Date: Sunday, March 26, 1905
Paper: Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA)
Page: 3
"Mrs. Mary E. Pope.
Memphis, Tenn., March 25, - Mrs. Mary E. Pope, aged 85 years, founder of the "Southern Mothers," and one of the pioneer women of Memphis, died at the Mary Galloway Home this morning at 9 o'clock. The cause of death was old age."
Mary Elizabeth Foote (born January 9, 1821) married April 19, 1839, Leroy Pope, the son of Col. Leroy Pope, of Alabama. For most of their marriage, they resided in Memphis, Tennessee. They were the parents of 5 children, 2 daughters and 3 sons.
Mary was a remarkable woman, noted for her beauty and her splendid intellect and noble character. She was a fine Latin scholar, spoke French and German fluently, wrote charming poems — one volume published. Two sons were in the Confederate Army.
She organized and largely carried on the work of the "Southern Mothers" in Memphis, Tennessee during the War. After the War, she opened and conducted for many years a girls' school, now known as St. Mary's. As a teacher she was far beyond her day, giving her pupils a much broader outlook than was common at that time for women. Her grandchildren would still hear from her old pupils what power of good she was in their lives.
Her life was saddened by the death of all five of her children, her husband and her grandson, William Monroe Pope, but she lived it out to the age of eighty-five, never repining.
She was a noble Christian and her name was prominently identified with the early history of Calvary Church, Memphis, Tenn., her husband being the vestryman who selected the site upon which the church edifice now stands, and was a devoted member since its foundation in 1839 to her death.
She was buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn., and placed by her son, Lt. William Sales Pope, who was killed in battle at Tishomingo Creek, his body being found twenty feet in advance of the lines.
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Paper: Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA)
Page: 3
"Mrs. Mary E. Pope.
Memphis, Tenn., March 25, - Mrs. Mary E. Pope, aged 85 years, founder of the "Southern Mothers," and one of the pioneer women of Memphis, died at the Mary Galloway Home this morning at 9 o'clock. The cause of death was old age."
Mary Elizabeth Foote (born January 9, 1821) married April 19, 1839, Leroy Pope, the son of Col. Leroy Pope, of Alabama. For most of their marriage, they resided in Memphis, Tennessee. They were the parents of 5 children, 2 daughters and 3 sons.
Mary was a remarkable woman, noted for her beauty and her splendid intellect and noble character. She was a fine Latin scholar, spoke French and German fluently, wrote charming poems — one volume published. Two sons were in the Confederate Army.
She organized and largely carried on the work of the "Southern Mothers" in Memphis, Tennessee during the War. After the War, she opened and conducted for many years a girls' school, now known as St. Mary's. As a teacher she was far beyond her day, giving her pupils a much broader outlook than was common at that time for women. Her grandchildren would still hear from her old pupils what power of good she was in their lives.
Her life was saddened by the death of all five of her children, her husband and her grandson, William Monroe Pope, but she lived it out to the age of eighty-five, never repining.
She was a noble Christian and her name was prominently identified with the early history of Calvary Church, Memphis, Tenn., her husband being the vestryman who selected the site upon which the church edifice now stands, and was a devoted member since its foundation in 1839 to her death.
She was buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn., and placed by her son, Lt. William Sales Pope, who was killed in battle at Tishomingo Creek, his body being found twenty feet in advance of the lines.
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Date: Sunday, March 26, 1905
Paper: Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA)
Page: 3
"Mrs. Mary E. Pope.
Memphis, Tenn., March 25, - Mrs. Mary E. Pope, aged 85 years, founder of the "Southern Mothers," and one of the pioneer women of Memphis, died at the Mary Galloway Home this morning at 9 o'clock. The cause of death was old age."
Mary Elizabeth Foote (born January 9, 1821) married April 19, 1839, Leroy Pope, the son of Col. Leroy Pope, of Alabama. For most of their marriage, they resided in Memphis, Tennessee. They were the parents of 5 children, 2 daughters and 3 sons.
Mary was a remarkable woman, noted for her beauty and her splendid intellect and noble character. She was a fine Latin scholar, spoke French and German fluently, wrote charming poems — one volume published. Two sons were in the Confederate Army.
She organized and largely carried on the work of the "Southern Mothers" in Memphis, Tennessee during the War. After the War, she opened and conducted for many years a girls' school, now known as St. Mary's. As a teacher she was far beyond her day, giving her pupils a much broader outlook than was common at that time for women. Her grandchildren would still hear from her old pupils what power of good she was in their lives.
Her life was saddened by the death of all five of her children, her husband and her grandson, William Monroe Pope, but she lived it out to the age of eighty-five, never repining.
She was a noble Christian and her name was prominently identified with the early history of Calvary Church, Memphis, Tenn., her husband being the vestryman who selected the site upon which the church edifice now stands, and was a devoted member since its foundation in 1839 to her death.
She was buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn., and placed by her son, Lt. William Sales Pope, who was killed in battle at Tishomingo Creek, his body being found twenty feet in advance of the lines.
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Paper: Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA)
Page: 3
"Mrs. Mary E. Pope.
Memphis, Tenn., March 25, - Mrs. Mary E. Pope, aged 85 years, founder of the "Southern Mothers," and one of the pioneer women of Memphis, died at the Mary Galloway Home this morning at 9 o'clock. The cause of death was old age."
Mary Elizabeth Foote (born January 9, 1821) married April 19, 1839, Leroy Pope, the son of Col. Leroy Pope, of Alabama. For most of their marriage, they resided in Memphis, Tennessee. They were the parents of 5 children, 2 daughters and 3 sons.
Mary was a remarkable woman, noted for her beauty and her splendid intellect and noble character. She was a fine Latin scholar, spoke French and German fluently, wrote charming poems — one volume published. Two sons were in the Confederate Army.
She organized and largely carried on the work of the "Southern Mothers" in Memphis, Tennessee during the War. After the War, she opened and conducted for many years a girls' school, now known as St. Mary's. As a teacher she was far beyond her day, giving her pupils a much broader outlook than was common at that time for women. Her grandchildren would still hear from her old pupils what power of good she was in their lives.
Her life was saddened by the death of all five of her children, her husband and her grandson, William Monroe Pope, but she lived it out to the age of eighty-five, never repining.
She was a noble Christian and her name was prominently identified with the early history of Calvary Church, Memphis, Tenn., her husband being the vestryman who selected the site upon which the church edifice now stands, and was a devoted member since its foundation in 1839 to her death.
She was buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn., and placed by her son, Lt. William Sales Pope, who was killed in battle at Tishomingo Creek, his body being found twenty feet in advance of the lines.
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Inscription
Place at my head, of gray stone wrought
A cross that To the passing eye
May tell, Oh, sweet and blessed thought
That Christian ashes 'neath it lie.
- - Mary Foote Pope
Poet and founder of St. Mary's Episcopal School, Memphis, Tenn 1847.
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