Edgefield County ScArchives News.....Mrs. Pickens Critically Ill August 7, 1899 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/sc/scfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Meredith Clapper meredith_clapper@hotmail.com August 9, 2006, 10:17 am The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, GA August 7, 1899 She is Widow of South Carolina's War Governor Augusta, Ga. August 6-Mrs. L. H. Pickens, relict of South Carolina's war governor and at one time minister to Russia, is lying critically ill at her home at Edgewood, near Edgefield, S.C. She is suffering from paralysis. Mrs. Pickens has been prominently identified with Mount Vernon, the home of Washington, since it has been under the foster care of American womanhood. She is one of the most noted women in the history of the south, and the story of her life reads like a romance. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/scfiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb