Coweta-Spalding County GaArchives News.....MRS. MARY BREWSTER PATTERSON October 27, 1915
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The Covington News October 27, 1915
     Is a lineal descendant of William Brewster who came over to America on the 
Mayflower.
     Is the daughter of Angus Pergerson Brewster and Susan Temperance Brewster, 
and a niece of Major J. P. Brewster, of Newnan and Col. P. H. Brewster, of 
Atlanta.
     Was born in Coweta County, and educated in the public and high school of 
Newnan, Georgia, graduating June 1892, and taught two years before her marriage.
     June 1894, she married Judge T. E. Patterson, of Griffin, Ga., (In Men of 
Mark in Georgia, Vol. IV page 37), you will find a special write up of both Mr. 
and Mrs. Patterson.
     In 1899 and 1900 she served as 3rd Vice-President of Georgia Epworth 
League. Has always taken active interest in the Woman’s Missionary work. Was 
for several years Recording Secretary of the Griffin District. Served as 
Secretary of the Juvenile work in the North Georgia Missionary Conference, was 
elected Conference Treasurer at Augusta, but declined to serve, was for eight 
years president of the Missionary Society in First M. E. Church South, Griffin, 
Ga.
     Joined the W. C. T. U., November 1900, at the First Methodist Church, at 
Griffin, after an address given by Miss Belle Kearney, of Mississippi, the 
first W. C. T. U. lecture she ever heard, and was elected President of the 
union organized at that time, which place she still holds.
     Went as a delegate to the State Convention of the W. C. T. U. held at 
Barnesville, April 17-19, 1901 and responded to the addresses of welcome. At 
the convention was elected recording secretary, and served until 1903, when she 
was succeeded by Miss R. V. Hardeman, of Macon.
     In the fall of 1912, was elected state secretary of the Loyal Temperance 
Legion and served until 1909. At Eastman, 1904, the Georgia W. C. T. U. 
Bulletin was launched, Mrs. Patterson was elected editor and served in this 
capacity for four years and was succeeded by Miss M. T. Griffin who is still 
the gifted editor.
     Was elected vice-president, when Mrs. Armor was elected president, Oct. 
10th, 1905, at Americus and succeeded Mrs. Armor as a state president when Mrs. 
Armor resigned at Macon, 1909.
     Represented the state at the World’s Conventions held at Boston in 1906, 
and Brooklyn in 1913, and the National Conventions at Philadelphia, 1904, 
Hartford 1906, Nashville 1907, Omaha 1909, Baltimore 1910, and was one of the 
three giving the responses to welcome, Portland 1912, Asbury Park 1913 and 
Atlanta 1914.


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