Elmore, Grace Brown, 1839-1912

Resident of Columbia, S.C.; daughter of Franklin Harper Elmore (1799-1850) and Harriet Chestnut Elmore (d. 1865).

From the description of Diary, 1860-1866. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 58992934

Grace Brown Elmore (1839-1912), of Columbia, S.C., was the daughter of Franklin Harper Elmore (1799-1850), South Carolina banker, senator, and supporter of John C. Calhoun, and Harriet Chestnut Elmore, daughter of Governor John Taylor of South Carolina. For most of her life she lived with her family in Columbia, S.C., in her mother's house and on the family plantation. After the Civil War, she moved briefly to Charlotte, N.C., to teach music at a boarding school, but soon returned to Columbia.

From the guide to the Grace Brown Elmore Papers, ., 1861-1872, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)