Nashville Banner, Sunday, March 31, 1918 Work of Patriotic Women of Williamson County – Splendid Individual Record of Miss Susie Gentry Miss Susie Gentry, Williamson county chairman of the Council of National Defense, is very proud of the work done by the women of her county in the various avenues of patriotic activity. She […]
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A letter written by President Herbert Hoover to Miss Gentry was recently discovered at the Williamson County Archives. The letter is now on permanent display in the “At Home” display case in the newly redesigned Military Room. June 25, 1917 Miss Susie Gentry, Maplehurst, Franklin, Tenn. My dear Miss Gentry: Many thanks
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Miss Susie Gentry, founder of Old Glory Chapter NSDAR, was born July 31, 1860, in Shelbyville (Bedford County), Tennessee, to Dr. Watson Meredith Gentry and Martha Jones Gentry. Following the Civil War, the family moved to Franklin. In 1870, they made their home at Maplehurst, on the corner of 11th and West Main. Miss
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