Daughter of Rev. Tucker Everett Woodson and Agatha Abney.
Author, Scholar, Historian. She authored many works relating to the history of Edgefield, including "The Spirit of Edgefield." A half century of service to the Edgefield County Historical Society (1939-1990). Vice president, treasurer, president, and president emeritus.
She loved Edgefield with all her being and Edgefield loved her as it loved no other.
"The Spirit of Edgefield" (Air: The Bells of St. Mary's):
Whatever betide
Is calling her children,
From far and wide;
In city and village,
Or far out to sea,
They bear her voice calling
"Come back, sons to me."
Old Edgefield, dear Edgefield,
Thy children all love thee.
Thy great men, thy good men,
Wherever they be
Turn back to the scenes oft'
Remembered in story
Thy children all come back, come back
To thee, to thee,
The Spirit of Edgefield
Is calling today
Her young men and maidens,
Her youth to the fray
To build a great nation
As strong men of yore;
A challenge she offers;
"Go forward once more!"
Old Edgefield, dear Edgefield
Thy children all love thee,
Thy great men, thy good men,
Wherever they be.
Turn back to the scenes oft'
Remembered in story
Thy children all come back, come back
To thee, to thee. - Hortense Caroline Woodson
(Monument erected by Edgefield County Historical Society, July 7, 1991).
Author, Scholar, Historian. She authored many works relating to the history of Edgefield, including "The Spirit of Edgefield." A half century of service to the Edgefield County Historical Society (1939-1990). Vice president, treasurer, president, and president emeritus.
She loved Edgefield with all her being and Edgefield loved her as it loved no other.
"The Spirit of Edgefield" (Air: The Bells of St. Mary's):
Whatever betide
Is calling her children,
From far and wide;
In city and village,
Or far out to sea,
They bear her voice calling
"Come back, sons to me."
Old Edgefield, dear Edgefield,
Thy children all love thee.
Thy great men, thy good men,
Wherever they be
Turn back to the scenes oft'
Remembered in story
Thy children all come back, come back
To thee, to thee,
The Spirit of Edgefield
Is calling today
Her young men and maidens,
Her youth to the fray
To build a great nation
As strong men of yore;
A challenge she offers;
"Go forward once more!"
Old Edgefield, dear Edgefield
Thy children all love thee,
Thy great men, thy good men,
Wherever they be.
Turn back to the scenes oft'
Remembered in story
Thy children all come back, come back
To thee, to thee. - Hortense Caroline Woodson
(Monument erected by Edgefield County Historical Society, July 7, 1991).
Daughter of Rev. Tucker Everett Woodson and Agatha Abney.
Author, Scholar, Historian. She authored many works relating to the history of Edgefield, including "The Spirit of Edgefield." A half century of service to the Edgefield County Historical Society (1939-1990). Vice president, treasurer, president, and president emeritus.
She loved Edgefield with all her being and Edgefield loved her as it loved no other.
"The Spirit of Edgefield" (Air: The Bells of St. Mary's):
Whatever betide
Is calling her children,
From far and wide;
In city and village,
Or far out to sea,
They bear her voice calling
"Come back, sons to me."
Old Edgefield, dear Edgefield,
Thy children all love thee.
Thy great men, thy good men,
Wherever they be
Turn back to the scenes oft'
Remembered in story
Thy children all come back, come back
To thee, to thee,
The Spirit of Edgefield
Is calling today
Her young men and maidens,
Her youth to the fray
To build a great nation
As strong men of yore;
A challenge she offers;
"Go forward once more!"
Old Edgefield, dear Edgefield
Thy children all love thee,
Thy great men, thy good men,
Wherever they be.
Turn back to the scenes oft'
Remembered in story
Thy children all come back, come back
To thee, to thee. - Hortense Caroline Woodson
(Monument erected by Edgefield County Historical Society, July 7, 1991).
Author, Scholar, Historian. She authored many works relating to the history of Edgefield, including "The Spirit of Edgefield." A half century of service to the Edgefield County Historical Society (1939-1990). Vice president, treasurer, president, and president emeritus.
She loved Edgefield with all her being and Edgefield loved her as it loved no other.
"The Spirit of Edgefield" (Air: The Bells of St. Mary's):
Whatever betide
Is calling her children,
From far and wide;
In city and village,
Or far out to sea,
They bear her voice calling
"Come back, sons to me."
Old Edgefield, dear Edgefield,
Thy children all love thee.
Thy great men, thy good men,
Wherever they be
Turn back to the scenes oft'
Remembered in story
Thy children all come back, come back
To thee, to thee,
The Spirit of Edgefield
Is calling today
Her young men and maidens,
Her youth to the fray
To build a great nation
As strong men of yore;
A challenge she offers;
"Go forward once more!"
Old Edgefield, dear Edgefield
Thy children all love thee,
Thy great men, thy good men,
Wherever they be.
Turn back to the scenes oft'
Remembered in story
Thy children all come back, come back
To thee, to thee. - Hortense Caroline Woodson
(Monument erected by Edgefield County Historical Society, July 7, 1991).
Gravesite Details
Edgefield County Cemeteries, Vol. I, p. 59.
