States artillery camp.
Camp custis.
Miss BESSIE Williams Kelly was
born in Norfolk, and IS the daughter
Of Mrs. Alice Reid Kelly. and the
late William Armistead Kelly. OF that
city. She comes from line of distin-
gu'shcd Colonial ancestry. beinr COL
iatcrally descended from George
Washington. On her maternal side
she liz n at-grandGauehtcI
OF General James Williams. who com
manded the Virginia Militia In the
War OF 1912. and is connected with
such families as the Lightfoots
IIackleys. Claytons and Bruccs.
From carly Colonial days tho men
OF her family have been connected
with tho affairs of Norfolk. whether
representing II In the House or Bur
gesses, the church. the Council Cham
her or ~" Nn"orali.v. Hcr gros,-
great fother. George Kelly. was
Mayor OF Norfolk In 1892. and gen
tlcnnn alderman OF Norfolk borough
in l7s5. His wife was the daughter
az Mathew Godfrey. mrr-her of tho
House nj Burrcsscs IN 1900.
NaiG Of Honor, Third District.
Miss Frances Elinor Fry, daughter
OF the late Peter Meriwethcr Fry. and
Irene Virginia Hancock. OF Richmond.
was nominated by John Morris. OF
Lynchburg.
MISS Fry is descended form Colonel
Joshua Fry. who was born In Somer-
s"tshire. England, and educated nj OK
ford. On corning to this country ae
settled In Williamsburg, and was
made professor OF mathematics at
William ana Mary College. lie was
also appointed by the King OF Eng
land as surveyor of the colonv and
was associated with Peter Jefferson
in The making o: the first map o.
virginia from survey. and was also
member of the Kings Council and
the House of Burgcsses. ana married
Mrs. Mary Miccu. IIc>held tho Office
rs magistrate and surveyor or the
county. and later was made county
lieutenant o: Albermarle. when the