Wife of, Lucian Hamilton Raines.
Married - February 11, 1875.
Daughter of, Major Hugh McCall Davenport & Martha Anne Elizabeth Stone Davenport.
Co-Founder of, The United Daughter's of the Confederacy.
Anna Mitchell Davenport was born April 8, 1853, at Isle of Hope, Georgia. Her parents were Major Hugh McCall Davenport and Martha Anne Elizabeth Stone. A mere child when the war began at Fort Sumter, by the age of ten she was taking food and bandages to the Confederate hospitals and soldiers camps in Savannah. In 1864, General Sherman ordered all officers families our of the city and Mrs Davenport with refugeed first in Augusta, then Atlanta. The family moved to Macon when Lee surrendered. After Major Davenport's homecoming from Virginia, the family returned to Savannah for a short time, then moved to New York.
Anna married Lucian Hamilton Raines on February 11, 1873. They had five children.
In 1892, the Confederate Veterans Association of Savannah issued a call to the ladies of the city to form an auxiliary to their organization. Mrs. Raines was one of those who responded and she was elected Secretary of the Ladies Auxiliary.
Realizing that as an auxiliary to the veterans their reason for existence would pass away with the death of the veterans, Anna suggested at the December, 1893 meeting of the Society that they form themselves into a permanent organization with wider aims and scope and change their name to "Daughters of the Confederacy." The suggestion met with the approval of the members and she was empowered to secure a charter. This was done and Mrs. Raines was elected the first President.
At this time Mrs. Raines was unaware that there was another society bearing the name "Daughters of the Confederacy." A few weeks later she saw an article in the newspaper giving an account of a dinner that had been served at the Soldiers Home in Nashville, Tennessee, by the Daughters of the Confederacy. On April 18, 1894, she wrote a letter to ask whether the Savannah auxiliary could use this name or would this be an infrigement upon their rights. Not knowing whom to write, she addressed her letter to "President, Daughters of the Confederacy." It was Caroline Meriwether Goodlett who replied to her letter, stating that they were simply organized as an auxiliary to their Soldiers Home and that the Georgia Daughters had a perfect right to use the name "Daughters of the Confederacy" as the ladies of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Missouri had local societies by the same name.
Thus began the greatest women's organization devoted to the Southern ideals and respect and pride in their Southern ancestry.
No truer estimate of Mrs. Raines life and character can be given than by quoting her own words when she closing her yearly report to the annual convention in Nashville: "Let me thank you for your patience and ask in all discussions that may arise, you will ever keep the holiness of our work before you, remembering we are not a body of discontented suffragists thirsting for oratorical honors, but a sisterhood of earnest womanly women, striving to fulfill the teachings of God's word, in honoring our fathers." Mrs. Raines was a charter member of Savannah Chapter 2 and its first president of General. In 1912 the General Organization presented her with an enlarged UDC insignia set with diamonds and rubies and an elegant service in loving appreciation of her service to the organization.
Mrs. Raines died on January 21, 1915, three months after Mrs. Goodlett. She is buried in the family plot in Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia.
Grave Location - Laurel Grove Cemetery - North Lot - #206, Savannah, Chatham Co., Georgia.
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United Daughters of the Confederacy. Southern Cross of Honor records, ca. 1900-1950..Library of Va..Accession 43275, Miscellaneous reels 5230-5245. 19 reels. Microfilm. Library of Va.Southern Cross of Honor records, ca. 1900-1950, of the United Daughters of the Confederacy include certificates of eligibility, record of recipients ledgers, and miscellaneous correspondence. Bulk of the collection consists of the Record of Recipients ledgers and an index to the ledgers. Ledgers were compiled by Mrs. Anna Davenport Raines during her seven-year term as "Custodian of Crosses of Honor". Mrs. Raines recorded the recipients of every Cross bestowed, beginning with Number 1, until she resigned in 1913 (Books 1-10). After 1913 the ledgers continued, Book 11 (1914-1916), Book 12 (1916-1919), Book 13 (1919-1922), Books 14-22 (ca. 1920-1941), and an unnumbered Book containing information on those descendants who fought in the Spanish American War (1898), Philippine Insurrection (1899-1902), and World War I (1914-1918). Ledgers provide the name and unit of each recipient and may in some cases give the date and place of the award. A cumulative index was developed by the Caroline Meriwether Goodlett Library Committee in the 1980s to cross reference the information contained in the ledgers. Collection also includes loose sheets of Records of Recipients arranged alphabetically by state, with unknown states arranged to the end. It is assumed that these were Southern Cross of Honor awards issued by the various state chapters. The loose sheets contain more information than the bound ledgers - some contain names of descendants or widow, list rank, company, enlistment date, discharge date, camp, and date. Also included are a few folders of certificates of eligibility arranged alphabetically by soldier name.
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Married - February 11, 1875.
Daughter of, Major Hugh McCall Davenport & Martha Anne Elizabeth Stone Davenport.
Co-Founder of, The United Daughter's of the Confederacy.
Anna Mitchell Davenport was born April 8, 1853, at Isle of Hope, Georgia. Her parents were Major Hugh McCall Davenport and Martha Anne Elizabeth Stone. A mere child when the war began at Fort Sumter, by the age of ten she was taking food and bandages to the Confederate hospitals and soldiers camps in Savannah. In 1864, General Sherman ordered all officers families our of the city and Mrs Davenport with refugeed first in Augusta, then Atlanta. The family moved to Macon when Lee surrendered. After Major Davenport's homecoming from Virginia, the family returned to Savannah for a short time, then moved to New York.
Anna married Lucian Hamilton Raines on February 11, 1873. They had five children.
In 1892, the Confederate Veterans Association of Savannah issued a call to the ladies of the city to form an auxiliary to their organization. Mrs. Raines was one of those who responded and she was elected Secretary of the Ladies Auxiliary.
Realizing that as an auxiliary to the veterans their reason for existence would pass away with the death of the veterans, Anna suggested at the December, 1893 meeting of the Society that they form themselves into a permanent organization with wider aims and scope and change their name to "Daughters of the Confederacy." The suggestion met with the approval of the members and she was empowered to secure a charter. This was done and Mrs. Raines was elected the first President.
At this time Mrs. Raines was unaware that there was another society bearing the name "Daughters of the Confederacy." A few weeks later she saw an article in the newspaper giving an account of a dinner that had been served at the Soldiers Home in Nashville, Tennessee, by the Daughters of the Confederacy. On April 18, 1894, she wrote a letter to ask whether the Savannah auxiliary could use this name or would this be an infrigement upon their rights. Not knowing whom to write, she addressed her letter to "President, Daughters of the Confederacy." It was Caroline Meriwether Goodlett who replied to her letter, stating that they were simply organized as an auxiliary to their Soldiers Home and that the Georgia Daughters had a perfect right to use the name "Daughters of the Confederacy" as the ladies of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Missouri had local societies by the same name.
Thus began the greatest women's organization devoted to the Southern ideals and respect and pride in their Southern ancestry.
No truer estimate of Mrs. Raines life and character can be given than by quoting her own words when she closing her yearly report to the annual convention in Nashville: "Let me thank you for your patience and ask in all discussions that may arise, you will ever keep the holiness of our work before you, remembering we are not a body of discontented suffragists thirsting for oratorical honors, but a sisterhood of earnest womanly women, striving to fulfill the teachings of God's word, in honoring our fathers." Mrs. Raines was a charter member of Savannah Chapter 2 and its first president of General. In 1912 the General Organization presented her with an enlarged UDC insignia set with diamonds and rubies and an elegant service in loving appreciation of her service to the organization.
Mrs. Raines died on January 21, 1915, three months after Mrs. Goodlett. She is buried in the family plot in Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia.
Grave Location - Laurel Grove Cemetery - North Lot - #206, Savannah, Chatham Co., Georgia.
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United Daughters of the Confederacy. Southern Cross of Honor records, ca. 1900-1950..Library of Va..Accession 43275, Miscellaneous reels 5230-5245. 19 reels. Microfilm. Library of Va.Southern Cross of Honor records, ca. 1900-1950, of the United Daughters of the Confederacy include certificates of eligibility, record of recipients ledgers, and miscellaneous correspondence. Bulk of the collection consists of the Record of Recipients ledgers and an index to the ledgers. Ledgers were compiled by Mrs. Anna Davenport Raines during her seven-year term as "Custodian of Crosses of Honor". Mrs. Raines recorded the recipients of every Cross bestowed, beginning with Number 1, until she resigned in 1913 (Books 1-10). After 1913 the ledgers continued, Book 11 (1914-1916), Book 12 (1916-1919), Book 13 (1919-1922), Books 14-22 (ca. 1920-1941), and an unnumbered Book containing information on those descendants who fought in the Spanish American War (1898), Philippine Insurrection (1899-1902), and World War I (1914-1918). Ledgers provide the name and unit of each recipient and may in some cases give the date and place of the award. A cumulative index was developed by the Caroline Meriwether Goodlett Library Committee in the 1980s to cross reference the information contained in the ledgers. Collection also includes loose sheets of Records of Recipients arranged alphabetically by state, with unknown states arranged to the end. It is assumed that these were Southern Cross of Honor awards issued by the various state chapters. The loose sheets contain more information than the bound ledgers - some contain names of descendants or widow, list rank, company, enlistment date, discharge date, camp, and date. Also included are a few folders of certificates of eligibility arranged alphabetically by soldier name.
Information by -
#47071483.
Wife of, Lucian Hamilton Raines.
Married - February 11, 1875.
Daughter of, Major Hugh McCall Davenport & Martha Anne Elizabeth Stone Davenport.
Co-Founder of, The United Daughter's of the Confederacy.
Anna Mitchell Davenport was born April 8, 1853, at Isle of Hope, Georgia. Her parents were Major Hugh McCall Davenport and Martha Anne Elizabeth Stone. A mere child when the war began at Fort Sumter, by the age of ten she was taking food and bandages to the Confederate hospitals and soldiers camps in Savannah. In 1864, General Sherman ordered all officers families our of the city and Mrs Davenport with refugeed first in Augusta, then Atlanta. The family moved to Macon when Lee surrendered. After Major Davenport's homecoming from Virginia, the family returned to Savannah for a short time, then moved to New York.
Anna married Lucian Hamilton Raines on February 11, 1873. They had five children.
In 1892, the Confederate Veterans Association of Savannah issued a call to the ladies of the city to form an auxiliary to their organization. Mrs. Raines was one of those who responded and she was elected Secretary of the Ladies Auxiliary.
Realizing that as an auxiliary to the veterans their reason for existence would pass away with the death of the veterans, Anna suggested at the December, 1893 meeting of the Society that they form themselves into a permanent organization with wider aims and scope and change their name to "Daughters of the Confederacy." The suggestion met with the approval of the members and she was empowered to secure a charter. This was done and Mrs. Raines was elected the first President.
At this time Mrs. Raines was unaware that there was another society bearing the name "Daughters of the Confederacy." A few weeks later she saw an article in the newspaper giving an account of a dinner that had been served at the Soldiers Home in Nashville, Tennessee, by the Daughters of the Confederacy. On April 18, 1894, she wrote a letter to ask whether the Savannah auxiliary could use this name or would this be an infrigement upon their rights. Not knowing whom to write, she addressed her letter to "President, Daughters of the Confederacy." It was Caroline Meriwether Goodlett who replied to her letter, stating that they were simply organized as an auxiliary to their Soldiers Home and that the Georgia Daughters had a perfect right to use the name "Daughters of the Confederacy" as the ladies of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Missouri had local societies by the same name.
Thus began the greatest women's organization devoted to the Southern ideals and respect and pride in their Southern ancestry.
No truer estimate of Mrs. Raines life and character can be given than by quoting her own words when she closing her yearly report to the annual convention in Nashville: "Let me thank you for your patience and ask in all discussions that may arise, you will ever keep the holiness of our work before you, remembering we are not a body of discontented suffragists thirsting for oratorical honors, but a sisterhood of earnest womanly women, striving to fulfill the teachings of God's word, in honoring our fathers." Mrs. Raines was a charter member of Savannah Chapter 2 and its first president of General. In 1912 the General Organization presented her with an enlarged UDC insignia set with diamonds and rubies and an elegant service in loving appreciation of her service to the organization.
Mrs. Raines died on January 21, 1915, three months after Mrs. Goodlett. She is buried in the family plot in Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia.
Grave Location - Laurel Grove Cemetery - North Lot - #206, Savannah, Chatham Co., Georgia.
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United Daughters of the Confederacy. Southern Cross of Honor records, ca. 1900-1950..Library of Va..Accession 43275, Miscellaneous reels 5230-5245. 19 reels. Microfilm. Library of Va.Southern Cross of Honor records, ca. 1900-1950, of the United Daughters of the Confederacy include certificates of eligibility, record of recipients ledgers, and miscellaneous correspondence. Bulk of the collection consists of the Record of Recipients ledgers and an index to the ledgers. Ledgers were compiled by Mrs. Anna Davenport Raines during her seven-year term as "Custodian of Crosses of Honor". Mrs. Raines recorded the recipients of every Cross bestowed, beginning with Number 1, until she resigned in 1913 (Books 1-10). After 1913 the ledgers continued, Book 11 (1914-1916), Book 12 (1916-1919), Book 13 (1919-1922), Books 14-22 (ca. 1920-1941), and an unnumbered Book containing information on those descendants who fought in the Spanish American War (1898), Philippine Insurrection (1899-1902), and World War I (1914-1918). Ledgers provide the name and unit of each recipient and may in some cases give the date and place of the award. A cumulative index was developed by the Caroline Meriwether Goodlett Library Committee in the 1980s to cross reference the information contained in the ledgers. Collection also includes loose sheets of Records of Recipients arranged alphabetically by state, with unknown states arranged to the end. It is assumed that these were Southern Cross of Honor awards issued by the various state chapters. The loose sheets contain more information than the bound ledgers - some contain names of descendants or widow, list rank, company, enlistment date, discharge date, camp, and date. Also included are a few folders of certificates of eligibility arranged alphabetically by soldier name.
