Evening Capital (Annapolis, Maryland), 1 March 1913, Saturday
DEATH OF FORMER RESIDENT.
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Mrs. Emily Jean Made One of the Flags Carried by General Lee's Force.
Mrs. Emily Watkins Jean, a native of Annapolis, died yesterday morning at her home, Linden avenue, Baltimore, of a complication of diseases. She had been in bad health since January last, but her death came unexpectedly, as she had been improving. She was the widow of George B. Jean, of Baltimore, and is survived by two daughters. Mrs. Charles A. Ware and Miss Sally Lucas Jean, of Baltimore, and a son, Stanley Gary Jean, of Harrisburg, Pa.
Mrs. Jean was born in Annapolis in 1838 and went to Baltimore when six years old. Her father was John S. Selby, the first actuary of the Maryland Institute. Mrs. Jean was an ardent Southerner, and during the Civil War made one of the flags that were used by General Lee's army and it is now in the trophy room at the State House.
One of her brothers, Richard Selby, was a blockade-runner and on his arrival in Baltimore his sister usd to take the letters he had brought and distribute them to the Southern families, gladly risking her own safety for the cause.
DEATH OF FORMER RESIDENT.
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Mrs. Emily Jean Made One of the Flags Carried by General Lee's Force.
Mrs. Emily Watkins Jean, a native of Annapolis, died yesterday morning at her home, Linden avenue, Baltimore, of a complication of diseases. She had been in bad health since January last, but her death came unexpectedly, as she had been improving. She was the widow of George B. Jean, of Baltimore, and is survived by two daughters. Mrs. Charles A. Ware and Miss Sally Lucas Jean, of Baltimore, and a son, Stanley Gary Jean, of Harrisburg, Pa.
Mrs. Jean was born in Annapolis in 1838 and went to Baltimore when six years old. Her father was John S. Selby, the first actuary of the Maryland Institute. Mrs. Jean was an ardent Southerner, and during the Civil War made one of the flags that were used by General Lee's army and it is now in the trophy room at the State House.
One of her brothers, Richard Selby, was a blockade-runner and on his arrival in Baltimore his sister usd to take the letters he had brought and distribute them to the Southern families, gladly risking her own safety for the cause.
Evening Capital (Annapolis, Maryland), 1 March 1913, Saturday
DEATH OF FORMER RESIDENT.
———
Mrs. Emily Jean Made One of the Flags Carried by General Lee's Force.
Mrs. Emily Watkins Jean, a native of Annapolis, died yesterday morning at her home, Linden avenue, Baltimore, of a complication of diseases. She had been in bad health since January last, but her death came unexpectedly, as she had been improving. She was the widow of George B. Jean, of Baltimore, and is survived by two daughters. Mrs. Charles A. Ware and Miss Sally Lucas Jean, of Baltimore, and a son, Stanley Gary Jean, of Harrisburg, Pa.
Mrs. Jean was born in Annapolis in 1838 and went to Baltimore when six years old. Her father was John S. Selby, the first actuary of the Maryland Institute. Mrs. Jean was an ardent Southerner, and during the Civil War made one of the flags that were used by General Lee's army and it is now in the trophy room at the State House.
One of her brothers, Richard Selby, was a blockade-runner and on his arrival in Baltimore his sister usd to take the letters he had brought and distribute them to the Southern families, gladly risking her own safety for the cause.
DEATH OF FORMER RESIDENT.
———
Mrs. Emily Jean Made One of the Flags Carried by General Lee's Force.
Mrs. Emily Watkins Jean, a native of Annapolis, died yesterday morning at her home, Linden avenue, Baltimore, of a complication of diseases. She had been in bad health since January last, but her death came unexpectedly, as she had been improving. She was the widow of George B. Jean, of Baltimore, and is survived by two daughters. Mrs. Charles A. Ware and Miss Sally Lucas Jean, of Baltimore, and a son, Stanley Gary Jean, of Harrisburg, Pa.
Mrs. Jean was born in Annapolis in 1838 and went to Baltimore when six years old. Her father was John S. Selby, the first actuary of the Maryland Institute. Mrs. Jean was an ardent Southerner, and during the Civil War made one of the flags that were used by General Lee's army and it is now in the trophy room at the State House.
One of her brothers, Richard Selby, was a blockade-runner and on his arrival in Baltimore his sister usd to take the letters he had brought and distribute them to the Southern families, gladly risking her own safety for the cause.
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