TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2014 PAGE 3THE WEAKLEY COUNTY PRESS

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Aline Roberts, Mary Ann Claxton and Pat Boals of Col. Gideon Macon Chap-ter, recently made a visit to Medina to the home of Joan Doyle Harmon, hon-orary state regent of the Tennessee State Society Daughters of the American Colonists.

They were welcomed by Harmon, her daughters, Kay Evans and Joanie Ut-ley and her sister, Beverly Tillman.

Harmon had served the Tennessee State Society DAC as regent from 2012-13. Due to ill health, she had to resign from her po-sition.

Her state regent’s proj-

ects were scholarships for Tennessee members and family; TSSDAC newslet-ter and to publish Tennes-see ancestor stories.

Four scholarships were presented at two state meetings. Two books on DAC ancestor stories have been published by Mary Ann Claxton for her and another one is on its way to being completed.

Honorary state regent Aline Roberts spoke of all the good works she had accomplished and was pleased to present her the honorary Tennessee state regent’s pin. Honorary state regent Pat Boals re-marked, “it was an honor

to place the honorary DAC state sash around her shoulder.”

Harmon is a member of the Col. Gideon Macon Chapter in Paris.

After the presentation, members enjoyed talking about DAC and what they are doing this year in the society.

Harmon asked about so many members as she re-marked, “I truly enjoyed serving in this position and just loved every mem-ber. Please give my best to everyone and I hope to re-cover and come back and attend DAC some day. I truly appreciate receiving my pin and sash.”

HARMON HONORED — Joan Doyle Harmon (center) honorary state regent of the Tennessee State Society Daughters of

the American Colonists recently received a pin and sash for all her good works she’s accomplished.

TSSDAC makes presentation

Paris Chapter 2521, United Daughters of the Confederacy, met recently at Tom’s Pizza and Steak-house in Paris for a meet-ing and luncheon with eight members and three guests present.

Julie Wilson welcomed the group and introduced guests Sarah Vise and Gail Story from the Capt. Na-thaniel A. Wesson 2396 Chapter, Parsons, and San-dra Nichols.

Mrs. Wilson presented a membership certificate to Susan Pemberton, who’s Great-Great Grandfather, William Henry Haymes, served in Co. E, 46th Ten-nessee Infantry.

Virginia Jones presented the program about Elmira Prison in New York.

In June 1864, a stockade was built around an unused Union army training camp to create the prison. It was intended to hold 5,000 pris-oners, but by the end of August, almost 10,000 men were confined there. Many slept in the open in tattered clothes and without blan-kets.

Rations were reduced to bread and water and many quickly succumbed to scur-vy, diarrhea, pneumonia, and smallpox. By the end of 1864, 1,264 Confederate prisoners were dead, and

survivors called the prison “Hellmira.”

During the bitterly cold winter, U.S. Commissary-General of Prisoners, Col. William Hoffman, would only allow gray clothing sent from the south to be given to the men. Clothes of others colors were burned.

Between July 1864 and August 1865, John W. Jones buried 2,973 Confederate soldiers at Woodlawn Na-tional Cemetery in Elmira.

Jones, a runaway slave from Virginia, was the cem-etery caretaker.

He buried or supervised these burials in neat rows and marked each grave with the best information available. Today, white marble headstones mark the graves.

Nov. 6, 1937, the United Daughters of the Confed-eracy placed a Confederate monument in the cemetery. The inscription reads, “In memory of the Confeder-ate Soldiers in the War Be-tween the States, who died in Elmira Prison and are Buried Here.”

Mrs. Jones’ ancestor, Louis H. Womack, Co., k, 44th Tennessee Infantry, died April 9, 1865, and is buried there.

Donna Cooley and San-dra L. Paschall were elected delegates to the 188th an-

nual division convention to be held Oct. 10-11 in Jack-son.

Ms. Paschall read thank- you notes for our contri-butions to the President General’s “Wounded War-rior” project, and for Henry County schools’ back to school supplies.

Members are grateful to Virginia Jones for the lec-tern she presented to the chapter.

Discussion included, the January Lee-Jackson Din-ner, Prisoner of War com-memorative pin, and ex-hibit “Common People in Uncommon Times” at the Heritage Center, and the Founder’s Day Luncheon, Sept. 6 in Memphis.

The chapter will pur-chase “UDC CSA Ancestor Album, 2nd Edition” for the Genealogy Department of W. G. Rhea Library in Paris.

Mrs. Jones distributed programs for the coming year. She gave portions of the July and August His-torian General’s programs, “Little Known Facts about the War” and “Prairie Grove – The Day the War Came to Town.”

Sarah Vise, the incoming Tennessee Division Presi-dent, installed the Chapter officers for the 2014-16 term.

LADIES MEET — UDC recently met in Paris for its monthly meeting. Members at-tending were (seated, from left) Sarah Vise, Julie Wilson and Gail Story; (standing) Pat

Boals, Sandra Nichols, Stephanie Tayloe, Virginia Jones, Susan Pemberton, Suzanne Butler, Sandra Paschall and Donna Cool-ey.

UDC meets forAugust luncheon

ATTEND CONFERENCE — The Reel-foot Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution recently attended the District DAR Conference in Jackson. Those who attended participated in workshops which were designed to assist officers to fulfill their duties more effectively, to inform new members about the work of the or-ganization, to become more meaningfully

involved in the community in the promo-tion of patriotism, and to use technology to manage chapter membership and search online for female patriots. Attending the conference were (from left) Betty White-sides, Mary Coleman, chapter regent Glo-ria Howell, Susan Thomas, Tennessee State Regent, Penny Hepler and Linda Lofton.

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