The Hermitage, Home of Old Hickory

Part 22

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ELECTED MAY, 1941 Mrs. Edward W. Graham, Regent Mrs. Edgar M. Foster, First Vice-Regent Mrs. George F. Blackie, Second Vice-Regent Mrs. Lyon Childress, Treasurer Mrs. Paul DeWitt, Recording Secretary Miss Martha Lindsey, Cor. Secretary Mrs. Walter Stokes Mrs. Charles E. Buntin Mrs. Jesse M. Overton Miss Louise G. Lindsley

ELECTED MAY, 1943 Mrs. Edward W. Graham, Regent Mrs. Edgar M. Foster, First Vice-Regent Mrs. George F. Blackie, Second Vice-Regent Mrs. Lyon Childress, Treasurer Mrs. Paul DeWitt, Recording Secretary Miss Martha Lindsey, Cor. Secretary Mrs. Walter Stokes Mrs. Charles E. Buntin Miss Louise G. Lindsley Mrs. Douglas M. Wright Mrs. Robert F. Jackson, Sr.

ELECTED MAY, 1945 Mrs. George F. Blackie, Regent Mrs. Edgar M. Foster, First Vice-Regent Mrs. Robert F. Jackson, 2nd Vice-Regent Mrs. Lyon Childress, Treasurer Miss Martha Lindsey, Recording Secretary Mrs. Douglas M. Wright, Cor. Secretary Mrs. Walter Stokes Mrs. Paul DeWitt Mrs. Chas. E. Buntin Mrs. E. W. Graham Mrs. Jesse M. Overton Miss Fermine Pride Mrs. W. P. Cooper Mrs. Roy Avery

ELECTED MAY, 1947 Mrs. George F. Blackie, Regent Mrs. Edgar M. Foster, First Vice-Regent Mrs. Robert F. Jackson, 2nd Vice-Regent Mrs. Lyon Childress, Treasurer Miss Martha Lindsey, Recording Secretary Mrs. Douglas M. Wright, Cor. Secretary Mrs. Walter Stokes Mrs. Paul DeWitt Mrs. Chas. E. Buntin Mrs. E. W. Graham Mrs. Jesse M. Overton Miss Fermine Pride Mrs. W. P. Cooper Mrs. Roy Avery

ELECTED MAY, 1949 Mrs. Robert F. Jackson, Regent Mrs. Wm. P. Cooper, First Vice Regent Miss Fermine Pride, Second Vice Regent Mrs. Roy Avery, Treasurer Miss Martha Lindsey, Recording Secretary Mrs. Douglas M. Wright, Cor. Secretary Mrs. George F. Blackie Mrs. Charles E. Buntin Mrs. Lyon Childress Mrs. Paul DeWitt Mrs. Edgar M. Foster Mrs. E. W. Graham Mrs. Douglas Henry Mrs. Gilbert S. Merritt Mrs. Jesse M. Overton Mrs. William H. Wemyss

BOARDS OF TRUSTEES

The first board of trustees, appointed in 1889, consisted of Adolph S. Ochs of Chattanooga; H. H. Ingersoll, Knoxville; James D. Porter, Paris; E. S. Mallory, Jackson; Gen. John C. Brown, Nashville; Gen. W. H. Jackson, Nashville; Dr. J. Berrien Lindsley, Nashville; L. F. Benson, Nashville; and W. R. French, Tullahoma.

The present board of trustees consists of E. A. Lindsey, Nashville, Chairman; William E. Beard, Nashville; Henry Barker, Bristol; Lewis R. Donelson, Memphis; C. Lawrence Winn, Nashville; Herbert Gannaway, Memphis; Stanley F. Horn, Nashville; Marvin McTyiere Cullom, Nashville; John A. Chambliss, Chattanooga.

INDEX

A Adams, Dan, 202. Mrs. Marion, 41, 42, 100, 101. Additions to Hermitage (1831), 22. Anderson, Patton, 176. Armstrong, Robert, 27, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 167, 168.

B Baker, T. L., 55. Barksdale, Alex. (Overseer), 161. Barnum, Phineas T., 155, 156. Baxter, Mrs. Nathaniel, 46. Bentham, Jeremy, 18. Benton, Thomas H., 97, 99, 144, 204. Bertrand, Marshall, 147. Blount, Willie, 160. Books in library, 65. Boone, Daniel, 150. Brownlow, Wm. G., 151. Buchanan, James, 137. Burr, Aaron, 15, 17, 139, 140, 141, 142.

C Caffery, Donelson, 16. Carriage House, 89, 90. Cartright, Peter, 195, 196. Cemetery, burials in, 84. Childress, George C., 29. Chronology (Appendix A), 207. Clover Bottom, 13, 14, 140, 141. Coffee, John, 7, 14, 22, 24, 115, 118, 119, 120, 121, 135, 141, 148, 149, 190. Combs, Leslie, 151, 152. Contract for rebuilding Hermitage, 31. Conveyance of Hermitage to Ladies' Hermitage Association, 45. Cooper, Matthew D., 127. Cost of rebuilding, 35, 36. Cotton, cultivation and marketing, 18, 35, 167, 168, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174. Cryer, Hardy M., 80.

D Davis, Jefferson, 142, 143. Death of General Jackson, 205. Decatur, Stephen, 60. Description of house, 58. Dickinson, Charles, 14, 15, 17, 177. Donelson, Andrew Jackson, 27, 31, 67, 72, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 134, 149, 162, 173, 184, 200. Elizabeth E. (Mrs. John), 12. Emily (Mrs. A. J.), 60, 112, 113, 114, 134. John, 7, 191. Samuel, 105. Severn, 101. Stockley, 27, 186. William, 27, 111, 119, 178. William Alexander, 44. Mrs. William Alexander, 44. Dorris, Mrs. D. R., 44. Douglas, Stephen A., 152. Driveway, 53, 58, 88, 127.

E Earl, R. E. W., 24, 25, 58, 67, 125, 126, 127. Early Life of General Jackson, 3, 4. Eaton, Major John M., 81, 115, 148. Peggy (Mrs. John M.), 112, 113, 117, 148, 149, 150. Ephriam (Truxton's groom), 186. Epitaph of General Jackson, 82. of Mrs. Andrew Jackson, 81. Estate of General Jackson, 38.

F Fillmore, Millard, 117, 138. Fire at Hermitage, 26-27. First excursion to Hermitage, 49. Flowers in garden, 75, 76, 77. Forrest, General Nathan Bedford, 156. Frost, William, 74. Furniture, invoice for, 68, 69.

G Garden, 73. Gilbert (runaway slave), 184, 185. Greyhound, 175.

H Hamilton, James M., 153, 154. Hampton, Wade, 16. Harris, Isham G., 41, 86. Hayes, Rutherford B., 138. Hays, Nathaniel, 13. Hays, Robert, 159. Healy, G. P. A., 201. Hermitage (See subjects pertaining to). Church, 187, 188, 189, 191, 193. Hobbs, Edward (Overseer), 166, 167, 168. Holliday (Overseer), 169. Holtzclaw, Burnard W., 164, 165, 181, 182, 183. Horses, breeding of at Hermitage, 174, 175, 176, 177. Houston, Sam, 138, 139, 200. Hume, Dr. William, 193. William C., 30, 31, 34. Hunter's Hill, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 17, 91, 92, 103, 108. Hutchings, Andrew J., 67, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122. John, 11, 14, 159.

J Jackson, Albert Marble, 49. Amy Rich (Mrs. Andrew, III), 43, 44. & Hutchings, 10, 14. General Andrew (See subjects pertaining to). Andrew, Junior, 22, 28, 36, 37, 38, 42, 67, 94, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110. Andrew, III, 41, 42, 43, 44, 53, 110, 187. Rachel Donelson (Mrs. Andrew), 2, 4, 5, 13, 19, 42, 99, 131, 132, 133, 143, 158, 159. Sarah York (Mrs. Andrew, Junior), 36, 42, 43, 60, 104, 187. Samuel, 41. Jackson's Well, 7. James, Jesse, 194. Jennings, Dr. O., 130, 131. _John Randolph_, burning of, 61, 70. Johnson, Andrew, 40.

