CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY:  Well Merited Honors

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Submitted by Mary Love Berryman - marylove@tyler.net
7 June 2002 
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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson, 303-304 

WELL MERITED HONORS - Mrs. Cone Johnson

Resolutions commendatory of the noble work done by Mrs. Cone 
Johnson:

At a joint meeting of the Albert Sidney Johnston Camp of Confederate 
Veterans and the Cal. Crozier Camp of Sons of Veterans, Tyler, Texas, 
called by Adjt. Benson W. Roberts for Tuesday night, December 10, 1901, 
a committee composed of Judge B. B. Beaird, B. W. Roberts, M. Scott, 
Col. Hamp­son Gary, H. L. Golson, and H. C. Cooke, was appointrd to 
draft suitable resolutions expressive of the esteem and ap­preciation 
of the respective camps, of Mrs. Cone Johnson and her patriotic work 
in behalf of Confederte soldiers, both living and dead.  The committee 
met the following night and adopted the following preamble and 
resolutions:

"Whereas, We, the members of Albert Sidney Johnston Camp, U. C. V. 
No. 48, and the Cal. Crozier Camp of Sons Veterans, desires to attest 
our high appreciation of the un­selfish labor and personal sacrifices 
of our accomplished town­lady, Mrs. Cone Johnson, in behalf of the 
survivors of the war between the States.
"Resolved further, That we will ever love and honor Mrs. Cone Johnson, 
and we will chensh her memory as long as our hearts beat in our bosoms 
for her generous contribu­tions and unheralded labors in behalf of the 
inmates o~ the Confederate Home at Austin; for the accumulation, 
largely through her influence and labors, of a generous fund to erect 
a lasting memorial to the memory of the Confederate dead who sleep in 
our cemetery; for her patriotic and successful efforts to have a 
suitable monument placed above the sleep­ing dust of Texas' greatest 
soldier, Albert Sidney Johnston, and above all, for her noble 
Southern spirit and her modest Christian character.

"Resolved, That the Adjutant of our camp present Mrs. Johnson a copy 
of these resolutions and also furnish a copy to the city papers and 
to the Confederate Soldier at Dallas for publication. --
Hampson Gary, B. W. Roberts, B. B Beaird, M. Scott, H. L. Golson, 
H. C. Cooke, committee.