Information by -
#47071483.
Married - February 11, 1875.
Daughter of, Major Hugh McCall Davenport & Martha Anne Elizabeth Stone Davenport.
Co-Founder of, The United Daughter's of the Confederacy.
Anna Mitchell Davenport was born April 8, 1853, at Isle of Hope, Georgia. Her parents were Major Hugh McCall Davenport and Martha Anne Elizabeth Stone. A mere child when the war began at Fort Sumter, by the age of ten she was taking food and bandages to the Confederate hospitals and soldiers camps in Savannah. In 1864, General Sherman ordered all officers families our of the city and Mrs Davenport with refugeed first in Augusta, then Atlanta. The family moved to Macon when Lee surrendered. After Major Davenport's homecoming from Virginia, the family returned to Savannah for a short time, then moved to New York.
Anna married Lucian Hamilton Raines on February 11, 1873. They had five children.
In 1892, the Confederate Veterans Association of Savannah issued a call to the ladies of the city to form an auxiliary to their organization. Mrs. Raines was one of those who responded and she was elected Secretary of the Ladies Auxiliary.
Realizing that as an auxiliary to the veterans their reason for existence would pass away with the death of the veterans, Anna suggested at the December, 1893 meeting of the Society that they form themselves into a permanent organization with wider aims and scope and change their name to "Daughters of the Confederacy." The suggestion met with the approval of the members and she was empowered to secure a charter. This was done and Mrs. Raines was elected the first President.
At this time Mrs. Raines was unaware that there was another society bearing the name "Daughters of the Confederacy." A few weeks later she saw an article in the newspaper giving an account of a dinner that had been served at the Soldiers Home in Nashville, Tennessee, by the Daughters of the Confederacy. On April 18, 1894, she wrote a letter to ask whether the Savannah auxiliary could use this name or would this be an infrigement upon their rights. Not knowing whom to write, she addressed her letter to "President, Daughters of the Confederacy." It was Caroline Meriwether Goodlett who replied to her letter, stating that they were simply organized as an auxiliary to their Soldiers Home and that the Georgia Daughters had a perfect right to use the name "Daughters of the Confederacy" as the ladies of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Missouri had local societies by the same name.
Thus began the greatest women's organization devoted to the Southern ideals and respect and pride in their Southern ancestry.
No truer estimate of Mrs. Raines life and character can be given than by quoting her own words when she closing her yearly report to the annual convention in Nashville: "Let me thank you for your patience and ask in all discussions that may arise, you will ever keep the holiness of our work before you, remembering we are not a body of discontented suffragists thirsting for oratorical honors, but a sisterhood of earnest womanly women, striving to fulfill the teachings of God's word, in honoring our fathers." Mrs. Raines was a charter member of Savannah Chapter 2 and its first president of General. In 1912 the General Organization presented her with an enlarged UDC insignia set with diamonds and rubies and an elegant service in loving appreciation of her service to the organization.
Mrs. Raines died on January 21, 1915, three months after Mrs. Goodlett. She is buried in the family plot in Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia.
Grave Location - Laurel Grove Cemetery - North Lot - #206, Savannah, Chatham Co., Georgia.
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United Daughters of the Confederacy. Southern Cross of Honor records, ca. 1900-1950..Library of Va..Accession 43275, Miscellaneous reels 5230-5245. 19 reels. Microfilm. Library of Va.Southern Cross of Honor records, ca. 1900-1950, of the United Daughters of the Confederacy include certificates of eligibility, record of recipients ledgers, and miscellaneous correspondence. Bulk of the collection consists of the Record of Recipients ledgers and an index to the ledgers. Ledgers were compiled by Mrs. Anna Davenport Raines during her seven-year term as "Custodian of Crosses of Honor". Mrs. Raines recorded the recipients of every Cross bestowed, beginning with Number 1, until she resigned in 1913 (Books 1-10). After 1913 the ledgers continued, Book 11 (1914-1916), Book 12 (1916-1919), Book 13 (1919-1922), Books 14-22 (ca. 1920-1941), and an unnumbered Book containing information on those descendants who fought in the Spanish American War (1898), Philippine Insurrection (1899-1902), and World War I (1914-1918). Ledgers provide the name and unit of each recipient and may in some cases give the date and place of the award. A cumulative index was developed by the Caroline Meriwether Goodlett Library Committee in the 1980s to cross reference the information contained in the ledgers. Collection also includes loose sheets of Records of Recipients arranged alphabetically by state, with unknown states arranged to the end. It is assumed that these were Southern Cross of Honor awards issued by the various state chapters. The loose sheets contain more information than the bound ledgers - some contain names of descendants or widow, list rank, company, enlistment date, discharge date, camp, and date. Also included are a few folders of certificates of eligibility arranged alphabetically by soldier name.
Information by -
#47071483.
