“ She has spent much time and money for the cause of temperance. In every reform movement she takes great interest. When the Prohibition amendment was before the people of Tennessee, she was active in the work to create a sentiment in its favor. ”

“ The poor of the city know her, for she never turns a deaf ear to their appeals nor sends them away empty-handed. She taught a night school for young men and boys for two years. She has written for several periodicals and been correspondent for newspapers. She has now a book ready for the publisher. Being an active, busy woman, she finds but little time to write She is the mother of five children, all living. ”

“ Her father moved to Mississippi, where her girlhood was spent. She was educated in the Marshall Female Instute, under the management of Pres. Joseph E. Douglas. As a young lady she was popular with old and young When the Mississippi & Tennessee R R. was being built through Mississippi, the work had to stop for want of means when the road had been extended only fifty or sixty miles. A plan was suggested to get the men of the county together to raise a fund. ”