Susie Elvira Williams (abt. 1884 - 1966)

Died 15 Dec 1966 at about age 82 in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Susie Williams was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Susie was born about 1884. She was the daughter of Dr. John Tompkins (Or F.) Williams and Susie Montz. She passed away in 1966.

At one time she owned a doll made of black wax, with real hair, that had been made by Miss Clara Poe, great-aunt of Edgar Allan Poe, who had also made other things of wax.

She was a popular pianist on WHAS (AM) in Louisville, during the late 1920s.

Member of the United States Daughters of 1812 (General Zachary Taylor chapter)^[1], the DAR and the Huguenot Society of Kentucky.

She also inherited a linen cambric handkerchief that had once been intended to be presented to Empress Eugenie, last Empress of the French. The handkerchief was embroidered by two Swiss women, workers for Little and Sons, a Swiss firm at Neufchatel, who went blind shortly after its completion. At the time of its making, about 1855, it was valued at $1500. The handkerchief was exhibited at the London Exposition of 1862, the Worlds Fair and the Nashville Exposition.

Research notes

Clara may be Poe-2896

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of 1812 Meet Saturday The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky) 11 May 1939, Thu • Page 14

• https://www.ancestry.ca/genealogy/records/susie-elvira-williams-24-1538r92
• Obituary The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky) 01 Jan 1967, Sun • Page 10

• A Handkerchief with a history The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky) 04 Jul 1926, Sun, Page 63

• "Mammy" of Black Wax The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky) 05 Mar 1939, Sun • Page 26; Photo of the doll
• Headshot The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky) 11 Sep 1927, Sun • Page 40s