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Margaret O'Connor Wilson
Margaret O'Connor Wilson ( O'Connor; also known as Mrs. A. McD. Wilson; 1856–1942) was an American civic leader and philanthropist. Prominent in civic and patriotic organizations in Atlanta for many years, she was also known also for her religious and philanthropic work. Among the many positions that she held, Wilson served as President General of the Confederated Southern Memorial Association (CSMA). Early life and education Margaret (nickname "Maggie") Adeline O'Connor was born in Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia, in 1856. She was the daughter of Elizabeth Pettigrew Thompson and Patrick O’Connor. She was descended on her mother's side from colonial and Revolutionary ancestry which included the families of Thompson, Wade, Gibbs and Weeks of Virginia, and on her father's side from Roderick O’Connor, the last High King of Ireland. Her father, Lieutenant O’Connor, under the command of General Lucius J. Gartrell in the Confederate States Army, was one of five sons who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confederated Southern Memorial Association
Confederated Southern Memorial Association (Confederated Southern Memorial Association (U.S.); acronym CSMA; est. 1900) was a Neo-Confederates, Neo-Confederate women's organization of unified memorial associations of the Southern United States. It was composed of 70 women's memorial associations, which had formed between 1861 and 1900. The CSMA was established at Louisville, Kentucky, on May 30, 1900. At that meeting, the women stated that they were unwilling to lose their identity as memorial associations, or to merge themselves into the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Instead, by this union of all Memorial Associations, it was believed that the women of the South would perpetuate more certainly the purposes for which each association had been individually laboring, and would more firmly cement the ties which already existed between them. An increase in membership and more intelligent knowledge of the history of the Lost Cause of the Confederacy, Confederate Cause would also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |