Individual Details

Celestia "Essie" Wade

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"On April 27, 1931, the D. A. R. appointed Celestia Wade Butler Smith as Organizing Regent of the Capt. Moses Greer at Rocky Mount. The name was to honor Capt. Moses Greer, who served with General Washington. The prospective members of the chapter (all descendants of Captain Greer) were as follows: Martha Conway Greer, Sarah Greer, Gladys Greer, Alice Greer Davis (Mrs. Lemon), Page Nelson Price, Alice Waddey Peters, Marion Greer, Catherine Skinnell, Winifred Cabell Skinnell Davis (Mrs. Russell), Bessie Moseley, Mary Cabell Smith, Mary Adele Dillard, Celestia Dillard, Elizabeth Epperson, Catherine Wade Moore, Harriet Baxter Moore, Celestia Wade Butler Smith (Mrs. Cabell), Emma Carper Hooker (Mrs. George), Elizabeth Edmondson (Mrs. Andrew Lewis), Bessie Greer Moseley (Mrs. Herman), Mary Adela Dillard (Mrs. Herbert), Laura Behethland Moore (Mrs. Thomas Pinckey), Mary Jones Carper Willis (Mrs. Charles B.), Lucy Price Greer (Mrs. George Cabell), Mary Claiborne Willis Brown (Mrs. Henry D.), Edith Greer Carper (Mrs. T. W.), Flora Greer Parrish (Mrs. Beverly), Lydia Greer Dripps (Mrs. William), Kitty Greer Ramsey (Mrs. Harold), Butler Epperson Bowles (Mrs. Frank), Josephine Wade Epperson (Mrs. Joseph), Eva Wade Greer (Mrs. Norborne Taliaferro), Emma Wade Skennell (Mrs. William Erskine), Maude Wade Snider, Corrie Horne White (Mrs. Walter), Mary Moseley Montgomery (Mrs. James N.), Annie Greer Brodie (Mrs. J. M.), Celestia Greer Webb (Mrs. T. F.), Wren Horne Baldwin (Mrs. Ernest). The organization of the chapter has not been completed at this writing. (1935)."(PIONEER SETTLERS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1935 by Marshall Wingfield, pages 94-95.)

Families

SpouseBenjamin Waldo Butler ( - )
ChildLaura Behethland Butler ( - )
SpouseCabell Smith ( - )
ChildMary Cabell Smith ( - )
FatherZachary Taylor Wade ( - )
MotherCatherine "Kitty" Bailey Greer (1842 - )
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