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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1915
Page
4
Mra H T Inge and Mrs Chas Shawhan of Mobile join Mrs Winston Garth of Huntsville and Mrs Clarence M in assembling society figures. The fragment lists several women associated with notable social circles in Mobile and Huntsville communities.
The Alabama chapter of the National Society United States Daughters of 1812 announces Mrs H T Inge as State President with a full slate of officers. A message from President Inge highlights national council insights in New York, gifts to outgoing president Mrs William Gerry Slade, plans for historic preservation, and a Mobile memorial fountain honoring Andrew Jackson. The state meeting is set for the week before Shrove Tuesday in Mobile.
The New Jersey State Society staged a Dolly Madison era recital detailing life from 1799 to 1815 at the Octagon House. Delegates gathered at Waldorf Hall for a banquet with New York society guests, speeches, and gifts including a silver case.
Delegates gathered at the Waldorf Astoria for a formal reception in a gold parlor with music and a collation as national officers and honorary figures attended the opening events of the council meeting.
In August 1814 Andrew Jackson reached Mobile and aimed to seize Fort Bowyer. After repairs, the fort fell on September 15 and British forces left September 16. Jackson regrouped with Coffee amid 2,800 troops, advanced to Pensacola, expelled the British, scattered Indians, and returned to Mobile before sailing to New Orleans on November 22.
At a National Society of the United States Citizens 1812 meeting bronze grave tablets were adopted. Manufactured by John Williams & Co. of New York, the markers display the society insignia and inscriptions honor the War of 1812 veteran. Each plate bears the patriot’s name and a back standard for a flag, priced at 1.50.
The Alabama president was chosen national curator at the New York associate council election. State members urged to share relics with Mrs. H. T. Inge. Alabama attended the Star Spangled Banner event in Baltimore with second vice president Mrs. Frank S. White of Birmingham. Daughters attending the associate council from Alabama are listed.
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