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 1891 - 1936 (44 years)
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| Name |
Annie Wilson Howe |
| Born |
31 Mar 1891 |
Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, U.S.A.  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
13 Feb 1936 |
S.S. Stella Polaris, South Pacific Ocean |
| Buried |
14 Feb 1936 |
At sea, South Latitude 16*30' and West Longitude 149*45' |
| Person ID |
I39141 |
Complete |
| Last Modified |
25 Dec 2011 |
| Father |
George Howe, b. 29 Jan 1848, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, U.S.A. |
| Mother |
Annie Josephine Wilson, b. 8 Sep 1852, Hampden-Sydney College, Prince Edward County, Virginia, U.S.A. , d. 16 Sep 1916, New London, New London County, Connecticut, U.S.A. (Age 64 years) |
| Married |
1 Jan 1874 |
Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, U.S.A. |
| Family ID |
F18043306 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Perrin Chiles Cothran, I, b. 22 Feb 1886, Chiles Cross Roads, Greenwood County, South Carolina, U.S.A. , d. 22 Dec 1959, St. Francis Hospital, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, U.S.A. (Age 73 years) |
| Married |
31 Dec 1910 |
First Presbyterian Church, Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey |
- http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=woodrow_wilson&id=I0038
The State, Columbia, South Carolina, January 1, 1911:
"HOWE-COTHRAN: Woodrow Wilson's Niece Weds Perrin Chiles Cothran.
Princeton, NJ, Dec. 31.--Miss Annie Wilson Howe, niece of Governor-elect Woodrow Wilson, was married in the First Presbyterian church here this evening to Perin Chiles Cothran of Greenwood, SC. Governor-elect Wilson gave his niece in marriage. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. Benjamin B. Warfield of the Princeton Theological Seminary. Miss Eleanor Wilson, Dr. Wilson's daughter, was maid of honor and Wade Harrison of South Carolina was best man. Mr. Cothran has been living at Dr. Wilson's house since July and was well known in Princeton social circles. The couple will live at Raleigh, NC."
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| Divorced |
1916 |
| Notes |
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=woodrow_wilson&id=I0038
OBITUARY: New York Times, February 15, 1936:
"MRS. FRANK COMPTON, WILSON'S NIECE, DIES: Wife of Chicago Publisher Is Stricken Aboard Ship En Route to Tahiti.
CHICAGO, Feb. 14. - Mrs. Annie Howe Compton, wife of Frank E. Compton, Chicago publisher, and a niece of President Wilson, died aboard the motorship Stella Polaris yesterday en route to Tahiti, with her husband, it was learned by radiogram here today. She will be buried at sea at midnight tonight.
Mrs. Compton was the daughter of Mrs. George Howe, President Wilson's sister, and for a time his official hostess at the White House. She met Mr. Compton, head of the Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia Company, while he was visiting the Summer home of President Wilson in Cornish, NH. Both were frequent guests at the White House. Mrs. Compton is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Hoyt Hilton of New York, and a brother, George Howe, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at North Carolina University."
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| Last Modified |
25 Dec 2011 |
| Family ID |
F18043305 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Born - 31 Mar 1891 - Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, U.S.A. |
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 | Married - 31 Dec 1910 - First Presbyterian Church, Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey |
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 | Buried - 14 Feb 1936 - At sea, South Latitude 16*30' and West Longitude 149*45' |
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