| Birth: | Apr. 25, 1843
Virginia, USA | | Death: | Nov. 21, 1920
District Of Columbia, USA | 
A writer and Civil War diarist best known for her "Recollections Grave and Gay." In 1861, she and her cousins, Hettie Cary and Jennie Cary, sewed the first examples of the Confederate Battle Flag. She was courted by Confederate President Jefferson Davis' private secretary, Burton Harrison. They were married after the War. She persuaded her friend Emma Lazarus to donate a poem for the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty. Among her more than twenty-five published works were the popular "Helen Troy" and "A Russian Honeymoon."
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Parents:
Archibald Cary (1815 - 1854)
Monimia Fairfax Cary (1821 - ____)
Spouse:
Burton Norvell Harrison (1838 - 1904)
Children:
Reginald Fairfax Harrison (1869 - 1938)*
Francis Burton Harrison (1873 - 1957)*
*Calculated relationship
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Ivy Hill Cemetery
Alexandria
Alexandria City
Virginia, USA |
Created by: George Seitz
Record added: Mar 31, 2007
Find A Grave Memorial# 18701024 |
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