K Kitchen of Hermitage, 23, 88.

L Ladies' Hermitage Association, 43, 46, 50, 52, 66, 75, 77, 79, 87, 93. Lafayette, Marquis, 67, 145, 146, 147. Lawrence, Rachel Jackson, 42, 55, 61, 81, 110. Lee, Major Henry, 81, 129, 130, 134. Robert E., 130. Lewis, Major W. B., 19, 35, 37, 109, 114, 134, 178, 183, 204. Lind, Jenny, 155. Love, Col. Chas. J., 30, 31, 119, 163, 166, 167. Lyncoya, 122, 123, 124, 125.

M Michaux, Andre, 147. Monroe, James, 17, 137. Morrison, D., 22, 24, 81. Mombrino, 167.

N Nashville, 4, 6, 26, 29, 42, 44, 45, 49, 55, 61, 67, 68, 77, 81, 83, 86, 90, 103, 112, 115, 120, 124, 129, 130, 132, 133, 135, 137, 138, 139, 143, 147, 151, 153, 155. Natchez, 5, 7, 9. New Orleans, 9, 18, 29, 30, 60, 68, 88, 90, 92, 100, 102, 108, 159, 172, 189. New York, 18, 90.

O Original Hermitage, description of, 17. Origin of name "Hermitage," 18. Old Hickory Powder Plant, 7. Overton, John, 4, 14, 15, 131, 148. Overseers, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 185.

P Parton, James, 1, 19, 20, 97, 133, 150. Person, Benjamin B. (Overseer), 162. Philadelphia, 9, 18, 61, 68, 71, 76, 90, 104, 109, 110, 120. Pictures of Hermitage, 24, 25, 26. Pierce, Franklin, 137. Plantation, operation of, 71, 158. Polk, James K., 117, 138, 199, 200. Poll, the Hermitage parrot, 110, 111. Poplar Grove (Poplar Flat), 7, 158. Purchase of Hermitage by State, 39. of Hermitage land in 1804, 13.

R Reiff & Hume, 30, 31, 35, 117. Joseph, 20, 21, 30, 31, 34, 168. Relics, acquisition of, 53. Religious life of General Jackson, 100, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 198. Robards, Lewis, 4, 5, 8. Roosevelt, Franklin D., 138. Theodore, 51, 52, 57, 138.

S Shannon, John, 8. Shelby, Isaac, 151. Slaves at Hermitage, 177, 178, 179, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186. Smith, General Daniel, 111. Smokehouse, 89. Son, adoption of, 101. Springhouse, 91. Steele, Graves W. (Overseer), 106, 162, 163, 178, 183, 197.

T Taft, William H., 138. Texas Regiment entertained, 157. Toland, Henry, 29, 63, 68, 107. Tomb in garden, 80, 83, 86, 87, 180. Trees in garden, 74, 78, 85. on grounds, 88. Trist, Nicholas P., 116, 127. Truxton, 175, 176, 177, 186. Tulip Grove, 31, 87, 117, 139.

U Uncle Alfred, 54, 55, 77, 84, 87, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 135, 138.

V Van Buren, Martin, 115, 126, 137, 169, 199, 200. Verrell, Major John, 175.

W Wall paper, 50, 51, 61, 62, 63. Walton, Ira (Overseer), 185. Ward, Col. Edward, 11, 12, 103, 188. Washington, D. C., 18, 19, 22, 26, 28, 50, 51, 71, 73, 76, 80, 90, 103, 104, 108, 112, 113, 114, 115, 119, 120, 135, 169, 189. Watson, Thomas, 11, 14. White House, 1, 19, 22, 26, 28, 68, 103, 104, 110, 113, 116, 126. White, Maunsel, 68, 171, 172. Wise, Henry A., 130, 132.

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