Her first husband was Christopher Jennett, and they briefly lived in Augusta, Georgia. He was pastor of the historic First Baptist Church there. Jennett died just two years after their marriage and five years later she remarried. Josiah Dabbs was a wealthy planter. He died at the beginning of the Civil War. The 38-year-old wealthy widow met the thrice-widowed Jeremiah Bell Jeter, one of the leading Baptist ministers of the times. She married the 60-year-old, his fourth wife. In 1865 Catherine used her wealth from her former marriage for the joint purchase with her husband and another minister of the Religious Herald, the state Baptist newspaper in Virginia. In 1872 she accompanied her husband on a missions tour of Europe. Kate Jeter was ahead of her time in social concerns. She was a founder of a home for unwed mothers and the first home for the aged run by Baptists in Virginia, the Baptist Home for Ladies. She was generous with all she possessed. Her legacy still pays dividends.
When General Joseph Johnston was struck down at the Battle of Seven Pines, President Jefferson Davis immediately replaced him with Robert E. Lee. Lee had no field command, nor headquarters. The house at 3812 Nine Mile Road had been recently vacated by the widow Kate Dabbs. She offered it to Lee, who accepted, his first headquarters as commander. The house, then called High Meadow, was built in 1820. It served as Henrico's police headquarters from 1941-2005. Now it is a historic house museum with exhibit galleries and a research library.
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From Carolyn McVicker;
Father: Henry Williams
Mother: Amintia Dunn (Thurston) Williams.
When General Joseph Johnston was struck down at the Battle of Seven Pines, President Jefferson Davis immediately replaced him with Robert E. Lee. Lee had no field command, nor headquarters. The house at 3812 Nine Mile Road had been recently vacated by the widow Kate Dabbs. She offered it to Lee, who accepted, his first headquarters as commander. The house, then called High Meadow, was built in 1820. It served as Henrico's police headquarters from 1941-2005. Now it is a historic house museum with exhibit galleries and a research library.
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From Carolyn McVicker;
Father: Henry Williams
Mother: Amintia Dunn (Thurston) Williams.
Her first husband was Christopher Jennett, and they briefly lived in Augusta, Georgia. He was pastor of the historic First Baptist Church there. Jennett died just two years after their marriage and five years later she remarried. Josiah Dabbs was a wealthy planter. He died at the beginning of the Civil War. The 38-year-old wealthy widow met the thrice-widowed Jeremiah Bell Jeter, one of the leading Baptist ministers of the times. She married the 60-year-old, his fourth wife. In 1865 Catherine used her wealth from her former marriage for the joint purchase with her husband and another minister of the Religious Herald, the state Baptist newspaper in Virginia. In 1872 she accompanied her husband on a missions tour of Europe. Kate Jeter was ahead of her time in social concerns. She was a founder of a home for unwed mothers and the first home for the aged run by Baptists in Virginia, the Baptist Home for Ladies. She was generous with all she possessed. Her legacy still pays dividends.
When General Joseph Johnston was struck down at the Battle of Seven Pines, President Jefferson Davis immediately replaced him with Robert E. Lee. Lee had no field command, nor headquarters. The house at 3812 Nine Mile Road had been recently vacated by the widow Kate Dabbs. She offered it to Lee, who accepted, his first headquarters as commander. The house, then called High Meadow, was built in 1820. It served as Henrico's police headquarters from 1941-2005. Now it is a historic house museum with exhibit galleries and a research library.
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From Carolyn McVicker;
Father: Henry Williams
Mother: Amintia Dunn (Thurston) Williams.
When General Joseph Johnston was struck down at the Battle of Seven Pines, President Jefferson Davis immediately replaced him with Robert E. Lee. Lee had no field command, nor headquarters. The house at 3812 Nine Mile Road had been recently vacated by the widow Kate Dabbs. She offered it to Lee, who accepted, his first headquarters as commander. The house, then called High Meadow, was built in 1820. It served as Henrico's police headquarters from 1941-2005. Now it is a historic house museum with exhibit galleries and a research library.
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From Carolyn McVicker;
Father: Henry Williams
Mother: Amintia Dunn (Thurston) Williams.
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