Whitmire (Family : Newberry County, S. C.)

Small collection of published items discussing the life of Drucilla Whitmire Apperson (1816-1904) and other South Carolina ancestors of Phoebe Elizabeth Apperson Hearst (1842-1919), the mother of newspaper publisher and politician William Randolph Hearst.
A native of Franklin County (Missour), Phoebe Apperson Hearst was the daughter of Randolph Walker Apperson (1809-1900), a native of Culpepper County (Virginia) and Drucilla Whitmire Apperson (1816-1904), who was born in the town of Whitmire (Newberry County, South Carolina). Consisting of mementoes relating to the PTA Founder's Day celebration of 5 February 1936, held in Whitmire, S.C., to recognize the South Carolina ancestors of Phoebe Apperson Hearst, co-founder of the national PTA and mother of William Randolph Hearst; includes pamphlet "The Whitmires of South Carolina" by Ann E. Hatton Lewis, reprinted from the "Atlanta Sunday American," 22 December 1935; prospectus for the Drucilla Whitmire memorial museum; postcard depicting the proposed museum.