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Susan Lucretia Dewhirst 1876 ~
Mrs. Susan Lucretia Dewhirst, missionary
worker and organizer, was born in Washington, D. C, on February
19, 1876, and is the daughter of Mary Katherine and Junewell
Simonds Hodgkins. Her father was a cousin of Justice Salmon P.
Chase. She was educated in the public schools of Washington,
graduating in 1892. She is possessed of a deeply sympathetic
nature and a philanthropic spirit
Connecting herself in early life with the Metropolitan Memorial
Methodist Episcopal Church, she became engaged in Sunday school,
Epworth League and other church activities. For years she has
been the efficient president of one of its missionary societies,
"The World Wide Circle," and has been highly successful in
raising funds for the support of orphans, Bible women, etc., in
foreign lands. She has been acting treasurer of the Washington
District Woman's Foreign Missionary Society for some years, and
is the statistical secretary for the Baltimore branch of that
association.
She was married to William Sherman Dewhirst, of Illinois, in
1897, he having connected himself with government service in
Washington, D. C He is a steward of the Metropolitan Church.
They have one son, twelve years of age.
Mrs. Dewhirst is a daughter of the American Revolution and
recording secretary of "Our Flag" Chapter. She has fine
financial ability and is a welcome ally in every good work.
Women of
America
Source: The Part Taken by Women in
American History, By Mrs. John A. Logan, Published by The Perry-Nalle
Publishing Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1912.
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