Family: Perrin Chiles Cothran, I / Annie Wilson Howe (F18043305)

m. 31 Dec 1910


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  • Perrin Chiles Cothran, IFather | Male
    Perrin Chiles Cothran, I

    Born  22 Feb 1886  Chiles Cross Roads, Greenwood County, South Carolina, U.S.A.  Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  22 Dec 1959  St. Francis Hospital, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Married  31 Dec 1910  First Presbyterian Church, Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
    Divorced  1916   
    Father  Wade Elephare Cothran | F18043304 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Sarah Elizabeth Chiles | F18043304 Group Sheet 

    Annie Wilson HoweMother | Female
    Annie Wilson Howe

    Born  31 Mar 1891  Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  13 Feb 1936  S.S. Stella Polaris, South Pacific Ocean Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  14 Feb 1936  At sea, South Latitude 16*30' and West Longitude 149*45'  Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  George Howe | F18043306 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Annie Josephine Wilson | F18043306 Group Sheet 

  • 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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      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."