A letter written by President Herbert Hoover to Miss Gentry was recently discovered at the Williamson County Archives. The letter is now on permanent display in the “At Home” display case in the newly redesigned Military Room. June 25, 1917 Miss Susie Gentry, Maplehurst, Franklin, Tenn. My dear Miss Gentry: Many thanks […]
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Miss Susie Gentry, founder of Old Glory Chapter NSDAR, was born July 31, 1860, in Shelbyville (Bedford County), Tennessee, to Dr. Watson Meredith Gentry and Martha Jones Gentry. Following the Civil War, the family moved to Franklin. In 1870, they made their home at Maplehurst, on the corner of 11th and West Main. Miss
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Susie Rebecca Gentry, Organizing Regent, founded Old Glory, the ninth TSDAR chapter, in October 1897 in Franklin, Tennessee. Along with fifteen charter members, Miss Gentry chose the chapter name based on a family story about John Paul Jones’ naval battle with the ship Serapis. Family legend said when the flag was struck and heading downward
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