Williams, Mary Ann
philanthropist, was born Aug. 10, 1822, in Milledgeville, Ga. She originated and named April 26 as a date to wreathe the graves of our martyred dead with flowers. She died April 15, 1874, in Columbus, Ga.
WILLIAMS, MRS. MARY BUSHNELL, author, poet, was born in 1826 in Baton Rouge, La. She has contributed to periodical literature, and her poetry has been much admired, notably the verses entitled The Serfs of Châteney. She is the author of a volume of Tales and Legends of Louisiana.