Founder of Decoration Day 26 Apr 1865, now known as Memorial Day. She decorated both Confederate and Union graves in Mississippi.
Mt Olivet gravestone has 1837 for her birthdate rather than 1835.
Parents: John Adams & Margaret Gill
Husband: Judge Cornelius Lewis Neville Vaughan. They married in San Francisco CA in 1876.
Her sister, Sallie E Adams is buried beside her.
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Suggested By: Fig, 11 Apr 2021
Father John Adams (1802-1870)
Mother Margaret Adams (1814-1864)∼American artist and writer best known for falsely claiming to have originated the Memorial Day holiday. - from Wikipedia
Married Cornelius Lewis Neville Vaughan in San Francisco, California in 1876
Her husband died in 1893 and she moved to Arlington, VA to live with her sister Sallie Adams.
Vaughan attempted to capitalize on her claim by copyrighting a couple of drawings she made in 1908 and selling them as postcards. Aged and destitute, she applied to the Masonic and Eastern Star home for the District of Columbia and was admitted in 1909 and died there in 1911.
Vaughan claimed to have started the Memorial Day holiday on April 26, 1865. This date and her name appear on the southeast portion of the Confederate Monument in Jackson, Mississippi. The rest of the story can be found on Wikipedia. Vaughan's claim was determined to be just one of the many hoaxes that arose to explain the origin of the holiday∼The Enterprise
August 3, 1911
Mrs. Susie L. Vaughn, founder of Decoration day, who died at the Eastern Star home at Washington, D. C., was buried at Mt. Olivet cemetery. Shortly after the Civil war, Mrs. Vaughn started the movement for honoring graves of dead soldiers, which culminated in the ace of congress setting aside Decoration day as a national holiday.
Mt Olivet gravestone has 1837 for her birthdate rather than 1835.
Parents: John Adams & Margaret Gill
Husband: Judge Cornelius Lewis Neville Vaughan. They married in San Francisco CA in 1876.
Her sister, Sallie E Adams is buried beside her.
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Suggested By: Fig, 11 Apr 2021
Father John Adams (1802-1870)
Mother Margaret Adams (1814-1864)∼American artist and writer best known for falsely claiming to have originated the Memorial Day holiday. - from Wikipedia
Married Cornelius Lewis Neville Vaughan in San Francisco, California in 1876
Her husband died in 1893 and she moved to Arlington, VA to live with her sister Sallie Adams.
Vaughan attempted to capitalize on her claim by copyrighting a couple of drawings she made in 1908 and selling them as postcards. Aged and destitute, she applied to the Masonic and Eastern Star home for the District of Columbia and was admitted in 1909 and died there in 1911.
Vaughan claimed to have started the Memorial Day holiday on April 26, 1865. This date and her name appear on the southeast portion of the Confederate Monument in Jackson, Mississippi. The rest of the story can be found on Wikipedia. Vaughan's claim was determined to be just one of the many hoaxes that arose to explain the origin of the holiday∼The Enterprise
August 3, 1911
Mrs. Susie L. Vaughn, founder of Decoration day, who died at the Eastern Star home at Washington, D. C., was buried at Mt. Olivet cemetery. Shortly after the Civil war, Mrs. Vaughn started the movement for honoring graves of dead soldiers, which culminated in the ace of congress setting aside Decoration day as a national holiday.
Founder of Decoration Day 26 Apr 1865, now known as Memorial Day. She decorated both Confederate and Union graves in Mississippi.
Mt Olivet gravestone has 1837 for her birthdate rather than 1835.
Parents: John Adams & Margaret Gill
Husband: Judge Cornelius Lewis Neville Vaughan. They married in San Francisco CA in 1876.
Her sister, Sallie E Adams is buried beside her.
---------------------
Suggested By: Fig, 11 Apr 2021
Father John Adams (1802-1870)
Mother Margaret Adams (1814-1864)∼American artist and writer best known for falsely claiming to have originated the Memorial Day holiday. - from Wikipedia
Married Cornelius Lewis Neville Vaughan in San Francisco, California in 1876
Her husband died in 1893 and she moved to Arlington, VA to live with her sister Sallie Adams.
Vaughan attempted to capitalize on her claim by copyrighting a couple of drawings she made in 1908 and selling them as postcards. Aged and destitute, she applied to the Masonic and Eastern Star home for the District of Columbia and was admitted in 1909 and died there in 1911.
Vaughan claimed to have started the Memorial Day holiday on April 26, 1865. This date and her name appear on the southeast portion of the Confederate Monument in Jackson, Mississippi. The rest of the story can be found on Wikipedia. Vaughan's claim was determined to be just one of the many hoaxes that arose to explain the origin of the holiday∼The Enterprise
August 3, 1911
Mrs. Susie L. Vaughn, founder of Decoration day, who died at the Eastern Star home at Washington, D. C., was buried at Mt. Olivet cemetery. Shortly after the Civil war, Mrs. Vaughn started the movement for honoring graves of dead soldiers, which culminated in the ace of congress setting aside Decoration day as a national holiday.
Mt Olivet gravestone has 1837 for her birthdate rather than 1835.
Parents: John Adams & Margaret Gill
Husband: Judge Cornelius Lewis Neville Vaughan. They married in San Francisco CA in 1876.
Her sister, Sallie E Adams is buried beside her.
---------------------
Suggested By: Fig, 11 Apr 2021
Father John Adams (1802-1870)
Mother Margaret Adams (1814-1864)∼American artist and writer best known for falsely claiming to have originated the Memorial Day holiday. - from Wikipedia
Married Cornelius Lewis Neville Vaughan in San Francisco, California in 1876
Her husband died in 1893 and she moved to Arlington, VA to live with her sister Sallie Adams.
Vaughan attempted to capitalize on her claim by copyrighting a couple of drawings she made in 1908 and selling them as postcards. Aged and destitute, she applied to the Masonic and Eastern Star home for the District of Columbia and was admitted in 1909 and died there in 1911.
Vaughan claimed to have started the Memorial Day holiday on April 26, 1865. This date and her name appear on the southeast portion of the Confederate Monument in Jackson, Mississippi. The rest of the story can be found on Wikipedia. Vaughan's claim was determined to be just one of the many hoaxes that arose to explain the origin of the holiday∼The Enterprise
August 3, 1911
Mrs. Susie L. Vaughn, founder of Decoration day, who died at the Eastern Star home at Washington, D. C., was buried at Mt. Olivet cemetery. Shortly after the Civil war, Mrs. Vaughn started the movement for honoring graves of dead soldiers, which culminated in the ace of congress setting aside Decoration day as a national holiday.
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