Part 3

1911— 103 Mrs. Alice H. Richards Maine 104 Miss Mary Evarts resigned 1923 Vermont 105 Mrs. Antoine Lentilhon Foster Delaware 1912— 106 Miss Annie Ragan King Louisiana 107 Miss Jane A. Riggs District of Columbia 1913— 108 Mrs. Horace Mann Towner Iowa 109 Mrs. Thomas Palmer Denham Florida 1914— 110 Miss Harriet L. Huntress died 1922 New Hampshire 111 Mrs. Charles Eliot Furness Minnesota 112 Mrs. Benjamin D. Walcott Indiana 113 Mrs. Lucien M. Hanks Wisconsin 1915— 114 Miss Annie Burr Jennings Connecticut 115 Mrs. Willard Hall Bradford New Jersey 1916— 116 Mrs. Charles Nagel Missouri 117 Mrs. George A. Carpenter Illinois 118 Miss Mary Govan Billups Mississippi 119 Mrs. John V. Abrahams resigned 1921 Kansas 1919— 120 Mrs. William Ewen Shipp North Carolina 121 Mrs. Horton Pope Colorado 122 Mrs. Charles J. Livingood Ohio 123 Mrs. Jefferson Randolph Georgia Anderson 124 Mrs. Celsus Price Perrie resigned 1922 Arkansas 1920— 125 Mrs. Horace van Deventer Tennessee 126 Mrs. Charles Stetson Wheeler California 1921— 127 Mrs. William Ruffin Cox died 1925 Virginia 1922— 128 Mrs. Henry Gold Danforth New York 1923— 129 Miss Mary Mason Scott Kentucky 130 Mrs. Alexander C. Troup Nebraska 131 Mrs. John Reynolds Shelton Kansas 132 Mrs. Edward H. Parker died 1924 Michigan 1924— 133 Miss Mary Evarts Vermont 1924— 134 Miss Virginia Leigh Porcher South Carolina 135 Mrs. William R. Mercer resigned 1928 Pennsylvania 136 Miss Constance Lee Peterkin West Virginia 1925— 137 Mrs. Benjamin S. Warren Michigan 1927— 138 Mrs. Fairfax Harrison Virginia

MRS. ALICE H. RICHARDS, _Fifth Regent_ (Elected, May, 1927)

_Pohick Church_

The parish church of Mount Vernon, six miles distant from the Mansion, was built during the years 1768-70 from the plans drawn by General Washington, who was a member of the building committee. He was a vestryman of the parish for twenty years, and for the greater part of that time was a regular attendant at service, never permitting, as Bishop Meade says, “the weather or company to keep him from church.” Subsequently Washington became connected with Christ Church, Alexandria, where today his family pew may be seen as he used it.

Pohick Church, during the Civil War, was occupied at times by Federal troops and all the interior furnishings were destroyed. The late Vice-Regent for Michigan, Mrs. E. B. A. Rathbone, worked untiringly in the interest of the church, and to her are due the large additions to its endowment fund. Through the efforts of Miss Amy Townsend, former Vice-Regent for New York, both interior and exterior have been faithfully restored to their original appearance at the time of Washington.

Transcriber’s Notes

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—Corrected a few palpable typos.

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